Childhood Infection and Endothelial Dysfunction
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Endothelial dysfunction in childhood infection.
BACKGROUND Atherosclerosis begins in early life, and endothelial dysfunction is recognized as a key initiating event in the development of atherosclerosis. Although infection has been implicated in endothelial dysfunction and atherogenesis, the impact of acute common childhood infections on the vascular endothelium is unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS We studied 600 children aged 10 years drawn fr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Circulation
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0009-7322,1524-4539
DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.0000161816.52136.66