European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 18, Issue 2 , Pages 118-123 , March 2007

A comparative study of an ambulatory blood pressure measuring device and a wrist blood pressure monitor with a position sensor versus a mercury sphygmomanometer

  • Şekip Altunkan

      Affiliations

    • Hypertension Division, Metropol Medical Center, Nisan Sokak, No: 7, 06400, Dikmen, Ankara, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +90 312 479 70 33; fax: +90 312 483 16 56.
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  • Yasemin Genç

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
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  • Erkan Altunkan

      Affiliations

    • Hypertension Division, Metropol Medical Center, Nisan Sokak, No: 7, 06400, Dikmen, Ankara, Turkey

Received 23 March 2006 ,Revised 21 August 2006 ,Accepted 29 September 2006.

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PII: S0953-6205(06)00299-8

doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2006.09.018

European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 18, Issue 2 , Pages 118-123 , March 2007

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