Associations between liver histology and carotid intima-media thickness in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease [2]

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2687-2688

  Targher, Giovanni ^a   Bertolini, Lorenzo ^a   Padovani, Roberto ^a   Zoppini, Giacomo ^b   Zenari, Luciano ^a   Falezza, Giancarlo ^a  

^a SACRO CUORE DON CALABRIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; FATTY LIVER; INTIMA; LIVER; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TUNICA MEDIA;

ADULT; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 33644808371     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000189299.61568.79     Document Type: Letter

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