Design, baseline characteristics and carotid intima-media thickness reproducibility in the PARC Study

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-63

  Touboul, P J ^a   Vicaut, E ^b   Labreuche, J ^a   Belliard, J P ^c   Cohen, S ^c   Kownator, S ^c   Pithois Merli, I ^d  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL FERNAND WIDAL   (France)

^c Pfizer ^*

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk; Intima media thickness; Ultrasound, artery wall

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTIMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 11444257136     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000081913     Document Type: Article

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