Carotid Intima-Media Thickness after Pediatric Renal or Liver Transplantation at High-Resolution B-Mode Ultrasonography

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1695-1698

  Siirtola, A ^a   Kallio, T ^b   Ala Houhala, M ^a   Lehtimaki T ^a   Solakivi, T ^a   Antikainen, M ^c   Salo, M K ^a   Holmberg, C ^c  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INTIMA; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TRIGLYCERIDES; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 77953655860     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2010.02.096     Document Type: Article

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