Aortic Distensibility and Dimensions and the Effects of Growth Hormone Treatment in the Turner Syndrome

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1644-1649

  van den Berg, Jochem ^a,b   Bannink, Ellen M ^a   Wielopolski, Piotr A ^b   Pattynama, Peter M ^b   de Muinck Keizer Schrama, Sabine M ^a   Helbing, Willem A ^a,b  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADOLESCENT; AORTA; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BODY SURFACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; DIAPHRAGM; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TURNER SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA, THORACIC; CHILD; ELASTICITY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURNER SYNDROME;

EID: 33646676087     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.12.058     Document Type: Article

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