Media-to-lumen ratio as predictor of renal abnormalities in hypertension: New findings, new questions

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1811-1813

  Grassi, Guido ^a   Schiffrin, Ernesto L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CREATININE; UREA;

ARTERY RESISTANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MEDIA TO LUMEN RATIO; MESENTERY BLOOD FLOW; MICROCIRCULATION; NOTE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RENAL PROTECTION; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 77955794343     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32833d7fed     Document Type: Note

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