Population
Patients with acute tubular necrosis, polyarteritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, or the terminal stage of…
Design
Cross-sectional
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Suggests renin involvement in acute reversible hypertension of these conditions; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
The renin mechanism may participate in the acute hypertension associated with acute tubular necrosis, polyarteritis, and systemic lupus erythematosus, but not in chronic hypertension of terminal chronic renal disease.
Tu et al. (1965) studied this question.
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