Screening for hypertension in children and adolescents: the controversy, the research questions and a plan for action

J Hypertens. 2015 Jul;33(7):1359-63. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000000629.

Authors

George S Stergiou¹, Andriani Vazeou, Stella Stabouli, Angeliki Ntineri, Anastasios Kollias, Nadia Boubouchairopoulou, Anastasios Kapogiannis, Constantinos J Stefanidis

Affiliation

¹ aHypertension Center STRIDE-7, Third University Department of Medicine, Sotiria Hospital, Athens bFirst Department of Pediatrics, P&A Kyriakou Children's Hospital, Athens cFirst Department of Pediatrics, Aristotle University, Hippokration Hospital, Thessaloniki dDepartment of Nephrology, Agia Sophia Children's Hospital eDepartment of Nephrology, P&A Kyriakou Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece.

PMID: 26039528
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000000629

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MeSH terms

Adolescent
Child, Preschool
Humans
Hypertension / diagnosis*
Mass Screening*