Inverse association between carotid intima-media thickness and the antioxidant lycopene in atherosclerosis

American Heart Journal

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 467-474

  Gianetti, Jacopo ^a   Pedrinelli, Roberto ^b   Petrucci, Roberto ^c   Lazzerini, Guido ^g   De Caterina, Maurizio ^d   Bellomo, Giorgio ^e   De Caterina, Raffaele ^a,f  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b Cardiothoracic Department

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; BETA CAROTENE; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; INSULIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LYCOPENE; UBIQUINONE; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036185092     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2002.120776     Document Type: Article

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