Integrated backscatter analysis of carotid intima-media complex in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1485-1488

  Rossi, Marco ^a   Mosca, Marta ^a   Tani, Chiara ^a   Franzoni, Ferdinando ^a   Santoro, Gino ^a   Bombardieri, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid sclerosis; Integrated backscatter analysis; Intima media thickness; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Ultrasound scanning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTEGRATED BACKSCATTER ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 56349141953     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-008-0953-6     Document Type: Article

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