منابع مشابه
Ambulatory blood pressure measurement in the elderly.
A number of problems relating to clinic measurements of blood pressure may be particularly relevant to elderly patients with isolated systolic hypertension. First, there are large discrepancies in the blood pressure levels measured by these two techniques in the elderly population. Second, while blood pressure is universally accepted as one of the most important risk factors for the development...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nippon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi. Japanese Journal of Geriatrics
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0300-9173
DOI: 10.3143/geriatrics.50.615