Ultrasonic measurement of common carotid intima-media thickness in type 2 diabetic and non-diabetic patients

Iranian Journal of Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 67-70

  Alizadeh, Ahmad ^a   Roudbari, Ali ^a   Heidarzadeh, Abtin ^b   Jandaghi, Ali Babaei ^a   Jamali, Maryam Bani ^b  

^a GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Arteriosclerosis; Carotid Arteries; Diabetes Mellitus; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; SMOKING;

EID: 84865075110     PISSN: 17351065     EISSN: 20082711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/iranjradiol.7564     Document Type: Article

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