Increased carotid artery intima-media thickness may be associated with stroke in primary antiphospholipid syndrome

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 607-610

  Medina, G ^a   Casaos, D ^b   Jara, L J ^b   Vera Lastra, O ^b   Fuentes, M ^b   Barile, L ^b   Salas, M ^c  

^a Internal Medicine Department   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL DE ESPECIALIDADES   (Mexico)

^c CARO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SPECTROSCOPY; STROKE; THICKNESS; THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOSIS; TUNICA INTIMA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0037870697     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.62.7.607     Document Type: Article

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