The association of C-reactive protein levels with carotid intima-media complex thickness and plaque formation in the general population

Stroke

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2138-2142

  Makita, Shinji ^a   Nakamura, Motoyuki ^a   Hiramori, Katsuhiko ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Inflammation; Intima media thickness; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 26444620966     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000181740.74005.ee     Document Type: Article

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