THE NATURE OF MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION
Authors: Harry A. Derow, Mark D. Altschule
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1941)

Article1 April 1941THE NATURE OF MALIGNANT HYPERTENSIONHARRY A. DEROW, M.D., MARK D. ALTSCHULE, M.D.HARRY A. DEROW, M.D., MARK D. ALTSCHULE, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-14-10-1768 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONIn recent years, much has been written concerning a rapidly fatal form of hypertension termed by various observers "malignant hypertension"1, 2, 3, 4"malignant sclerosis"5, 6, 7, 8, 9and "malignant phase of essential hypertension."10aAll of these authors have agreed that the elevation of the blood pressure in malignant hypertension is of the essential or primary type. In 1935, however, we11concluded as a result of the study of a small group of cases, that malignant hypertension is not a disease entity but rather a syndrome in which the hypertension is either primary (essential) or secondary to any...References1. 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