Meyrier A, Eladari D, Montseny J-J, Simon P, Kleinknecht D
Nephrosclerosis in the white: no correlation between
hypertension and renal histologic lesion
Am Soc Nephrol
J Am Soc Nephrol (abstract)
(Nov) 6:396 1995
This retrospective study analyzes the relationship between hypertension
and renal damage in 41 white patients with biopsy-proven nephrosclerosis.
The majority of these cases had a normal body mass index,
a strong family history of
hypertension and coronary events, and mild or absent LVH and retinopathy.
Renal damage was largely dissociated from arterial pressure. This study
suggests that nephrosclerosis in whites has a strong genetic component and
that
vascular lesions in the kidney may precede hypertension.
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Am Soc Nephrol
H: Pathophysiology :
Kidney in hypertension
H: Special problems :
Ethnic populations