Increased carotid artery intima-media thickness in pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus

Journal of Tehran University Heart Center

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 156-159

  Yousefzadeh, Gholamreza ^a   Hojat, Hashem ^a   Enhesari, Ahmad ^a   Shokoohi, Mostafa ^b   Eftekhari, Nahid ^a   Sheikhvatan, Mehrdad ^c  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Carotid arteries; Diabetes mellitus; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; IRAN; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANT WOMAN; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 84872036518     PISSN: 17358620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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