title: The message for World Kidney Day 2009: hypertension and kidney disease: a marriage that should be prevented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Hypertensive Diseases Unit, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill. 60637, USA. gbakris@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu
authors.forename: George L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Bakris
authors.forename: Eberhard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ritz
mesh_terms: D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007668:Kidney / Q000503:physiopathology; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009017:Morbidity / Q000639:trends; D012307:Risk Factors