Ambulatory and home blood pressure monitoring in children and adolescents: Diagnosis of hypertension and assessment of target-organ damage

Hypertension Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 285-292

  Karpettas, Nikos ^a   Nasothimiou, Efthimia ^a   Kollias, Anastasios ^a   Vazeou, Adriani ^b   Stergiou, George S ^a  

^a SOTIRIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b P AND A KYRIAKOU CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

diagnosis; masked hypertension; pediatric; white coat hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY SIZE; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; ORGAN INJURY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULSE WAVE; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION;

EID: 84877145877     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hr.2012.220     Document Type: Review

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