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Comprehensive multi-modality assessment of regional and global arterial structure and function in adults born preterm

Preterm birth is associated with higher blood pressure, which could be because preterm birth alters early aortic elastin and collagen development to cause increased arterial stiffness. We measured central and conduit artery size and multiple indices of arterial stiffness to define the extent and sev...

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Autores principales: Boardman, Henry, Birse, Katherine, Davis, Esther F, Whitworth, Polly, Aggarwal, Veena, Lewandowski, Adam J, Leeson, Paul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4709461/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26399455
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/hr.2015.102