Malignant Hypertension and Hypokalaemia: Cured by Nephrectomy
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Malignant Hypertension Cured by Unilateral Nephrectomy.
The classical work of Goldblatt (1934 and 1937) and of Wilson and Byrom (1939), demonstrating the development of hypertension following unilateral renal ischmmia and the return of the blood pressure to normal following removal of the renal lesion, gave a great stimulus to the clinical study of hypertension. As a result it is clear that in man, as in the experimental animal, renal ischemia gives...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1959
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.2.5163.1367