Radiation effects on the intima-media thickness of the common carotid artery in post-radiotherapy patients with head and neck malignancy

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 997, 2008, Pages 609-612

  Shariat, M ^a   Alias, N A A ^b   Biswal, B M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; IRRADIATION; KNOWLEDGE; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; TUNICA INTIMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149241276     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2008.068569     Document Type: Article

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