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Clinical Features of Hypertension in the Elderly

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In the last decades, further research developments regarding hypertension in the elderly, including both epidemiologic and clinical trial data, have answered a number of important issues for the clinician. The purpose of this review will be to focus on those features, which are peculiar to senile hypertension, and have clinical relevance for the prognosis and pharmacological treatment.

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  1. Department of Medicine and Aging, University of Chieti, Italy

    G. Abate, M. Zito & A. Di Iorio

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Abate, G., Zito, M., Di Iorio, A. (1998). Clinical Features of Hypertension in the Elderly. In: Barbagallo, M., Licata, G., Sowers, J.R. (eds) Recent Advances in Geriatrics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1483-5_12

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