Skin tissue cholesterol (SkinTc) is related to angiographically-defined cardiovascular disease

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 255-258

  Sprecher, Dennis L ^a   Goodman, Shaun G ^b   Kannampuzha, Paul ^c   Pearce, Gregory L ^a   Langer, Anatoly ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CANADIAN HEART RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Trillium Health Centre Missassauga   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Risk factors; Tests; Tissue

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN; TISSUE LEVEL;

EID: 0345327675     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(03)00290-9     Document Type: Article

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