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Reproducibility of aortic intima-media thickness in infants using edge-detection software and manual caliper measurements

BACKGROUND: Aortic intima-media thickness measured by transabdominal ultrasound (aIMT) is an intermediate phenotype of cardiovascular risk. We aimed to (1) investigate the reproducibility of aIMT in a population-derived cohort of infants; (2) establish the distribution of aIMT in early infancy; (3)...

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Autores principales: McCloskey, Kate, Ponsonby, Anne-Louise, Carlin, John B, Jachno, Kim, Cheung, Michael, Skilton, Michael R, Koleff, Jane, Vuillermin, Peter, Burgner, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4061507/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24894574
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-12-18