Essential hypertension in children, a growing worldwide problem

Hypertension is one of the most common diseases worldwide. For many decades, it was considered as a problem related to adult population; however, its incidence in children has also been increased in recent years. Although secondary causes of hypertension are more common in children, few studies have...

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Autores principales: Sabri, Mohammadreza, Gheissari, Alaleh, Mansourian, Marjan, Mohammadifard, Noushin, Sarrafzadegan, Nizal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6950331/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31949460
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jrms.JRMS_641_19
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author Sabri, Mohammadreza
Gheissari, Alaleh
Mansourian, Marjan
Mohammadifard, Noushin
Sarrafzadegan, Nizal
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description Hypertension is one of the most common diseases worldwide. For many decades, it was considered as a problem related to adult population; however, its incidence in children has also been increased in recent years. Although secondary causes of hypertension are more common in children, few studies have been published focusing on the growing epidemic rate of essential hypertension in children and adolescents. Considering the importance of essential hypertension and its cardiovascular consequences, we review briefly its epidemiology and risk factors in children.
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spelling pubmed-69503312020-01-16 Essential hypertension in children, a growing worldwide problem Sabri, Mohammadreza Gheissari, Alaleh Mansourian, Marjan Mohammadifard, Noushin Sarrafzadegan, Nizal J Res Med Sci Review Article Hypertension is one of the most common diseases worldwide. For many decades, it was considered as a problem related to adult population; however, its incidence in children has also been increased in recent years. Although secondary causes of hypertension are more common in children, few studies have been published focusing on the growing epidemic rate of essential hypertension in children and adolescents. Considering the importance of essential hypertension and its cardiovascular consequences, we review briefly its epidemiology and risk factors in children. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019-12-23 /pmc/articles/PMC6950331/ /pubmed/31949460 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jrms.JRMS_641_19 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Journal of Research in Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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