Increased preferential absorption in human atherosclerotic plaque with oral beta carotene. Implications for laser endarterectomy.
- 1 August 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 78 (2), 338-344
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.78.2.338
Abstract
Patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy were pretreated with low-dose, oral beta carotene to determine whether the carotenoid content of plaque could be increased in vivo. Beta carotene-treated ...This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
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