Hypertension as an etiopathological factor in the development of cerebral atrophy in hemodialyzed patients

Nephron

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-24

  Savazzi, Giorgio M ^a   Cusmano, Ferdinando ^b   Bergamaschi, Enrico ^b   Vinci, Simonetta ^b   Allegri, Landino ^b   Garini, Giovanni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cerebral atrophy; Computed tomography; Hemodialysis; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHATE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ATROPHY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UREMIA;

EID: 0032917943     PISSN: 00282766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000045240     Document Type: Article

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