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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Main Authors: Baran Acar, Bunyamin Yavuz, Erdem Yıldız, Selcuk Ozkan, Mehmet Ayturk, Omer Sen, Onur Sinan Deveci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology
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