Relation between white blood cell count and several risk factors for coronary heart disease in patients with systemic hypertension

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 530-535

  Capuano, Vincenzo ^a   Lamaida, Norman ^b   Mazzotta, Gianfranco ^c   Scotto Di Quacquaro, Giovanni ^a,b  

^a Reparto di Cardiologia

^b GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Hypertension; Leukocytes; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ITALY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UREMIA;

ADULT; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0031777013     PISSN: 00465968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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