Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 51, Issue 1 , Pages 44-51 , February 2010

Clinical Analysis of Hypertension in Children Admitted to the Emergency Department

  • Wen-Chieh Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Han-Ping Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pediatrics, Buddhist Tzu-Chi General Hospital, Taichung Branch, 66 Fongsing Road, Section 1, Tanzih, Taichung 42743, Taiwan

Received 18 February 2009 ,Revised 29 June 2009 ,Accepted 24 July 2009.

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PII: S1875-9572(10)60009-5

doi: 10.1016/S1875-9572(10)60009-5

Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 51, Issue 1 , Pages 44-51 , February 2010

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