Evaluation of carotid artery intima-media complex thickness as a marker of vascular damage secondary to accelerated atherogenesis in progressive systemic sclerosis;Avaliação da espessura do complexo médio-intimal da artéria carótida como marcador de aterogênese acelerada secundária a dano vascular na esclerose sistêmica progressiva

Revista do Colegio Brasileiro de Cirurgioes

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-15

  Macedo, Rodrigo ^a   Andretta, Marianne ^a   Albers, Carolina ^a   Skare, Thelma ^a   Ribas Filho, Jurandir Marcondes ^a   Czeczko, Nicolau Gregori ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO EVANGÉLICO DE CURITIBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid arteries; Carotid intima media thickness; Patients; Scleroderma; Systemic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859555838     PISSN: 01006991     EISSN: 18094546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-69912012000100004     Document Type: Article

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