Early identification of vascular damage in patients with systemic sclerosis

Angiology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 338-343

  Cusmà Piccione, Maurizio ^a,b   Bagnato, Gianluca ^a   Zito, Concetta ^a   Di Bella, Gianluca ^a   Caliri, Annalisa ^a   Catalano, Mariarita ^a   Longordo, Caterina ^a   Oreto, Giuseppe ^a   Bagnato, Gianfilippo ^a   Carerj, Scipione ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

anti Scl 70 antibodies; anticentromere antibodies; arterial stiffness; echo tracking; systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

CENTROMERE ANTIBODY; SCL 70 ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PULSE WAVE; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

CAROTID ARTERIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 79953906899     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319710387918     Document Type: Article

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