A Study of the Renin-Angiotensin System in Patients with Severe Chronic Renal Insufficiency
Kotchen T, Knight E, Kashgarian M, Mulrow P. A Study of the Renin-Angiotensin System in Patients with Severe Chronic Renal Insufficiency. Nephron 1970, 7: 317-330. PMID: 4316656, DOI: 10.1159/000179832.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRenin activitySevere chronic renal insufficiencyChronic dialysis programRenin substrate levelsChronic renal insufficiencyPlasma renin activityMean arterial pressureRenin-angiotensin systemNormal plasma levelsMalignant hypertensionRenal insufficiencyRenin levelsOnly patientsArterial pressureBlood pressureUremic patientsDialysis programPlasma levelsUremic plasmaAutopsy specimensJG cellsBowie stainPatientsReninDialysis