Increased thickness of the carotid artery intima-media assessed by ultrasonography in Behçet's disease

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 4 SUPPL 38, 2005, Pages

  Keser, Gokhan ^a,b   Aksu, Kenan ^a   Tansel, Sadik ^a   Ozmen, Mustafa ^a   Kitapcioglu, Gul ^a   Kabaroglu, Ceyda ^a   Killi, Refik ^a   Bayindir, Oya ^a   Doganavsargil, Eker ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Beh et's disease; Doppler ultrasound

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BEHCET DISEASE; BLOOD; CAROTID ARTERY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTIMA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TUNICA MEDIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; B SCAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POST HOC ANALYSIS; REAL TIME ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

ADULT; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BEHCET SYNDROME; CAROTID ARTERIES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 33644805600     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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