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The Ask-Upmark kidney: a curable cause of hypertension in young patients

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We are reporting a case of arterial hypertension in a young woman who had an atrophic kidney with a cortical groove and histological features of the Ask-Upmark kidney. Her hypertension was renin dependent and the patient was cured following nephrectomy. Controversy on the pathogenesis of this clinical entity is briefly reviewed.

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  1. Divisions of Nephrology and Pathology, Centre hospitalier universitaire, L'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec Hospital, Québec, Canada

    J Babin, M Sackett, C Delage & M Lebel

  2. Department of Medicine, Laval University, Québec, Canada

    J Babin, M Sackett, C Delage & M Lebel

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Babin, J., Sackett, M., Delage, C. et al. The Ask-Upmark kidney: a curable cause of hypertension in young patients. J Hum Hypertens 19, 315–316 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jhh.1001822

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