TY  - JOUR
T1  - HYpertension and nephritis
Y1  - 1939/11/25
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1939.02800470063033
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 1987
EP  - 1988
VL  - 113
IS  - 22
N2  - In its latest edition, this popular and authoritative textbook has been thoroughly revised. In previous editions the author managed to include all current information on the subject which was reliable, and this edition is no exception. Many important contributions have been made in the five years since the previous edition was published and the author has included most of them. The additions are fundamental contributions to the subjects and justify a new edition. The following are some of the important subjects which have been added: perirenal azotemia and the fundamental role of decreased blood flow in the pathogenesis; the mechanism and the pathogenesis of hypertension and its important complications; Goldblatt's important contribution; recent additions to our knowledge of kidney function tests, and the role of acacia and concentrated blood serum in the treatment of edema. In spite of the comprehensive presentation of experimental and scientific aspects of the subject, the
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1939.02800470063033
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1939.02800470063033
ER  -