Skin cholesterol adds to Framingham risk assessment

American Heart Journal

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 694-696

  Sprecher, Dennis L ^a   Pearce, Gregory L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN;

EID: 33748710431     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2006.04.027     Document Type: Article

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