Intima-media thickness in obesity: Relation to hypertension and dyslipidaemia [3]

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1097-

  Wunsch, R ^a   De Sousa, G ^a   Reinehr, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY MEDIA; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LETTER; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 26044443290     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2004.066522     Document Type: Letter

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