title: Atherosclerosis starts in childhood--fact, myth or insinuation?
abstract: There is evidence that atherosclerotic vascular disease is observed already in childhood. The data on epidemiology, geographical variation and incidence is incomplete, and several risk factors have been identified and described. It is hoped that international collaborative research studies such as that on the effect of differences in nutrition or diabetes control in children, between our clinic and the Valle Hebron Children Hospital in Barcelona (sponsored by the Child Health Foundation) will generate knowledge on how to prevent premature atherosclerosis in childhood diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology, Beilinson Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Laron
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D006801:Humans; D006951:Hyperlipoproteinemias / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000473:pathology*; D012307:Risk Factors