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Review
. 2008 Jun;10(6):497-500.
doi: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2008.08337.x.

Hypertension in women--part II

Priscilla Igho Pemu  1 , Elizabeth Ofili
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Review

Hypertension in women--part II

Priscilla Igho Pemu et al. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2008 Jun.

Abstract

In Part I, we reviewed the pathophysiology of hypertension in women. This section focuses on the treatment of hypertension in special circumstances and special populations: pregnancy, preeclampsia, and lactation; hypertension in black women; and hypertension in the elderly.

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