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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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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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