Poor correlation of pulse-wave velocity and intima-media thickess in diabetic subjects [1]

Diabetes Care

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2084-

  Nishi, Yuichi ^a,b   Koshiyama, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Honjo, Sachiko ^a   Seino, Yutaka ^b,c  

^a Kitano Hospital   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Kansai Denryoku Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPARATUS; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY MEDIA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B SCAN; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEVICE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; LETTER; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PULSE WAVE; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 3343026088     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.27.8.2084     Document Type: Letter

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