Diagonal ear-lobe crease is associated with carotid intima-media thickness in subjects free of clinical cardiovascular disease

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 428-431

  Çelik, Şükrü ^a   Erdoǧan, Turan ^a   Gedikli, Ömer ^a   Kiriş, Abdulkadir ^a   Erem, Cihangir ^a  

^a KTU Faculty of Medicine   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery intima media thickness; Diagonal ear lobe creases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGONAL EAR LOBE CREASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; EAR, EXTERNAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 34248141158     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2006.08.042     Document Type: Article

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