Essential Hypertension
Authors: ROBERT PLATT
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1961)

Article1 July 1961Essential HypertensionIncidence, Course, and HeredityROBERT PLATT, M.D., P.R.C.P., F.A.C.P. (HON.)ROBERT PLATT, M.D., P.R.C.P., F.A.C.P. (HON.)Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-55-1-1 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptFirst of all i must thank you for the great honor you have done me in inviting me to come to your country and to give this lecture.Much has been learned in recent years of the various causes of high blood pressure: coarctation of the aorta, pyelonephritis, aldosteronism, and renal artery stenosis. These are only some of the causes of what we call secondary hypertension. But whatever we do to refine our methods of diagnosis and investigation, we still find ourselves left with a group of patients with so-called essential hyptertension of which we do not yet understand the...References1. 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CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Manchester, EnglandReceived for publication May 4, 1961.Lilly Lecture presented at the Forty-second Annual Session of The American College of Physicians, May 8-12, 1961, Bal Harbour, Florida.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Sir Robert Platt, M.D., P.R.C.P., Department of Medicine, Royal Infirmary, Manchester 13,England. Nextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byEssential hypertension and histocompatibility antigens. 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