Albuminuria and risk of stroke in African Americans: A marker of uncontrolled hypertension?

Neurology

Volumn 79, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 1634-1635

  Spence, J David ^a,b   Llinás, Rafael H ^a,b  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALBUMINURIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84871227998     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31826e9bad     Document Type: Editorial

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