Positive association between aldosterone-renin ratio and carotid intima-media thickness in hypertensive children

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 352-357

  Loureiro, Carolina ^a   Campino, Carmen ^a   Martinez Aguayo, Alejandro ^a   Godoy, Ivan ^a   Aglony, Marlene ^a   Bancalari, Rodrigo ^a   Garcia, Hernan ^a   Carvajal, Cristian A ^a   Fardella, Carlos ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 2; ALDOSTERONE; CORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE; RENIN;

ADOLESCENT; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CHILD; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FAT MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ALDOSTERONE; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; RENIN;

EID: 84872934937     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2012.04503.x     Document Type: Article

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