Relation of age and sex with carotid intima media thickness in healthy children

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 422-426

  Koçyiǧit, Ali ^a   Doǧan, Mustafa ^a   Yilmaz, Ismail ^a   Çaǧlar, Murat ^a   Hatipoǧlu, Celile ^a   Koçyiǧit, Figen ^b   Herek, Duygu ^a   Karabulut, Nevzat ^a  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Denizli Public Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aging; Carotid artery; Children; Intima media thickness; Sex differences; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX; SPHYGMOMANOMETRY; CAROTID ARTERY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84897843598     PISSN: 13000144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/sag-1304-22     Document Type: Article

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