Hypocholesterolemia in Nigerian children with sickle cell disease

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 156-161

  VanderJagt, Dorothy J ^a   Shores, Jaimie ^a   Okorodudu, Anthony ^b   Okolo, Seline N ^c   Glew, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HOMOCYSTEINE; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY FAT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIRCULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IMPEDANCE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; REFERENCE VALUE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; WELLBEING; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPIDS; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL CHOLESTEROL; MALE; NIGERIA; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TRIGLYCERIDES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; HUMANS;

EID: 0036017661     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/48.3.156     Document Type: Article

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