title: Altered circadian blood pressure profile and renal damage.
abstract: Introduction. The relationship between arterial hypertension and renal damage has long been recognized. In 1836, Bright reported an association between cardiac hypertrophy and contraction of the kidney [1] and 40 years later Gull and Sutton [2] suggested that the renal damage in patients with arterial hypertension could be the consequence of vascular hypertensive alterations.
authors.affiliation: Unità Operativa di Nefrologia, Spedali Riuniti, Livorno, Italy.
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bianchi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bigazzi
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Campese