TY - BOOK AU - Alaa Nabil Ahmed Elmazny AU - Ahmed Mohamed Abdelalim , AU - Nervana Mohamed Hamed Elfayoumy , AU - Sahar Abdelrahman Nassef , TI - Arterial Stiffness and Carotid Artery Changes in Multiple Sclerosis / PY - 2013/// CY - Cairo : PB - Alaa Nabil Ahmed Elmazny , KW - Intima media thickness KW - Multiple sclerosis arterial stiffness KW - Pulse wave velocity N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine- Department of Neuropsychaitry; Issued also as CD N2 - Background: Recent studies revealed that multiple sclerosis (MS) patients have increased risk of developing cardiovascular events like stroke and myocardial infarction than their age matched population. Arterial stiffness and carotid intima media thickness both are powerful, independent predictors of cardiovascular diseases and subclinical atherosclerosis. Aim of the study: was to assess small and large arterial stiffness and carotid artery intima media thickness in multiple sclerosis patients UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -