Increased thickness of the carotid artery intima-media assessed by ultrasonography in Behcet's disease

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KESER G. , AKSU K. , TAMSEL S. , OZMEN M., KITAPCIOGLU G. , Kabaroglu C. , et al.

CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY, cilt.23, 2005 (SCI İndekslerine Giren Dergi)

• Cilt numarası: 23 Konu: 4
• Basım Tarihi: 2005
• Dergi Adı: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY

Özet

Objective. Behcet's 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. We aimed to search carotid IMT and plaque formation in BD, using high-resolution B-mode Doppler ultrasonography (USG).