Chronic low blood pressure: A review

Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-35

  De Buyzere, Marc ^a   Clement, Denis L ^a   Duprez, Daniel ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure; Epidemiology; Pathophysiology; Psychosomatic distress; Symptoms; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; REVIEW; SYMPTOM;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; WESTERN WORLD;

EID: 0031895709     PISSN: 09203206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007729229483     Document Type: Review

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