Journal article
Meta-analysis: risk for hypertension in living kidney donors.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The risk for hypertension after kidney donation remains uncertain.
PURPOSE: To see whether normotensive adults who donate a kidney develop higher blood pressure and risk for hypertension compared with nondonor adults acting as control participants.
Authors
Boudville N; Ramesh Prasad GV; Knoll G; Muirhead N; Thiessen-Philbrook H; Yang RC; Rosas-Arellano MP; Housawi A; Garg AX
Journal
Annals of Internal Medicine, Vol. 145, No. 3, pp. 185–196
Publisher
American College of Physicians
Publication Date
August 1, 2006
DOI
10.7326/0003-4819-145-3-200608010-00006
ISSN
1056-8751