Mannheim intima-media thickness consensus

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 346-349

  Touboul, P J ^a   Hennerici, M G ^a   Meairs, S ^a   Adams, H ^a   Amarenco, P ^a   Desvarieux, M ^a   Ebrahim, S ^a   Fatar, M ^a   Hernandez Hernandez, R ^a   Kownator, S ^a   Prati, P ^a   Rundek, T ^a   Taylor, A ^a   Bornstein, N ^a   Csiba, L ^a   Vicaut, E ^a   Woo, K S ^a   Zannad, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Consensus; Intima media thickness; Review; Stroke; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; INTIMA; MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; STANDARD; THICKNESS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; HUMANS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 10844292433     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000081812     Document Type: Conference Paper

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