Abstract:BACKGROUND Proteinuria is a known indicator of early stages of hypertensive nephropathy in adults. However, the role of proteinuria in diagnosis of hypertensive target organ damage in hypertensive children is not well documented. The purpose of this study is to investigate the prevalence of proteinuria and pyuria in children and adults with hypertension, and compare it with the prevalence in normotensive population in both children and adults. MATERIALS AND METHODS Urine from 200 hypertensive and 200 normotens… Show more
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