Sonography of common carotid arteries' intima: Media thickness in the normal adult population in Sudan

North American Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 88-94

  Mahmoud, Mustafa Z ^a,b  

^a PRINCE SATTAM BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b SUDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Common carotid artery; Ethnic groups; Intima media thickness; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUDAN; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 84874335498     PISSN: 22501541     EISSN: 19472714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1947-2714.107523     Document Type: Article

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