Evidence for a strong genetic influence on carotid plaque characteristics: An International twin study

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3168-3172

  Tarnoki, Adam Domonkos ^a   Baracchini, Claudio ^b   Tarnoki, David Laszlo ^a   Lucatelli, Pierleone ^c   Boatta, Emanuele ^c   Zini, Chiara ^c   Fanelli, Fabrizio ^c   Molnar, Andrea Agnes ^a,d   Meneghetti, Giorgio ^b   Stazi, Maria Antonietta ^e   Medda, Emanuela ^e   Cotichini, Rodolfo ^e   Nisticò, Lorenza ^e   Fagnani, Corrado ^e   Osztovits, Janos ^f   Jermendy, Gyorgy ^f   Preda, Istvan ^a,d   Kiss, Robert Gabor ^a,d   Metneki, Julia ^g   Horvath, Tamas ^a   Pucci, Giacomo ^h   Bata, Pal ^a   Karlinger, Kinga ^a   Littvay, Levente ⁱ   Berczi, Viktor ^a   Garami, Zsolt ^j   Schillaci, Giuseppe ^h   more..

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d Military Hospital   (Hungary)

^e ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^f BAJCSY ZSILINSZKY HOSPITAL   (Hungary)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Hungary)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

ⁱ CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^j HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUNGARY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; INTERNATIONALITY; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870913570     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.112.666016     Document Type: Article

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