Blood pressure and heart rate in young thalassemia major patients

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 539-547

  Veglio, Franco ^a,b   Melchio, Remo ^a   Rabbia, Franco ^a   Molino, Paola ^a   Genova, Gianluca Cat ^a   Martini, Gianpiero ^a   Schiavone, Domenica ^a   Piga, Antonio ^a   Chiandussi, Livio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Ospedale San Vito   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Heart rate; Spectral analysis; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; SYMPATHETIC TONE; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; BAROREFLEX; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; SYSTOLE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031840860     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7061(97)00263-X     Document Type: Article

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