Natural history of hypertension in renal parenchymal disease

This paper discusses the author's version of the known and unknown in the natural history of hypertension in renal parenchymal disease. Discussed in particular are the prevalence of hypertension in various forms of renal parenchymal disease at various levels of renal function, pathogenesis of hypertension in renal parenchymal disease, and the course of hypertension in these diseases.