Carotid narrowing degree and plasma thiol levels in carotid endarterectomy patients

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1015-1019

  Carru, Ciriaco ^a   Zinellu, Angelo ^a   Sotgia, Salvatore ^a   Chessa, Roberto ^a   Piredda, Franco ^a   Casu, Maria Antonietta ^a   Deiana, Luca ^a   Porcu, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carotid endarterectomy; Cysteine; Homocysteine; Restenosis

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; HOMOCYSTEINE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; THIOL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REFERENCE VALUE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 27744574427     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14346621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2005.178     Document Type: Article

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