Hypertension in individuals at risk for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease: To screen or not to screen?

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 557-559

  Perrone, Ronald D ^a   Miskulin, Dana C ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; LAW; LIVING DONOR; MANDATORY PROGRAM; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGE OF ONSET; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, RENAL; MASS SCREENING; POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY, AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT; RISK;

EID: 23944485669     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2005.07.016     Document Type: Editorial

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