Increased carotid intima-media thickness in healthy young subjects with a parental history of hypertension (parental hypertension and vascular health)

Sergio Cuomo et al. Heart. 2007 Mar.

. 2007 Mar;93(3):368-9.

doi: 10.1136/hrt.2006.091769.

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