Relation between hemostatic variables and increase of common carotid intima-media thickness in patients with peripheral arterial disease

Stroke

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 450-454

  Cortellaro, M ^a,c   Baldassarre, D ^b   Cofrancesco, E ^a   Tremoli, E ^b   Colombo, A ^b   Boschetti, C ^a   Paoletti, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Ctro Ric Clin Farmacologica T   (Italy)

Author keywords

arteriosclerosis; carotid arteries; hemostatics; lipids; risk factors

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0029878077     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.27.3.450     Document Type: Article

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