Pediatric Hypertension: Update

• Auteur principal: Tammy M. Brady (auth)
• Autres auteurs: Ibrahim F. Shatat (auth)
• Format: Électronique Chapitre de livre
• Langue: anglais
• Publié: Frontiers Media SA 2018
• Collection: Frontiers Research Topics
• Sujets: Medicine; genetic programming; pheochromocytoma; developmental origins; kidney transplant; microbiome; obesity; LVH; paraganglioma
• Accès en ligne: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Hypertension and its resultant complications do occur in childhood and track into adulthood. It's estimated that > 3% of all children have hypertension, with an even greater prevalence among obese children (20-47%). The etiology of hypertension is generally described as primary (essential) o...