Relationships of soluble E-selectin and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein with carotid atherosclerosis in Japanese men

Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 339-345

  Sakurai, Susumu ^a   Kitamura, Akihiko ^b   Cui, Renzhe ^c   Yamagishi, Kazumasa ^d   Tanigawa, Takeshi ^a   Iso, Hiroyasu ^c  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotid atherosclerosis; hs CRP; Intima media thickness; sE selectin

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 73249133946     PISSN: 13403478     EISSN: 18803873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5551/jat.No182     Document Type: Article

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