Hypertension and renal failure.

Hypertension and renal failure.

Lead, hypertension, and chronic renal failure.

BACKGROUND Chronic kidney disease (CKD), a condition frequently attributed to uncontrolled diabetes and hypertension, has become an economic and public health burden both globally and locally. The present study was designed to investigate the toxic effects of lead and hypertension (HTN) on chronic renal failure (CRF). METHOD It was a cross-sectional, prospective study conducted in Jinnah Post...

Nephron number, hypertension, renal disease, and renal failure.

Wendy E. Hoy,* Michael D. Hughson, John F. Bertram, Rebecca Douglas-Denton, and Kerstin Amann *Centre for Chronic Disease, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi; Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Monash University, Victoria, Australia; and Department of Pathology, University of Erlangen-...

[Hypertension in children with chronic renal failure].

Hypertension is one of the main risk factors of mortality for children on renal replacement therapy. It has also been recognised as one of the major risk factors for progression of renal failure. The aim of the study was to define the prevalence of hypertension in children with chronic renal failure, treated in a single centre, and to assess the efficacy of its diagnosis and management. Hyperte...

Proceedings: Studies of leucocyte electrolytes in renal failure and hypertension.

and Fabry's diseases, as well as metachromatic leucodystrophy). Leucocyte studies of families have done much to increase our knowledge of the genetics of the inherited metabolic disorders and in many cases the heterozygous state can be clearly delineated using these readily available cells. Direct enzyme assay on the isolated cells is usually satisfactory, although in some cases the white cell ...