Organic and functional evaluation of atherosclerosis in renal transplant recipients

Acta Urologica Japonica

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 681-686

  Nishioka, Tsukasa ^a   Akiyama, Takahiro ^a   Nose, Kazuhiro ^a   Koike, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Common carotid arteries; Intima media thickness (IMT); Pulse wave velocity (PWV); Renal transplant recipient

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULSATILE FLOW; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; TIME; UREMIA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PULSATILE FLOW; RENAL DIALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; UREMIA;

EID: 36348934499     PISSN: 00181994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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