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Selected risk factors for atherosclerosis in children and their parents with positive family history of premature cardiovascular diseases: a prospective study.
BMC pediatrics - 3 Apr 2018
Pac-Kozuchowska Elzbieta, Krawiec Paulina, Grywalska Ewelina
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BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to evaluate serum parameters of lipid metabolism, homocysteine, soluble adhesion molecules and common carotid artery wall thickness in children from families with early symptoms of atherosclerosis. METHODS: The first stage included 137 pairs of mothers and newborns, and the second 18 children from the same group (age 18-30 months) and their parents (age 21-46 years) with a...
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