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Primary Hypertension

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Pediatric Hypertension

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Pickering stated, “The relationship between arterial pressure and mortality is quantitative, the higher the pressure the worse the prognosis” (1). Primary hypertension (HTN), which affects almost 20% of adults and is a major public health issue, is believed to have its antecedents during childhood. Therefore, it is important that those providing care to children approach the issue of HTN both as a societal challenge and as a disease affecting discrete individuals.

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  1. Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA

    Gaurav Kapur MD

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    Tej K. Mattoo MD, DCH, FRCP (UK), FAAP

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Kapur, G., Mattoo, T.K. (2011). Primary Hypertension. In: Flynn, J., Ingelfinger, J., Portman, R. (eds) Pediatric Hypertension. Clinical Hypertension and Vascular Diseases. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-824-9_19

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