Mannheim consensus on carotid intima-media thickness: Opposite and complementary points of view

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 415-416

  Meijer, Rudy ^a   Grobee, Diederick E ^a   Bots, Michiel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTIMA; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TUNICA MEDIA;

CAROTID ARTERIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 33748454337     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000092129     Document Type: Article

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