Sex Differences in Hypertension: Recent Advances

Hypertension

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1322-1327

  Gillis, Ellen E ^a   Sullivan, Jennifer C ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANIMAL; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RAT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RATS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84992390942     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.116.06602     Document Type: Article

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