Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 105, Issue 12 , Pages 955-963 , 2006

Applications of 24-hour Noninvasive Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring

  • Yung-Zu Tseng

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Yung-Zu Tseng, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan

Received 5 June 2006 ,Revised 1 August 2006 ,Accepted 1 August 2006.

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PII: S0929-6646(09)60279-5

doi: 10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60279-5

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 105, Issue 12 , Pages 955-963 , 2006

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