Effects of eicosapentanoic acid on the physical properties of the common carotid artery in elderly patients with atherosclerosis

Current Therapeutic Research - Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 112-118

  Munehira, Junichi ^a   Matsumoto, Masayuki ^a   Iwai, Kunimitsu ^a   Kawanishi, Kenichi ^a   Yamada, Kazuhiko ^a   Hoshino, Tomoko ^a   Kimura, Yasuhiro ^a   Tsuchiya, Hiroshi ^a   Hattori, Hideyuki ^a  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Eicosapentaenoic acid; Elderly

Indexed keywords

ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033043919     PISSN: 0011393X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-393X(00)88489-1     Document Type: Article

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