Prevalence of Carotid Kinking and Coiling in a Population at Risk

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-49

  Oliviero, Ugo ^a,b   Cocozza, Manlio ^a   Picano, Tommaso ^a   Policino, Salvatore ^a   Russo, Nicola ^a   Fazio, Serafino ^a   Coto, Vincenzo ^a   Saccá, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0031012518     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153857449703100106     Document Type: Article

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