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of 'Etiology, clinical features, and diagnosis of neonatal hypertension'
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Renovascular hypertension commencing during fetal life.
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Hegde S, Wright C, Shenoy M, Moghal NE, Coulthard MG
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Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2007;92(4):F301. Epub 2006 Sep 21.
We report three infants with severe, early hypertension due to unilateral renovascular disease, whose cardiovascular changes, or polycythaemia, or both, indicated they had been affected as fetuses. All underwent unilateral nephrectomy, and had a similar histology, with patchy areas having relatively normal glomeruli but immature proximal tubules. This pattern may be a marker for renovascular disease in fetal life.
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Department of Paediatric Nephrology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle, UK.
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