Association of Blood Monocyte and Platelet Markers with Carotid Artery Characteristics: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Carotid MRI Study

Background: Atherosclerosis is characterized by infiltration of inflammatory cells from circulating blood. Blood cell activation could play an important role in plaque formation. Methods: We analyzed the relationship between blood cellular markers and quantitative measures of carotid wall components...

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Veröffentlicht in:Cerebrovascular diseases (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2011-01, Vol.31 (6), p.552-558
Hauptverfasser: Matijevic, N., Wu, K.K., Howard, A.G., Wasserman, B., Wang, W.Y.-W., Folsom, A.R., Sharrett, A.R.
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