The message for World Kidney Day 2009: hypertension and kidney disease: a marriage that should be prevented.
Bakris
George L
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Department of Medicine, Hypertensive Diseases Unit, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill., USA. gbakris@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu
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D000328:Adult; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000503:physiopathology; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors