Cardiac mass and function, carotid artery intima-media thickness, and lipoprotein levels in growth hormone-deficient adolescents

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1061-1065

  Lanes, Roberto ^a,b   Gunczler, Peter ^a   Lopez, Edgar ^a   Esaa, Sara ^a   Villaroel, Omar ^a   Revel Chion, Renata ^a  

^a Hospital Militar Dr Carlos Arvelo   (Venezuela)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GROWTH HORMONE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0035053197     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.86.3.7268     Document Type: Article

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