Carotid intima-media thickness as a measure of vascular target organ damage

Current Hypertension Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-77

  Mancini, G B John ^a  

^a VANCOUVER HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTIMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TUNICA MEDIA;

AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 0034135974     PISSN: 15226417     EISSN: 15343111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11906-000-0062-7     Document Type: Article

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