Early Changes in the Biophysical Properties of the Aorta in Pre-Adolescent Children Born Small for Gestational Age

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 388-392

  Bradley, Timothy J ^a   Potts, James E ^a   Lee, Shoo K ^a   Potts, Mary T ^a   De Souza, Astrid M ^a   Sandor, George G S ^a  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AORTA; AORTA ARCH; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SCHOOL CHILD; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

ADOLESCENT; AORTA, THORACIC; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 76749142845     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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