Hypertension and the brain: Stroke is just the tip of the iceberg

Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 6-7

  Rosand, Jonathan ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRAIN; EDITORIAL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 3242714897     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000132843.90333.B2     Document Type: Editorial

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