The prevalence of hypertension in children with spina bifida

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Mazur, L ^a   Lacy, B ^a   Wilsford, L ^a  

^a Shriners Hospital for Children   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIPOMENINGOCELE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PREHYPERTENSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SACRUM AGENESIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINA BIFIDA; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 79960093695     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2011.02225.x     Document Type: Article

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