Journal article
Blood pressure and arterial stiffness in Kenyan adolescents with α+thalassemia
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Background Recent studies have discovered that α‐globin is expressed in blood vessel walls where it plays a role in regulating vascular tone. We tested the hypothesis that blood pressure (BP) might differ between normal individuals and those with α+thalassemia, in whom the production of α‐globin is reduced. gMethods and Results The study was conducted in Nairobi, Kenya, among 938 adolescents aged 11 to 17 years. Twenty‐four‐hour ambulatory BP monitoring and ... Expand abstract
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Wellcome Trust
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- American Heart Association Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Journal of the American Heart Association Journal website
- Volume:
- 6
- Issue:
- 4
- Article number:
- e005613
- Publication date:
- 2017-04-05
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-03-01
- DOI:
- ISSN:
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2047-9980
- Pmid:
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28381468
- Source identifiers:
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894048
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:894048
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- Local pid:
- pubs:894048
- Deposit date:
- 2018-09-11
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- Copyright holder:
- Etyang et al
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
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Copyright © 2017 The Authors. Published on behalf of the American Heart Association, Inc., by Wiley. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative
Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction
in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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