Hypertension associated with increased renin concentrations in nephroblastoma.
- 1 April 1991
- journal article
- case report
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 66 (4), 525-526
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.66.4.525
Abstract
An infant with severe hypertension who had a nephroblastoma which was secreting active renin is described. Nephroblastoma must be included in the differential diagnosis of hypertension associated with increased renin concentrations, even in the absence of an abdominal mass.Keywords
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