Increased carotid intima thickness and decreased media thickness in premenopausal women with systemic lupus erythematosus: An investigation by non-invasive high-frequency ultrasound

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 279-282

  Leonard, D ^a,b   Akhter, T ^a   Nordmark, G ^a   Ronnblom L ^a   Naessen, T ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASONOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 80051992086     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: 15027732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03009742.2011.556146     Document Type: Article

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