C-Reactive protein is asociated to carotid intima media thickness in patients with isolated hypercholesterolemia;La proteína C reactiva se asocia al grosor de la íntima media de la arteria carótida en pacientes con hipercolesterolemia aislada

Investigacion Clinica

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-75

  Espinoza, Milagros ^c   Ruiz, Nelina ^a,b   Leal, Ulises ^b   Urbaneja, Hermaliz ^b   Rojas, Susan ^c   Orozco, Ursula ^c   Pinto, Norkis ^c   Castrillo, Smirna ^c  

^a Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

^c Lab Clinico Gonzalez Martinez   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Carotid intima media thickness; hs CRP; Hypercholesterolemia; Subclinical atherosclerosis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; BLOOD; CAROTID ARTERY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INTIMA; PATHOLOGY; TUNICA MEDIA;

ADULT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAROTID ARTERIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 77953242186     PISSN: 05355133     EISSN: 05355133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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