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Birth weight impacts on wave reflections in children and adolescents.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Mar 2003
Lurbe Empar, Torro Maria Isabel, Carvajal Eva, Alvarez Vicente, Redón Josep
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The objective of the present study was to assess central aortic pressure and wave reflection in children and adolescents at different birth weights. Two hundred nineteen healthy children (126 girls), from 7 to 18 years of age (mean, 11.3 years) and born at term after a normotensive pregnancy, were included. The subjects were divided according to birth weight: <2.5 kg, from 2.5 to 2.999 kg, from 3.0 to 3.5 kg, and...
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