Evaluation of the carotid artery intima-media-thickness: Influences of different methods, characteristics of the subjects, and investigators;Bestimmung der intima-media-dicke an der arteria carotis: Methoden-, probanden- und untersucherabhangige einflusse

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 168-173

  Frost, D ^a   Friedl, A ^b   Beischer, W ^b  

^a Klinikum Stuttgart Burgerhospital   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Healthy subjects; High resolution ultrasonography; Intima Media thickness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; B SCAN; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0031704961     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1000484     Document Type: Article

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