Microvascular function is impaired in children with morbid obesity

Vascular Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 97-102

  Schlager, Oliver ^a   Willfort Ehringer, Andrea ^a   Hammer, Alexandra ^a   Steiner, Sabine ^a   Fritsch, Maria ^a   Giurgea, Aura ^a   Margeta, Christian ^a   Lilaj, Ilda ^a   Zehetmayer, Sonja ^a   Widhalm, Kurt ^a   Koppensteiner, Renate ^a   Gschwandtner, Michael E ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

children; laser Doppler; microcirculation; obesity; vasoconstriction

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVASCULATURE; MORBID OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVESSELS; OBESITY, MORBID; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 79955400120     PISSN: 1358863X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1358863X11400780     Document Type: Article

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