Ultrasound evaluation of carotid intima-media thickness in children

Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1141-1147

  Epifanio, Matias ^a   Baldisserotto, Matteo ^a   Sarria, Edgar E ^a,b   Lazaretti, Arthur ^a   Mattiello, Rita ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CRUZ DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid intima media thickness; Skinfold thickness

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNONEPHELOMETRY; MALE; NEPHELOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; EVALUATION STUDY; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; BIOMARKERS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84946091773     PISSN: 13403478     EISSN: 18803873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5551/jat.29280     Document Type: Article

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