Evaluating Changes in Coronary Artery Calcium: An Analytic Method That Accounts for Interscan Variability

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1327-1332

  Hokanson, John E ^a   MacKenzie, Todd ^b   Kinney, Gregory ^a   Snell Bergeon, Janet K ^a   Dabelea, Dana ^a   Ehrlich, James ^c   Eckel, Robert H ^a   Rewers, Marian ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Division of Endocrinology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 1942469277     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.182.5.1821327     Document Type: Article

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