Birth weight and arterial hypertension

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 398-402

  Bruno, Rosa Maria ^a   Faconti, Luca ^b   Taddei, Stefano ^b   Ghiadoni, Lorenzo ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Birth weight; Endothelial dysfunction; Hypertension; Nephrons

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULTHOOD; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILDHOOD; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHESIS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NEPHRON; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WEIGHT GAIN; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT, NEWBORN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84942602452     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: 15317080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCO.0000000000000180     Document Type: Review

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