Assessment of endothelial dysfunction in childhood obesity and clinical use

Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Bruyndonckx, Luc ^a,b   Hoymans, Vicky Y ^a,b   Van Craenenbroeck, Amaryllis H ^a,b   Vissers, Dirk K ^b   Vrints, Christiaan J ^a,b   Ramet, José ^a   Conraads, Viviane M ^a,b  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED RESEARCHES; CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; ENDOTHELIAL DAMAGE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION; ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELLS; NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; WESTERN SOCIETIES;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; REPAIR;

NUTRITION;

ADIPOCYTOKINE; GELATINASE B; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; NITRIC OXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FLOW MEDIATED DILATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; TONOMETRY; VASODILATATION; CHILD; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

CHILD; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY;

EID: 84877263270     PISSN: 19420900     EISSN: 19420994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/174782     Document Type: Review

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