A novel biomarker of coronary atherosclerosis: Serum DKK1 concentration correlates with coronary artery calcification and atherosclerotic plaques

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1178-1184

  Kim, Kwang Il ^a   Park, Kyoung Un ^a   Chun, Eun Ju ^a   Choi, Sang Il ^a   Cho, Young Seok ^a   Youn, Tae Jin ^a   Cho, Goo Yeong ^a   Chae, In Ho ^a   Song, Junghan ^a   Choi, Dong Ju ^a   Kim, Cheol Ho ^a  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Biomarker; Dickkopf 1; Vascular calcification

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DKK1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD; CALCINOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80052819057     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2011.26.9.1178     Document Type: Article

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