The progression of carotid intima-media thickness in healthy men

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 472-479

  Weber, Frank ^a  

^a Neurologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Doppler ultrasound; Intima media thickness; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EXERCISE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; WORK CAPACITY;

ADULT; AGING; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; BODY MASS INDEX; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EXERCISE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 62949207847     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000210094     Document Type: Article

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