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Is pediatric hypertension underdiagnosed?

Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine volume 5, pages 128–129 (2008)Cite this article

boxed-textHansen ML et al. (2007) Underdiagnosis of hypertension in children and adolescents. JAMA 298: 874–879

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  1. RJ Cunningham III is Head of the Section of Pediatric Nephrology and Hypertension at the Ochsner Children's Health Center, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA, USA.,

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