Genetic basis of variation in carotid artery wall thickness

Stroke

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 833-837

  Duggirala, Ravindranath ^a   González Villalpando, Clicerio ^c   O'Leary, Daniel H ^d   Stern, Michael P ^a   Blangero, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c AMERICAN BRITISH COWDRAY MEDICAL CENTER   (Mexico)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

carotid arteries; genetics; ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MEXICO; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 9244221611     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.27.5.833     Document Type: Article

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