Association between small dense LDL and early atherosclerosis in a sample of menopausal women

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 426, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-5

  Gentile, Marco ^a   Panico, Salvatore ^a   Mattiello, Amalia ^a   Ubaldi, Stefania ^a   Iannuzzo, Gabriella ^a   De Michele, Mario ^b   Iannuzzi, Arcangelo ^c   Rubba, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b g Moscati Hospital   (Italy)

^c CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Small dense LDL; Women

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; SMALL DENSE LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILIAL HYPERLIPEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; SMALL DENSE LDL; WOMEN;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84883768296     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2013.08.010     Document Type: Article

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