THE RÔLE OF THE ADRENAL IN HYPERTENSION
Authors: J P MERRILL
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1952)

Article1 November 1952THE RÔLE OF THE ADRENAL IN HYPERTENSIONJOHN P. MERRILL, M.D.JOHN P. MERRILL, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-37-5-966 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe relationship of the adrenal gland to essential hypertension in the hypertensive syndrome has been the subject of a vast amount of work and speculation at both the experimental and the clinical level. In spite of the enormous amount of data that has accumulated, this relationship is by no means clear at the present time. However, certain patterns relating the adrenal to the hypertensive syndrome have evolved and are of a good deal of interest to those who are following patients with hypertensive disease.The pattern derived from work with laboratory animals begins with the observations of Goldblatt,1who found...Bibliography1. 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FINKENSTAEDT 1 November 1952Volume 37, Issue 5Page: 966-971KeywordsAdrenal glandsHeartHospital medicineHypertensionMedical servicesResearch laboratories ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 November 1952 PDF downloadLoading ...