Assessing peripheral arteries in South African black women with type 2 diabetes mellitus

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 379-383

  Rheeder, P ^a   van Wyk, J T ^a   Stolk, R P ^b   Grobbee, D E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PALPATION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PULSE RATE; SOUTH AFRICA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ANKLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; SYSTOLE; TOES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 2642557869     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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