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Childhood Hypertension in Autosomal-Dominant Hypertension With Brachydactyly

O. Toka,P. Maass,6 Authors,S. Bähring

2010 · DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.110.156620
HYPERTENSION · 19 Citations

TLDR

Blood pressure measurement, rather than brachydactyly, was the most reliable phenotype for the very early diagnosis in children, and it is recommended to treat all individuals with stage 2 hypertension according to the current European and US guidelines on hypertension in children and adolescents.