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Association between high cystatin C levels and carotid atherosclerosis

AIM: To investigate the association between carotid atherosclerosis and cystatin C (CysC) and to determine the optimal CysC cut-off value. METHODS: One hundred twenty-eight subjects were included in this study. Atherosclerosis was defined as a maximum carotid plaque thickness (MCPT) of greater than...

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Autores principales: Kobayashi, Toshiyuki, Yokokawa, Hirohide, Fujibayashi, Kazutoshi, Haniu, Tomomi, Hisaoka, Teruhiko, Fukuda, Hiroshi, Naito, Toshio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5329745/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28289532
http://dx.doi.org/10.4330/wjc.v9.i2.174