Chronic kidney disease: Optimal blood pressure for kidney disease - Lower is not better

Nature Reviews Nephrology

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 634-635

  Bakris, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMINURIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RENAL PROTECTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, RENAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC;

EID: 84890789577     PISSN: 17595061     EISSN: 1759507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneph.2013.206     Document Type: Article

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