Reliability of longitudinal ultrasonographic measurements of carotid intimal-medial thicknesses

Stroke

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 480-485

  Espeland, Mark A ^a   Craven, Timothy E ^a   Riley, Ward A ^a   Corson, John ^b   Romont, Alicia ^b   Furberg, Curt D ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

carotid artery diseases; clinical trials; prospective studies; ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0029925218     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.27.3.480     Document Type: Article

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