Gender-Dependent Correlations of Carotid Intima-Media Thickness with Gene Expression in Blood

Translational Stroke Research

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 171-178

  Turner, Renée J ^a   Bushnell, Cheryl D ^b   Register, Thomas C ^b   Sharp, Frank R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid intima media thickness; Gene expression profiling; Sex differences; Stroke care

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; ESTROGEN; LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CIRCULATION; ESTROGEN METABOLISM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; LIPID METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE;

EID: 79955738228     PISSN: 18684483     EISSN: 1868601X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12975-011-0066-4     Document Type: Article

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