Blood pressure variability, target organ damage and antihypertensive treatment

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1827-1830

  Parati, Gianfranco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ARTERY CLAMP; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TARGET ORGAN; TISSUE INJURY;

EID: 0142074215     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200310000-00008     Document Type: Editorial

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