The message for World Kidney Day 2009: hypertension and kidney disease, a marriage that should be prevented

Iran J Kidney Dis. 2009 Jan;3(1):7-10.

Authors

George L Bakris¹, Eberhard Ritz; World Kidney Day Steering Committee

Collaborators

World Kidney Day Steering Committee:
William Couser, Paul Beerkens, Tom Reiser, Jan Lantink, Alan Collins, Georgi Abraham, John Feehally, Joel Kopple, Philip Li, Miguel Riella, Bernardo Rodriguez-Iturbe, Anne Wilson

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, Hypertensive Diseases Unit, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.

PMID: 19377251

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Chronic Disease
Diabetic Nephropathies / complications
Global Health
Humans
Hypertension / complications*
Hypertension / drug therapy*
International Cooperation
Kidney Diseases / complications*
Kidney Diseases / prevention & control*
Patient Education as Topic