Reproducibility of in vivo carotid intima-media thickness measurements: A review

Stroke

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 665-671

  Kanters, Suzan D J M ^b   Algra, Ale ^b   Van Leeuwen, Maarten S ^b   Banga, Jan Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

carotid arteries; observer variation; ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ARTERY INTIMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; THICKNESS;

EID: 0030942001     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.28.3.665     Document Type: Review

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