Microalbuminuria and subclinical cerebrovascular damage in essential hypertension

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 519-524

  Ravera, Maura ^a   Ratto, Elena ^a   Vettoretti, Simone ^a   Viazzi, Francesca ^a   Leoncini, Giovanna ^a   Parodi, Denise ^a   Tomolillo, Cinzia ^a   Del Sette, Massimo ^b   Maviglio, Nicola ^b   Deferrari, Giacomo ^a   Pontremoli, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular damage; Essential hypertension; Magnetic resonance imaging; Microalbuminuria

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY MASS; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIPID ANALYSIS; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; THICKNESS; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; URINARY EXCRETION;

AGED; ALBUMINURIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0036759804     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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