Journal of the American Society of Hypertension
Volume 1, Issue 5 , Pages 347-352 , September 2007

Self–measured (blood pressure) arterial stiffness index: A promising new measure of arterial stiffness

Received 16 April 2007 ,Accepted 31 May 2007.

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 Conflict of interest: none.

PII: S1933-1711(07)00126-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jash.2007.05.005

Journal of the American Society of Hypertension
Volume 1, Issue 5 , Pages 347-352 , September 2007

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