Studies on preventive nephrology: Systemic hypertension in the pediatric and adolescent population of Gassim, Saudi Arabia

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-52

  Soyannwo, M Akin O ^a,b   Gadallah, Mohsen ^a   Kurashi, Nabil Y ^a   Harns, Jamal ^a   El Essawi, Osama ^a   Khan, Nissar A ^a   Singh, Rana G ^a   Alamri, Aladin ^a   Beyari, Talal H ^a  

^a King Fahd Specialist Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Wemi Mak Clinic Complex   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; SEX RATIO;

EID: 0030942687     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1997.47     Document Type: Article

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