Arterial wall thickness and blood pressure in children who were born small for gestational age: Correlation with umbilical cord high-sensitivity C-reactive protein

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-34

  Trevisanuto, D ^a   Avezzu F ^a   Cavallin, F ^a   Doglioni, N ^a   Marzolo, M ^a   Verlato, F ^a   Zanardo, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HIGH SENSITIVITY C REACTIVE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AORTA; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UMBILICAL CORD; ABDOMINAL AORTA; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS BLOOD; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOLOGY; INFANT; INTIMA; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUNICA MEDIA;

ANTHROPOMETRY; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIRTH WEIGHT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAROTID ARTERIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 75349096232     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2008.150326     Document Type: Article

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