Twins lead to the prevention of atherosclerosis: Preliminary findings of international twin study 2009

Journal for Vascular Ultrasound

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 61-71

  Tarnoki, Adam Domonkos ^a   Tarnoki, David Laszlo ^a   Stazi, Maria Antonietta ^b   Medda, Emanuela ^b   Cotichini, Rodolfo ^b   Lucatelli, Pierleone ^c   Boatta, Emanuele ^c   Zini, Chiara ^c   Baracchini, Claudio ^d   Meneghetti, Giorgio ^d   Nisticó, Lorenza ^b   Fagnani, Corrado ^b   Fanelli, Fabrizio ^c   Giannoni, Maria Fabrizia ^c   Gazzetti, Marianna ^c   Osztovits, Janos ^e   Jermendy, Gyorgy ^e   Préda, István ^a,f   Kiss, Róbert Gábor ^a,f   Littvay, Levente ^g   Metneki, Julia ^h   Horvath, Tamas ^a   Karlinger, Kinga ^a   Lannert, Agnes ^a   Yang, Eric Y ⁱ   Nambi, Vijay ⁱ   Molnar, Andrea Agnes ^a,f   Berczi, Viktor ^a   Garami, Zsolt ^j   more..

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^e SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^f State Health Center   (Hungary)

^g CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^h Orszagos Szakfelugyeleti Modszertani Kozpont Hungary   (Hungary)

ⁱ BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 79957937421     PISSN: 15443167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/154431671103500201     Document Type: Article

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