Association of plasma adrenomedullin with carotid atherosclerosis in chronic ischemic stroke

Peptides

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1873-1880

  Shinomiya, Kaori ^a   Ohmori, Koji ^a   Ohyama, Hideo ^a   Hosomi, Naohisa ^a   Takahashi, Tsutomu ^a   Osaka, Kunihiko ^b   Kohno, Masakazu ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Neurosurgical Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenomedullin; Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Risk factors; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ULTRASOUND;

ADRENOMEDULLIN; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; PEPTIDES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035685572     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(01)00507-1     Document Type: Article

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