Correlation of hematologic factors to carotid intima-media thickness in men and women: A study of 2767 asymptomatic subjects of Taiwan

Acta Neurologica Taiwanica

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 158-164

  Kuo, Wen Kai ^a   Lee, Shih Ying ^a   Ma, Shih Ming ^a   Ling, Tzer An ^a   Wu, Chin Chu ^b  

^a West Garden Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Blood cell; Carotid intima media thickness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CELLS; BLOOD PLATELETS; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TAIWAN;

EID: 84873393707     PISSN: 1028768X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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