Evidence of arteriolar narrowing in low-birth-weight children

Circulation

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 518-524

  Mitchell, Paul ^a,d   Liew, Gerald ^a   Rochtchina, Elena ^a   Wang, Jie Jin ^a,b   Robaei, Dana ^a   Cheung, Ning ^b   Wong, Tien Y ^b,c  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Arteries; Hypertension; Microcirculation

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERY; ARTERIOLE; BODY HEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; VENULE;

ARTERIOLES; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETINAL VESSELS; RISK FACTORS; VENULES;

EID: 49649119083     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.747329     Document Type: Article

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