Does the risk factor profile have predictive value for the site of atherosclerosis?

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1045-

  Sinzinger, H ^a,b  

^a DANUBE UNIVERSITY KREMS   (Austria)

^b Institute for Diagnosis and Treatment of Lipid Disorders and Atherosclerosis (ATHOS)   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ARTERY LESION; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FAMILY HISTORY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STROKE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CORONARY DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 23144465320     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2005.063297     Document Type: Editorial

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