Hypertension: Renal denervation in chronic kidney disease

Nature Reviews Nephrology

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 439-440

  Blankestijn, Peter J ^a   Joles, Jaap A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY DENERVATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY VASCULAR RESISTANCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; KIDNEY; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; SYMPATHECTOMY;

EID: 84864353075     PISSN: 17595061     EISSN: 1759507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneph.2012.143     Document Type: Article

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