Alcohol and atherosclerosis: A double edged sword

Vascular Pharmacology

Volumn 57, Issue 2-4, 2012, Pages 65-68

  Massaro, Marika ^a   Scoditti, Egeria ^a   Carluccio, Maria Annunziata ^a   De Caterina, Raffaele ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE TOSCANA GABRIELE MONASTERIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; ALCOHOL; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DOWN REGULATION; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MONOCYTE; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ETHANOL; INFLAMMATION; MALE;

EID: 84865416641     PISSN: 15371891     EISSN: 18793649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vph.2012.05.007     Document Type: Editorial

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