Nocturnal pressure is the true pressure

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 1, Issue SUPPL. 1-2, 1996, Pages

  Verdecchia, Paolo ^a   Schillaci, Giuseppe ^b   Borgioni, Claudia ^a   Ciucci, Antonella ^a   Gattobigio, Roberto ^a   Porcellati, Carlo ^a  

^a Ospedale Silvestrini   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Beato G Villa   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Hypertension; Prognosis; Variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001786173     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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