Journal of the American Society of Hypertension
Volume 3, Issue 3 , Pages 166-183 , May 2009

Adventitia: the vital wall of conduit arteries

  • Marie Gingras, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Biochemistry Service, Department of Biochemistry
    • Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sherbrooke University, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
    • ,
  • Paul Farand, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Service, Department of Medicine
    • Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sherbrooke University, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
    • ,
  • Michel E. Safar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, Paris-Descartes University, Hôtel-Dieu Hospital, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Gérard E. Plante, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Nephrology Service, Department of Medicine
    • Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sherbrooke University, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Gérard E. Plante, MD, PhD, Service de Néphrologie, Département de Médecine, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Sherbrooke, 3001 12e Avenue Nord, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada J1H 5N4. Tel: 819-564-5251; fax: 819-564-5400.

Received 20 November 2008 ,Accepted 6 March 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jash.2009.03.002

Journal of the American Society of Hypertension
Volume 3, Issue 3 , Pages 166-183 , May 2009

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