Clinical Radiology
Volume 64, Issue 11 , Pages 1097-1103 , November 2009

Factors associated with gender difference in the intima–media thickness of the common carotid artery

  • T.-Y. Tan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • C.-H. Lu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • T.-K. Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • C.-W. Liou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Y.-C. Chuang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: Y.-C. Chuang, Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, 123, Ta-Pei Road, Niao-Sung Hsiang, Kaohsiung County 833, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 7 7317123; fax: +886 7 7318762.
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  • U. Schminke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Ernst Moritz Arndt University, Greifswald, Germany

Received 9 February 2009 ,Revised 8 June 2009 ,Accepted 10 June 2009.

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PII: S0009-9260(09)00251-7

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2009.06.009

Clinical Radiology
Volume 64, Issue 11 , Pages 1097-1103 , November 2009

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