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Carotid Intima Media Thickness as a Measure of Cardiovascular Disease Burden in Nigerian Africans with Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus

As part of a larger study of cardiovascular risk factors in nonhypertensive type 2 diabetes patients, we subjected a cohort of diabetics to B mode ultrasonography of the carotid artery to measure the intima media thickness (IMT) and compared it with values in hypertensives and apparently normal cont...

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Autores principales: Okeahialam, Basil N., Alonge, Benjamin A., Pam, Stephen D., Puepet, Fabian H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3124892/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21748020
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/327171