The study of vascular lesion using ultrasound in children with a history of Kawasaki disease

National Medical Journal of China

Volumn 87, Issue 30, 2007, Pages 2117-2120

  Liu, Xiao Qin ^a   Huang, Guo Ying ^a   Liang, Xue Cun ^a   Tao, Zi Yu ^a   Chen, Wei Da ^a   Lin, Qi Shan ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Convalescence; Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome; Ultrasonography; Vascular diseases

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PROGNOSIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR LESION; VASODILATATION;

BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONVALESCENCE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 35649018727     PISSN: 03762491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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