Characterization of premature atherosclerosis of carotid arteries in acromegalic patients

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 791-796

  Otsuki, Michio ^a   Kasayama, Soji ^a   Yamamoto, Hiroyasu ^a   Saito, Hiroshi ^a   Sumitani, Satoru ^a   Kouhara, Haruhiko ^a   Saitoh, Youichi ^a   Ohnishi, Takanori ^a   Arita, Norio ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; AGE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DYSLIPOPROTEINEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTIMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 0035723837     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2001.01281.x     Document Type: Article

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