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Epidemiology of hypertensive kidney disease

Epidemiology of hypertensive kidney disease Hypertension is a chronic disease that can lead to the development of chronic kidney disease (CKD) or exist as a comorbidity of CKD, and can contribute to disease progression. In this Review, Udani and colleagues discuss the pathogenesis, prevalence and epidemiology of hypertension associated with CKD. Major factors in the diagnosis and treatment of CKD-associated hypertension are also described. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nature Reviews Nephrology Springer Journals

Epidemiology of hypertensive kidney disease

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2010 by Nature Publishing Group, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited. All Rights Reserved.
Subject
Medicine & Public Health; Medicine/Public Health, general; Nephrology
ISSN
1759-5061
eISSN
1759-507X
DOI
10.1038/nrneph.2010.154
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Abstract

Hypertension is a chronic disease that can lead to the development of chronic kidney disease (CKD) or exist as a comorbidity of CKD, and can contribute to disease progression. In this Review, Udani and colleagues discuss the pathogenesis, prevalence and epidemiology of hypertension associated with CKD. Major factors in the diagnosis and treatment of CKD-associated hypertension are also described.

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Nature Reviews NephrologySpringer Journals

Published: Nov 16, 2010

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