Essential hypertension
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hyperpiesia, hyperpiesis, idiopathic hypertension, primary hypertension
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Scope Note
hypertension occurring without preexisting renal disease or known organic cause.
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- Essential hypertension is diagnosed when NO causes can be found.
- Although the prevalence of essential hyperten- sion in women is less than that in men, the actual number of women with essential hypertension is greater.
- Nephrol Dial Transplant (1999) 14: 2271-2278 1999 European Renal Association-Eu 2000 ropean Dialysis and Transplant Association Tony Raine Memorial Lecture Hypertensive nephrosclerosis: pathogenesis and prevalence Essential hypertension is an important cause of end-stage renal disease Robert G.
- It is widely believed that essential hypertension is a complex disease influenced by multiple factors, both environmental and genetic.
- Essential hypertension is typically a disease of middle age, but the presentation in blacks is often at an earlier age than in whites.
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