Inflammatory markers and obstructive sleep apnea in obese children: The NANOS study

Mediators of Inflammation

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Gileles Hillel, Alex ^a   Alonso Álvarez, María Luz ^b,c,d   Kheirandish Gozal, Leila ^a   Peris, Eduard ^a   Cordero Guevara, José Aurelio ^b,c,d   Terán Santos, Joaquin ^b,c,d   Martinez, Mónica Gonzalez ^b,e   Jurado Luque, María José ^b,c,f   Corral Peñafiel, Jaime ^b,c,g   Duran Cantolla, Joaquin ^b,c,h   Gozal, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE BURGOS   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL SAN PEDRO DE ALCÁNTARA   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; ADROPIN; APELIN; APELIN C; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GELATINASE B; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; OSTEOCRIN; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SERPINE1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIATOR RELEASE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY DISTURBANCE INDEX; SEX RATIO; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP TIME; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHEMOKINE CCL2; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; OBESITY; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84903648316     PISSN: 09629351     EISSN: 14661861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/605280     Document Type: Article

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