Blood pressure changes in the leg on standing

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 350-354

  Malhotra, Arun ^a   Cohen, Debbie ^a   Syms, Charles ^a   Townsend, Raymond R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEG BLOOD FLOW; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; STANDING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0036750077     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-6175.2002.00767.x     Document Type: Article

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