Increased carotid artery intima-media thickness in subjects with primary hypoalphalipoproteinemia

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 317-322

  Baldassarre, Damiano ^a   Amato, Mauro ^a   Pustina, Linda ^a   Tremoli, Elena ^a   Sirtori, Cesare R ^a   Calabresi, Laura ^a   Franceschini, Guido ^a  

^a Center E Grossi Paoletti   (Italy)

Author keywords

High density lipoproteins; Hyperalphalipoproteinemia; Hypoalphalipoproteinemia; Intima media thickness; Preintrusive atherosclerosis

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOLIPOPROTEINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIMARY HYPOALPHALIPOPROTEINEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CAROTID ARTERIES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; TANGIER DISEASE; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 0036161911     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hq0202.104848     Document Type: Article

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