The significance of cholesterol in the pathogenesis of vascular lesions; a discussion of the intracellular accumulation of cholesterol in the intima and of the extracellular precipitation of cholesterol in the arterial tissue.
D001158:Arteries; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism*; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular; D006801:Humans; D017539:Tunica Intima
D002784:Cholesterol
ARTERIOSCLEROSIS/etiology and pathogenesis; CHOLESTEROL/metabolism