Evaluation of blood pressure in children

Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 577-584

  Sinha, Manish D ^a   Reid, Christopher J D ^a  

^a EVELINA LONDON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Evaluation; Hypertension; Paediatric

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALT INTAKE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TONOMETRY; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR;

EID: 37349097696     PISSN: 10624821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNH.0b013e3282f0d107     Document Type: Review

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