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Patient with Hypertension and Microalbuminuria

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Hypertension and Renal Organ Damage

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A 73-year-old man with a 20-year history of arterial hypertension and type 2 diabetes (for 15 years) is referred to our outpatient clinic because of inadequate blood pressure and glycaemic control.

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Pontremoli, R. (2018). Patient with Hypertension and Microalbuminuria. In: Hypertension and Renal Organ Damage. Practical Case Studies in Hypertension Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56408-1_2

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