Microcirculatory damage of common carotid artery wall in obese and non obese subjects

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 21, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 365-374

  Ciccone, M ^a   Maiorano, A ^a   De Pergola, G ^a   Minenna, A ^a   Giorgino, R ^a   Rizzon, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular risk; Central fat; Intima media thickness; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; BODY MASS; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OBESITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAROTID ARTERY INJURIES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 0033507888     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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