The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 152, Issue 3 , Pages 343-348 , March 2008

Ambulatory Blood Pressure and Increased Left Ventricular Mass in Children at Risk for Hypertension

  • Phyllis A. Richey, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, General Clinical Research Center, Children’s Foundation Research Center at Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee
    • Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, General Clinical Research Center, Children’s Foundation Research Center at Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee
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  • Thomas G. DiSessa, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Kentucky Medical School, Lexington, Kentucky.
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  • Margaret C. Hastings, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, General Clinical Research Center, Children’s Foundation Research Center at Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee
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  • Grant W. Somes, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, General Clinical Research Center, Children’s Foundation Research Center at Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee
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  • Bruce S. Alpert, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, General Clinical Research Center, Children’s Foundation Research Center at Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee
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  • Deborah P. Jones, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, General Clinical Research Center, Children’s Foundation Research Center at Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dr. Deborah P. Jones, 50 North Dunlap, Room 301, Memphis, TN 38103.

Received 4 April 2007 ,Revised 17 May 2007 ,Accepted 6 July 2007.

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 Supported by a grant from the Children’s Foundation Research Center at Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee, and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, MO1 USPHS Grant RR-00211 and NIH NHLBI #5K23HL83910-2.

PII: S0022-3476(07)00666-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.07.014

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 152, Issue 3 , Pages 343-348 , March 2008

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