Family history of cardiovascular events and endothelial dysfunction in children with familial hypercholesterolemia

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 193-197

  De Jongh, Saskia ^a   Lilien, Marc R ^b   Bakker, Henk D ^a   Hutten, Barbara A ^a   Kastelein, John J P ^a   Stroes, Erik S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Endothelial function; Familial hypercholesterolemia; Flow mediated dilatation; Lipids; Lipoprotein; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE 2; INCIDENCE; NETHERLANDS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIGREE; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA, FAMILIAL; INCIDENCE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PEDIGREE; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II;

EID: 0036016003     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(02)00003-5     Document Type: Article

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