Asymptomatic Carotid Lesions: Traditional vs. Emerging Risk Factors

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 687-688

  Abbas, Mohammed ^a,b   Sessa, Maria ^b   Corea, Francesco ^b  

^a SOHAG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; ROXITHROMYCIN;

ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY LESION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LETTER; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33646884202     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2006.04.002     Document Type: Letter

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