Low-birth-weight children should have their blood pressure checked, researchers find
Thursday, September 4, 2008 - 10:21
in Health & Medicine
Blood pressure in low-birth-weight children younger than 3 years of age not only can be measured but should be, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found. The findings appear in the September issue of Pediatrics.
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