Aortic and carotid intima-media thickness in term small-for-gestational-Age newborns and relationship with prenatal signs of severity

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 625-631

  Stergiotou, I ^a,b   Crispi, F ^a,b   Valenzuela Alcaraz, B ^a,b   Cruz Lemini, M ^a,b   Bijnens, B ^c   Gratacos, E ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

aortic intima media thickness; blood pressure; carotid arterial intima media thickness; late onset intrauterine growth restriction; small for gestational age

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AORTA; AORTA DISEASE; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTIMA; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NEWBORN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; TUNICA MEDIA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AORTA; AORTIC DISEASES; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PLACENTAL INSUFFICIENCY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 84901915370     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.13245     Document Type: Article

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