A possible cause of epistaxis: increased masked hypertension prevalence in patients with epistaxis
Abstract Introduction Epistaxis and hypertension are frequent conditions in the adult population. Masked hypertension is defined as a clinical condition in which a patient's office blood pressure level is <140/90 mmHg, but the ambulatory or home blood pressure readings are in the hypertensi...
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology |
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