Relation between serum uric acid and carotid intima-media thickness in healthy postmenopausal women

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-23

  Montalcini, T ^a   Gorgone, G ^a   Gazzaruso, C ^b   Sesti, G ^a   Perticone, F ^a   Pujia, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b Scientific Istitute of Pavia IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Carotid atherosclerosis; Cerebrovascular disease; Postmenopausal women; Serum uric acid

Indexed keywords

URIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAROTID ARTERY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTIMA; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; TUNICA MEDIA;

CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; URIC ACID;

EID: 34249884785     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-007-0004-3     Document Type: Article

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