The misdiagnosis of hypertension: The role of patient anxiety

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 2459-2465

  Ogedegbe, Gbenga ^a,c   Pickering, Thomas G ^a   Clemow, Lynn ^a   Chaplin, William ^b   Spruill, Tanya M ^a   Albanese, Gabrielle M ^a   Eguchi, Kazuo ^a   Burg, Matthew ^a   Gerin, William ^a,d  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149087997     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.168.22.2459     Document Type: Article

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