Altered circadian blood pressure profile and prognosis

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 347-352

  Verdecchia, Paolo ^a,d   Schillaci, Giuseppe ^b   Borgioni, Claudia ^a   Ciucci, Antonella ^a   Gattobigio, Roberto ^a   Guerrieri, Massimo ^c   Comparato, Elio ^c   Benemio, Guglielmo ^b   Porcellati, Carlo ^a  

^a Osp Gen Regionale Raffaello S   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Beato G Villa   (Italy)

^c Nuovo Ospedale S Agostino   (Italy)

^d Ospedale Silvestrini   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arterial; Blood pressure monitoring; Hypertension; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0031441015     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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