Carotid artery intima-media thickness and brachial artery flow-mediated vasodilation in asymptomatic Japanese male subjects amongst apolipoprotein E phenotypes

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 252, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 114-120

  Haraki, T ^a   Takegoshi, T ^a   Kitoh, C ^a   Wakasugi, T ^a   Saga, T ^a   Hirai, J I ^a   Aoyama, T ^a   Inazu, A ^b   Mabuchi, H ^b  

^a Fukui Prefectural Hospital   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein E phenotype; Asymptomatic men; Brachial flow mediated dilation; Carotid intima media thickness

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E2; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTIMA; JAPAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THICKNESS;

ADULT; AGED; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; VASODILATION;

EID: 0036371160     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.2002.01011.x     Document Type: Article

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