Acute infections in children are accompanied by oxidative modification of LDL and decrease of HDL cholesterol, and are followed by thickening of carotid intima-media

European Heart Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 515-521

  Liuba, Petru ^a   Persson, Jerker ^a   Luoma, Jukka ^b   Ylä Herttuala, Seppo ^b   Pesonen, Erkki ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acute infection; Carotid intima media thickness; High density lipoprotein; Oxidised low density lipoprotein

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFECTION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ULTRASOUND;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; INFECTION; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 0345354672     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-668X(02)00750-9     Document Type: Article

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