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Affiliation
Section of Pediatric Nephrology, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO, USA.
Authors
CKiD study group, Dionne J, Flynn J, Furth S, Mitsnefes MM, Pierce C, Samuels J, Warady B
Studies
Citation
Mitsnefes MM, Pierce C, Flynn J, Samuels J, Dionne J, Furth S, Warady B, CKiD study group. Can office blood pressure readings predict masked hypertension? Pediatr Nephrol 2016 Jan;31(1):163-6. Epub 2015 Sep 28.Abstract
Studies in children with chronic kidney disease indicate a high prevalence of masked hypertension detected by ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM). However, it is not well known if the frequency of masked hypertension is related to the level of normal casual blood pressure (BP).