American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 54, Issue 3 , Pages A41-A44 , September 2009

Quiz Page September 2009: Long-standing High-Renin Hypertension and Hypokalemia

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 Case provided and authored by Giuseppe Regolisti, MD,1 Aderville Cabassi, MD,1 Elisabetta Parenti, MD,1 Paolo Greco, MD,1 Caterina Maccari, MD,1 Letizia Gnetti, MD,2 Massimo Melissari, MD, PhD,2 Domenico Potenzoni, MD,3 and Enrico Fiaccadori, MD, PhD,1 1Dipartimento di Clinica Medica, Nefrologia e Scienze della Prevenzione, and 2Sezione di Anatomia Patologica, Dipartimento di Medicina di Laboratorio, Università di Parma; and 3Divisione di Urologia, Ospedale di Vaio, AUSL di Parma, Parma, Italy.Address correspondence to Giuseppe Regolisti, MD, Terapia Intensiva, Dipartimento di Clinica Medica, Nefrologia e Scienze della Prevenzione, Università di Parma, Via Gramsci, 14 - 43100 Parma, Italy. E-mail: gregolisti@ao.pr.it

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PII: S0272-6386(09)00765-3

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.04.030

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 54, Issue 3 , Pages A41-A44 , September 2009

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