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Levels of plasma fibrinogen and D-dimer in subjects with white-coat hypertension

Journal of Human Hypertension volume 18, pages 291–292 (2004)Cite this article

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White-coat hypertension (WCHT) is a condition in which patients have high clinical blood pressure (CBP), but it is ambulatory normal. The risk profile of WCHT has not yet been completely clear, and it is not known whether it represents a separate clinical entity, a prehypertensive state, or a low-risk stratum of essential hypertension.1 Some studies have shown that WCHT represents a low-risk group,2 whereas others have not.3

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, Antalya, Turkey

    E Çoban

  2. Division of Oncology, Antalya, Turkey

    M Özdoǧan

  3. Department of Biochemistry, Antalya, Turkey

    F Akçit

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Çoban, E., Özdoǧan, M. & Akçit, F. Levels of plasma fibrinogen and D-dimer in subjects with white-coat hypertension. J Hum Hypertens 18, 291–292 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jhh.1001670

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