White coat hypertension in children: not rare and not benign?

Journal of the American Society of Hypertension

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 416-423

  Litwin, Mieczyslaw ^a   Niemirska, Anna ^a   Ruzicka, Marcel ^b   Feber, Janusz ^c  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

carotid intima media thickness; children; Hypertension; left ventricular hypertrophy; white coat hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY MASS; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ORGAN INJURY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION;

EID: 70549107074     PISSN: 19331711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jash.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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