Arterial stiffness, vascular aging, and intracranial large artery disease

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 252-

  Kotsis, Vasilios ^a   Stabouli, Stella ^a,b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Aristotle University of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN;

AGING; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY WALL; BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE EJECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION; VASCULAR AGING;

AGING; ARTERIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIAL DISEASES;

EID: 79951634046     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2010.251     Document Type: Note

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