Association between coronary artery disease and the diagonal earlobe and preauricular creases in men

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-33

  Miot, Hélio Amante ^a   De Medeiros, Luciana Molina ^a   De Siqueira, Caio Roberto Shwafaty ^a   Cardoso, Letícia De Chiara ^a   Gumieiro, Juliana Hammoud ^a   Pandini Filho, Marco Antônio ^a   Miot, Luciane Donida B ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coronary arteriosclerosis; Ear; External; Male; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EAR LOBE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SMOKING;

EID: 34248640297     PISSN: 03650596     EISSN: 18064841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0365-05962006000100003     Document Type: Article

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