Can 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure measurement predict the development of hypertension in primigravidae?

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 356-362

  Higgins, John R ^a   Walshe, Joseph J ^a   Halligan, Aidan ^a   O’brien, Eoin ^b   Conroy, Ronan ^a   Darling, Michael R N ^a  

^a ROTUNDA HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PARITY; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031054491     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb11468.x     Document Type: Article

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