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Epidemiology and clinical features of hypertension in the elderly

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It has long been recognized that basal resting systolic and diastolic blood pressure values increase with advancing adult age.

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  1. Istituto di Clinica Medica Generale e Terapia Medica, I dell’Università degli Studi di Bologna, Italy

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Abate, G., Zito, M. (1987). Epidemiology and clinical features of hypertension in the elderly. In: Lenzi, S., Descovich, G.C. (eds) Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3205-0_25

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