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Angiotensins
Research from Mayo Clinic provides new data on angiotensins
August 12th, 2008
"The current US chronic kidney disease (CKD)/end stage renal disease (ESRD) epidemic, coincident with the increasing application of renin angiotensin aldosterone system (RAAS) blockade, has raised concerns of iatrogenic renal failure. The US population is an ageing one, further raising the possibility of increasing renal artery stenosis (RAS) in our patients," scientists writing in the Qjm - an International Journal of Medicine report. "Current literature regarding worsening renal failure in CKD patients with RAS is based almost wholly on retrospective studies, and therefore may be poorly understood. To prospectively examine the syndrome of worsening renal...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-08-12)
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