American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 53, Issue 3 , Pages 373-376 , March 2009

World Kidney Day 2009: Hypertension and Kidney Disease Is a Marriage That Should Be Prevented

  • George L. Bakris, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
    • ,
  • Eberhard Ritz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Ruperto Carola University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

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 This article is adapted and reprinted with permission of the authors. It was originally presented online by the authors at www.worldkidneyday.org on January 29, 2009.

 A list of the members the World Kidney Day Steering Committee appears at the end of this article.

 Reprint requests to Angela Guillemet, World Kidney Day Project Team. E-mail: angela@worldkidneyday.org

PII: S0272-6386(09)00037-7

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.01.006

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 53, Issue 3 , Pages 373-376 , March 2009

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