Asymmetric dimethylarginine and coronary artery calcium scores are increased in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 514-517

  Jang, James J ^a   Berkheimer, Sarah B ^a   Merchant, Maqdooda ^b   Krishnaswami, Ashok ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Asymmetric Dimethylarginine; Atherosclerosis; Imaging; Nitric Oxide

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; HOMOCYSTEINE; N(G),N(G) DIMETHYLARGININE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ARGININE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCINOSIS; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 79960698033     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.03.035     Document Type: Article

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