Worldwide, raised blood pressure is estimated to affect 35-40% of the adult population and is a main conditioning factor for cardiovascular diseases and stroke. Animal models of hypertension have provided great advances concerning the pathophysiology of human hypertension, as already shown for the
OBJECTIVE
To report the first recognized case of Cushing's syndrome due to a corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH)-secreting ganglioneuroblastoma, which was found in an 18-month-old boy with hypertensive encephalopathy.
METHODS
The clinical, biochemical, and immunohistochemical characteristics of
METHODS
A 6 yr old 45 kg child with severe Cushinoid features was admitted to PICU with probable hypertensive encephalopathy. She presented with increasing headaches, vomiting and seizures becoming unresponsive with a GCS of 3. She was profoundly hypertensive and her cortisol levels were
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The increased risk of renal disease due to high blood pressure observed in Black Americans would suggest ethnic factors are involved. We examined the clinical features of renal disease in patients hospitalized in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso for high blood pressure to determine the risk
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