Winter M, Helletzgruber M, Oppolzer R, Sinzinger H
Acta Anat (Basel). 1979;105(4):524-8. doi: 10.1159/000145159.
Quantitative changes in the internal elastic membrane (IEM) were studied in human arteries from different location in 31 males and 31 females, using an eight-criterion classification system. The IEM involvement shows a sex-dependent increase with age, and is more pronounced in arteries known to exhibit a more intensive atherosclerotic involvement. It seems that the IEM changes represent a true ageing phenomenon, which is sometimes influenced to a various degree by the atherosclerotic process.
采用八标准分类系统，对31名男性和31名女性不同部位的人体动脉内弹性膜（IEM）的定量变化进行了研究。IEM受累情况显示出随年龄增长的性别依赖性增加，并且在已知有更强烈动脉粥样硬化累及的动脉中更为明显。IEM变化似乎代表一种真正的衰老现象，有时会在不同程度上受到动脉粥样硬化过程的影响。
