Can γ-glutamyltransferase be an additional marker of arterial stiffness?

Circulation Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1715-1720

  Sang, Heon Song ^a   Ihm, Soo Kwak ^a   Yun, Jin Kim ^a   Kim, Seong Jang ^a   Soo, Bong Lee ^a   Dong, Won Lee ^a   Bong, Eun Lee ^a  

^a Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

glutamyltransferase; Arteriosclerosis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LIPID; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PULSE WAVE; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ARTERIES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 36949006759     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.71.1715     Document Type: Article

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