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Angiology
Ultrasonography measures increased carotid artery intima-media thickness in Behcet disease
December 29th, 2005
Ultrasonography was used to measure increased thickness of the carotid artery intima-media in Behcet disease patients. According to recent research from Turkey, "Behcet disease (BD), is a unique systemic vasculitis, which affects almost all types and sizes of blood vessels. Carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) is an endothelial cell dysfunction (ECD) parameter which may also be associated with atherosclerosis." G. Keser and colleagues at the Ege University School of Medicine in Izmir wrote, "[Our objective was] to search carotid IMT and plaque formation in BD, using high-resolution B-mode Doppler ultrasonography (USG)." They...
Source: Blood Weekly (2005-12-29)
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