Assessment of body position to quantify its effect on nocturnal blood pressure under ambulatory conditions

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1737-1743

  Cavelaars, Marinel ^a,b   Tulen, Joke H M ^a   Man't Veld, Arie J ^a   Gelsema, Edzard S ^a   Van den Meiracker, Anton H ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure; Nocturnal blood pressure decrease; Posture; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

EID: 0033669614     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200018120-00006     Document Type: Article

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