American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 50, Issue 6 , Pages 901-903 , December 2007

Should Reducing Nocturnal Blood Pressure Be a Therapeutic Target in CKD? The Time Is Ripe for a Clinical Outcomes Trial

  • Mahboob Rahman, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Administration Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Mahboob Rahman, MD, MS, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106.
    • ,
  • Lawrence J. Appel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

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PII: S0272-6386(07)01358-3

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.10.005

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 50, Issue 6 , Pages 901-903 , December 2007

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