Hypertensive Retinopathy as the First Manifestation of Advanced Renal Disease in a Young Patient: Report of a Case

The purpose of this paper was to report the case of a 23-year-old patient suffering from bilateral acute visual loss who received the diagnosis of hypertensive retinopathy. After systemic evaluation, he was diagnosed with bilateral renal disease and chronic renal failure, requiring a kidney transpla...

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Autores principales: Arriozola-Rodríguez, Karen Janeth, Serna-Ojeda, Juan Carlos, Martínez-Hernández, Virginia Alejandra, Rodríguez-Loaiza, José Luis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2015
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Published online: December, 2015
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4777944/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26955342
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000442660
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Sumario:The purpose of this paper was to report the case of a 23-year-old patient suffering from bilateral acute visual loss who received the diagnosis of hypertensive retinopathy. After systemic evaluation, he was diagnosed with bilateral renal disease and chronic renal failure, requiring a kidney transplantation to manage the systemic illness, followed by gradual improvement of his visual acuity.

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