Blood pressure in children: Is screening for essential hypertension in children essential?
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Blood pressure in children: Is screening for essential hypertension in children essential?
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Measuring blood pressure in children.BMJ. 2008 Jun 14;336(7657):1321. doi: 10.1136/bmj.a150. BMJ. 2008. PMID: 18556277 Free PMC article.
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