Journal of the American Society of Hypertension
Volume 3, Issue 6 , Pages 416-423 , November 2009

White coat hypertension in children: not rare and not benign?

  • Mieczyslaw Litwin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology and Arterial Hypertension, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
    • Department of Research, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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  • Anna Niemirska, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology and Arterial Hypertension, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
    • ,
  • Marcel Ruzicka, MD, PhD, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Renal Hypertension Program, The Ottawa Hospital, Division of Nephrology and Arterial Hypertension, University of Ottawa, Canada
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  • Janusz Feber, MD, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Janusz Feber, MD, FRCPC, Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L1 Canada. Tel: 613-737-7600 (ext. 2441); fax: 613-738-3254.

Received 13 August 2009 ,Accepted 15 October 2009.

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 Conflicts of interest: None

PII: S1933-1711(09)00137-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jash.2009.10.002

Journal of the American Society of Hypertension
Volume 3, Issue 6 , Pages 416-423 , November 2009

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