No evidence that panic attacks are associated with the white coat effect in hypertension

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-152

  Davies, Simon J C ^a   Jackson, Peter R ^a   Ramsay, Lawrence E ^a   Ghahramani, Parviz ^a   Palmer, Rosemary L ^a   Hippisley Cox, Julia ^b  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANIC; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION;

EID: 0037366186     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-6175.2003.01369.x     Document Type: Review

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