Arterial intima-media thickness in children heterozygous for familial hypercholesterolaemia

Lancet

Volumn 363, Issue 9406, 2004, Pages 369-370

  Wiegman, Albert ^a   De Groot, Eric ^a   Hutten, Barbara A ^a   Rodenburg, Jessica ^a   Gort, Johan ^a   Bakker, Henk D ^a   Sijbrands, Eric J G ^b   Kastelein, John J P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Departments of Vascular Medicine   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 0842326456     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)15467-6     Document Type: Article

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