American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 49, Issue 6 , Pages 786-792 , June 2007

Association Between Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness and Early-Stage CKD in a Chinese Population

  • LuXia Zhang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
    • L.Z. and F.Z. contributed equally to this work.
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  • Feng Zhao, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
    • L.Z. and F.Z. contributed equally to this work.
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  • Ying Yang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
    • ,
  • LiTong Qi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
    • ,
  • BaoWei Zhang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
    • ,
  • Fang Wang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
    • ,
  • ShuYu Wang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Beijing Hypertension League Institute, Beijing, China.
    • ,
  • LiSheng Liu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Beijing Hypertension League Institute, Beijing, China.
    • ,
  • HaiYan Wang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to HaiYan Wang, MD, Institute of Nephrology and Division of Nephrology, Peking University First Hospital, No. 8 Xishiku St, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100034, PR China.

Received 21 November 2006 ,Accepted 19 March 2007.

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PII: S0272-6386(07)00642-7

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.03.011

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 49, Issue 6 , Pages 786-792 , June 2007

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