Patients with psoriasis have an increased amount of epicardial fat tissue

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 123-128

  Balci, A ^a   Celik, M ^b   Balci, D D ^b   Karazincir, S ^b   Yonden, Z ^b   Korkmaz, I ^b   Celik, E ^b   Egilmez, E ^b  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CALCINOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERICARDIUM; PSORIASIS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; EPICARDIAL FAT TISSUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84894099739     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ced.12216     Document Type: Article

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