Left ventricular diastolic function evaluated with tissue Doppler imaging in children with familial Mediterranean fever

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-28

  Baysal, Tamer ^a   Peru, Harun ^a   Oran, Bulent ^a   Sahin, Tahir Kemal ^a   Koksal, Yavuz ^a   Karaaslan, Sevim ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Familial Mediterranean fever; Tissue Doppler imaging

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; SERUM AMYLOID A;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 57049181826     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-008-0976-z     Document Type: Article

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