Aortic intima media thickness in fetuses and children with intrauterine growth restriction

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1109-1114

  Cosmi, Erich ^a   Visentin, Silvia ^a   Fanelli, Tiziana ^a   Mautone, Alan J ^a   Zanardo, Vincenzo ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AORTA INTIMA; AORTA MEDIA; ARTERIAL WALL THICKENING; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETAL WEIGHT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 73549120900     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181bb23d3     Document Type: Article

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