Headache is not more frequent among patients with moderate to severe hypertension

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 787-790

  Fuchs, F D ^a   Gus, M ^a   Moreira, L B ^a   Moreira, W D ^a   Goncalves S C ^a   Nunes, G ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Headache; Pulse pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PULSE PRESSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0344876492     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001621     Document Type: Article

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