Genetics of carotid atherosclerosis

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4525-4534

  Juo, Suh Hang H ^a,b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Distensibility; Gene; Gene mapping; Intima media thickness; Meta analysis; Polymorphisms; Review

Indexed keywords

CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; REVIEW;

CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS;

EID: 63849297054     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/3545     Document Type: Article

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