Carotid artery intima-medial thickness is increased in chronic renal failure

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 639-641

  Zoungas, Sophia ^a,b   Ristevski, Sonya ^a   Lightfoot, Paul ^a   Liang, Yu Lu ^a   Branley, Pauline ^a   Shiel, Louise M ^a   Kerr, Peter ^b   Atkins, Robert ^b   McNeil, John J ^a   McGrath, Barry P ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; Dialysis; Hyperhomocysteinaemia; Lipids; Pulse pressure; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY MEDIA; B SCAN; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0033933484     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1681.2000.03301.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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