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Long-term renal consequences of hypertension for normal and diseased kidneys.
Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension - 1 Jan 2002
Bidani Anil K, Griffin Karen A
Abstract excerpt
Substantial evidence indicates that the adverse effects of hypertension on the kidney depend on the degree to which systemic blood pressure elevations are transmitted to the renal microvasculature. Such blood pressure transmission and consequent susceptibility to hypertensive renal damage is markedly exacerbated in states characterized by preglomerular vasodilation and an impairment of the normally protective...
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