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Page kidney: A rare cause of secondary hypertension

Page kidney is a rare phenomenon that can present with hypertension. The presence of a subcapsular perirenal collection causes parenchymal compression leading to renal hypoperfusion. Subsequent activation of the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system results in an increase in systemic blood pressure....

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Autores principales: Warnich, Ilonka, Nicolaou, Mark, Sofianos, Zelia, Pienaar, Jacobus A., Varghese, Jacob
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AOSIS 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6837813/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31754544
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajr.v23i1.1762