Arterial stiffness in Behçet's disease: Increased regional pulse wave velocity values [6]

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 415-416

  Chang, H K ^a   Kim, S K ^a   Lee, S S ^b   Rhee, M Y ^c  

^a Dankook University   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^c Dongguk University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ARTERY DISEASE; BEHCET DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULSE WAVE; RIGIDITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ADULT; ARTERY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULSATILE FLOW; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADULT; ARTERIES; BEHCET SYNDROME; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSATILE FLOW;

EID: 33144472080     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2005.043430     Document Type: Letter

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