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Epicardial Fat Thickness in Children with Classic Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

OBJECTIVE: Epicardial fat thickness (EFT) is an emerging cardio-metabolic risk factor and has been shown to be related to atherosclerosis. EFT has not been studied in the context of CAH. This study aimed to evaluate EFT in children with CAH and its relation to carotid artery intima-media thickness (...

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Autores principales: Metwalley, Kotb Abbass, Farghaly, Hekma Saad, Abdelhamid, Abdelrahman
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Galenos Publishing 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6398188/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30282618
http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/jcrpe.galenos.2018.2018.0153