Increased arterial stiffness in children with cystic fibrosis

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1536-1537

  Buehler, Tobias ^a   Steinmann, Markus ^a   Singer, Florian ^a   Regamey, Nicolas ^a   Casaulta, Carmen ^a   Schoeni, Martin H ^a   Simonetti, Giacomo D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAROTID ARTERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS RELATED DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIGITAL VOLUME PULSE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HYDRATION; LETTER; LUNG CLEARANCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PULSE WAVE; SCHOOL CHILD; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84861892787     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00212511     Document Type: Letter

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