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Juvenile hypertension, the role of genetically altered steroid metabolism.
Hormone research - 1 Jan 2001
Ferrari P, Bianchetti M, Frey F J
Abstract excerpt
The importance of hypertension in the pediatric population is not as well appreciated as in adults. This might be related in part to the lower prevalence of high blood pressure in this age group. As with height and weight, blood pressure increases with age during childhood. The underlying causes of significant hypertension in children differ considerably from those in adults: while the prevalence of hypertension...
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