Carotid intima-medial thickness as a marker of disease activity in Takayasu's arteritis

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 385-390

  Seth, Sandeep ^a   Goyal, Naresh Kumar ^a   Jagia, Priya ^a   Gulati, Gurpreet ^a   Karthikeyan, Ganesan ^a   Sharma, S ^a   Talwar, K K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Carotid intima medial thickness; Takayasu's arteritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTIMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUNICA MEDIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAKAYASU'S ARTERITIS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 33644770234     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.05.033     Document Type: Article

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