No association between the degree of liver steatosis and early signs of vasculopathy in T2DM

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Coracina, A ^a   Gaiani, S ^a   Cosma, A ^a   Pellizzari, P ^b   Pizzi, C ^b   de Kreutzenberg, S ^a   Cecchet, D ^a   Sacerdoti, D ^a   Tessari, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; LETTER; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84859932527     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2011.11.008     Document Type: Letter

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