Prehypertension in Adolescents: Risk and Progression
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STATE OF THE ART REVIEW PAPER Prehypertension in Adolescents: Risk and Progression
In 2004, the National High Blood Pressure Education Program Working Group on High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents recommended a new designation of prehypertension for children with mildly elevated blood pressure (BP). This description was intended to help identify children most at risk for the development of persistent hypertension for whom targeted prevention programs would be most ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Clinical Hypertension
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1524-6175
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2012.00663.x