Serum gamma-glutamyltransferase and intima-media thickness: Pointing again to wall/lumen interactions in atherosclerosis

Angiology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 105-106

  Pompella, A ^a   Emdin, M ^b   Paolicchi, A ^a   Franzini, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE;

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTERY WALL; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EDITORIAL; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEREDITY; HUMAN; POLLUTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 78651408397     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319710386474     Document Type: Editorial

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