Childhood infections and common carotid intima media thickness in adolescence

Atherosclerotic changes can be measured as changes in common carotid intima media thickness (CIMT). It is hypothesised that repeated infection-associated inflammatory responses in childhood contribute to the atherosclerotic process. We set out to determine whether the frequency of infectious disease...

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Published in:Epidemiol Infect
Main Authors: Prins-van Ginkel, A. C., Bruijning-Verhagen, P. C. J., Wijga, A. H., Bots, M. L., Gehring, U., van der Hoek, W., Koppelman, G. H., van Rossem, L., Uiterwaal, C. S. P. M., Smit, H. A., van der Sande, M. A. B.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Cambridge University Press 2018
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6518654/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30404679
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S095026881800287X
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