Clinical relevance of carotid atherosclerosis among egyptians: A 5-year retrospective analysis of 4,733 subjects

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 275-279

  Abd Allah, Foad ^a   Baligh, Essam ^b   Ibrahim, Magdy ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Carotid atherosclerosis; Egyptian population; Epidemiology; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY HEMODYNAMICS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, EXTERNAL; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TUNICA INTIMA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 77957166515     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319899     Document Type: Article

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