Intima - Media thickness measurements in children with cardiovascular risk factors

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 707-719

  Litwin, Miezysław ^a   Niemirska, Anna ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arterial hypertension; Arteriosclerosis; Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular risk; Children; Intima media thickness; Target organ damage

Indexed keywords

AORTA COARCTATION; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY INJURY; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CHILD; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MARKER; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOMOCYSTINURIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; METABOLIC DISORDER; OBESITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TARGET ORGAN; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CHILD; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61549103147     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-008-0962-3     Document Type: Review

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