Munchausen syndrome: A novel cause of drug-resistant hypertension

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1473-1476

  Pessina, Achille C ^a   Bisogni, Valeria ^a   Fassina, Ambrogio ^b   Rossi, Gian Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drug abuse; Munchausen syndrome; Resistant arterial hypertension

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; AMPHETAMINE; ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BISOPROLOL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CANRENOATE POTASSIUM; CATECHOLAMINE; CHLORTALIDONE; CLONIDINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; DOXAZOSIN; FUROSEMIDE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; KIDNEY RENIN; LACIDIPINE; MINOXIDIL; OLMESARTAN; PERINDOPRIL; PROPRANOLOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAPHORESIS; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEMIANOPIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ITALY; KIDNEY DENERVATION; MALE; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; RESISTANT HYPERTENSION; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 84880041148     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e328360e9ae     Document Type: Article

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