Pre-hypertension and Hypertension in Pediatrics: Don't Let the Statistics Hide the Pathology

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-169

  Collins II, R Thomas ^a,b   Alpert, Bruce S ^c,d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d LE BONHEUR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION;

EID: 67651126105     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.02.006     Document Type: Note

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