Carotid intima-media thickness: A new marker of patients with uterine leiomyoma

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 54-57

  Aksoy, Yuksel ^a   Sivri, Nasir ^a   Karaoz, Banu ^a   Sayin, Cenk ^a   Yetkin, Ertan ^b  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Ortadogu Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular; Hypertension; Leiomyomas; Myomas; Statins; Uterine

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS MYOMA; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; UTERUS CANCER;

ADULT; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; MIDDLE AGED; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84898057028     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: 18727654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2014.01.005     Document Type: Article

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