Elastin degradation products among obese children with family history of arterial hypertension

Diabetologia Croatica

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-28

  Nicoloff, George ^a   Christova, Petkana ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY PLEVEN   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Elastin degradation products; ELISA; Obese children

Indexed keywords

ELASTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0037700817     PISSN: 03510042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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