Question 232 · LEK · Secondary hypertension
Which of the following is not a cause of arterial hypertension in neonates?
- A. renal artery thrombosis.
- B. increased intracranial pressure.
- C. maternal thyrotoxicosis.
- D. congenital adrenal hypertrophy.
- E. hypercalcemia.
Hint
Go through renovascular, neurological, endocrine and metabolic causes of neonatal hypertension and find the one that is not a direct cause.
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