Correlation of Achilles tendon thickness evaluated by ultrasonography with carotid intima-media thickness in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 228-229

  Kiortsis, Dimitrios N ^a   Argyropoulou, Maria I ^a   Tsouli, Sofia G ^a   Xydis, Vasilios ^a   Elisaf, Moses S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ACHILLES TENDON XANTHOMA; ADULT; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTIMA; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; XANTHOMA;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 33645848484     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2006.02.002     Document Type: Letter

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