Prevalence and determinants of carotid atherosclerosis in a general population

Stroke

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 1992, Pages 1705-1711

  Prati, Patrizio ^a   Vanuzzo, Diego ^b   Casaroli, Marco ^a   Chiara, Antonio Di ^b   Biasi, Flora De ^b   Feruglio, Giorgio Antonio ^b   Touboul, Pierre Jean ^c  

^a San Daniele Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c CEREN ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Carotid artery diseases; Epidemiology; Risk factors; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTIMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; LIPOPROTEIN(A); MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0026446131     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.23.12.1705     Document Type: Article

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