Sonographic normative values of carotid intima-media thickness in an adult Nigerian population
BACKGROUND: The thickness of the intima-media complex of the Common carotid artery (CCA) has been advanced as a reliable measurement of the degree of atherosclerosis in the CCA and the coronary artery. We set out to determine the baseline values of this complex in a Nigerian population so as to dete...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2017-01-01
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| Series: | Nigerian Journal of Medicine |
| Online Access: | http://www.njmonline.org/article.asp?issn=1115-2613;year=2017;volume=26;issue=4;spage=316;epage=319;aulast=Owoeye;type=0 |