A study of the development of atherosclerosis in childhood and young adults: Risk factors and the prevention of progression in Japan and the USA

Pathology International

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 541-547

  Komatsu, Akio ^a   Sakurai, Isamu ^b  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; natural history; prevention; risk factors

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JAPAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029664286     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1996.tb03652.x     Document Type: Article

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