High resolution ultrasound assessment of the carotid artery: Its relevance in postmenopausal women and the effects of tibolone on carotid artery ultrastructure

Climacteric

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-20

  Morris, E P ^a,b   Denton, E R E ^a   Robinson, J ^a   MacDonald, L M ^a   Rymer, J M ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; High resolution ultrasound; Intima media thickness; Tibolone

Indexed keywords

TIBOLONE;

ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0033021377     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13697139909025558     Document Type: Article

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