Noninvasive Screening and Utility of Carotid Intima-Media Thickness

Vascular Diagnosis

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 157-173

  Leon, Luis R ^a   Brewster, Luke P ^a   Labropoulos, Nicos ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-7216-9426-9.50019-4     Document Type: Chapter

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