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Elevated albumin excretion in nonmodulating essential hypertensive patients.
Nephron - 1 Jan 1997
Baldoncini R, Bellini C, Desideri G, De Angelis C, Ferri C, Santucci A
Abstract excerpt
Nonmodulating (NM) essential hypertensives are characterized by abnormal renal and aldosterone responses to angiotensin II. Recently, hyperinsulinemia, hypercholesterolemia, and an increased prevalence of family history of hypertension and myocardial infarction have been shown in NM hypertensives. Since an elevated urinary albumin excretion (UAE) has been indicated as a negative prognostic marker for...
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