Association of high plasma prorenin with diabetic retinopathy

Journal of Hypertension, Supplement

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1988, Pages S461-S463

  Franken, Anton A M ^a   Derkx, Frans H M ^a   Schalekamp, Maarten A D H ^b   Man in t’ Veld, Arie J ^a   Flop, Wim C J ^c   Van Rens, Eric H ^d   de Jong, Paulus T V M ^d  

^a Departments of Internal Medicine   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Eye; Nephropathy; Prorenin; Rennin; Retinopathy

Indexed keywords

PRORENIN; RENIN;

CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

BLOOD PRESSURE; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ENZYME PRECURSORS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RENAL ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; RENIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0024272670     PISSN: 09521178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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