Carotid intima-media thickness in young patients with familial hypercholesterlaemia

Heart

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 321-325

  Lavrenčič, Aleša ^a   Kosmina, Barbara ^a   Keber, Irena ^a   Videčnik, Viktor ^a   Keber, Dušan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Carotid media thickness; Familial hypercholesterolaemia; Fibrinolysis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0029962484     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.76.4.321     Document Type: Article

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