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Edited by Jennifer M.H. Loggie. 416 pp., illustrated. Boston, Blackwell Scientific, 1992. $149.95. ISBN 0-86542-097-1.

Over the past two decades, there has been heightened interest in the subject of blood pressure and hypertension in infants, children, and adolescents. This interest has been stimulated by a number of factors, prominent among which are the realization that essential hypertension and atherosclerosis probably have their origins in childhood and the recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Task Force on Blood Pressure Control in Children that blood pressure be measured as a part of routine anticipatory guidance starting at an early age (two to three years). Over the past several decades, a number of important advances . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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