title: Should all patients have ambulatory blood pressure monitoring performed to validate the diagnosis of hypertension?
authors.affiliation: Renal, Electrolyte and Hypertension Division, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
authors.forename: Debbie L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Raymond R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Townsend
mesh_terms: D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000295:instrumentation*; D018660:Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D012307:Risk Factors