B-mode ultrasound study of carotid plaques in HIV-positive patients to detect the presence of inflammatory endothelial lesions

Current HIV Research

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 541-546

  Maggi, Paolo ^a   Perilli, Francesco ^a   Lillo, Antonio ^a   Volpe, Anna ^a   Pastore, Giuseppe ^a   Regina, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arteritis; Atherosclerosis; Colour Doppler ultrasonography; HIV

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTERITIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B SCAN; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ARTERITIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIDEOXYNUCLEOSIDES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 70350710323     PISSN: 1570162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157016209789346327     Document Type: Article

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