Carotid Intima-Media Thickness as a Cardiovascular Risk Marker in Pediatric End-Stage Renal Disease Patients on Dialysis and in Renal Transplantation

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3244-3246

  Delucchi, A ^a   Dinamarca, H ^a   Gainza, H ^a   Whitttle, C ^a   Torrealba, I ^a   Iniguez G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CAROTID ARTERIES; CHILD; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; REFERENCE VALUES; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 56049105414     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.03.126     Document Type: Article

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