Hypertension in children: New trends and challenges

Clinical Science

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 151-161

  Feber, Janusz ^a   Ahmed, Maheen ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Children; End organ damage; Hypertension; Obesity; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; URIC ACID; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ACCURACY; ADULTHOOD; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY DISEASE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD HYPERTENSION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; ETHNICITY; EVALUATION; GENDER; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HOME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERURICEMIA; INFLAMMATION; INHERITANCE; KIDNEY INJURY; MICROALBUMINURIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; REVIEW; SALT INTAKE; SCREENING; SODIUM INTAKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; MASS SCREENING; OBESITY; PEDIATRICS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77954902995     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20090544     Document Type: Review

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