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'''Benign hypertension''' is a term used to distinguish the condition from the more acute and severe [[malignant hypertension]]. It is a condition of mild to moderate [[hypertension]]. It may be progressing at a very slow pace, and so any damage being caused may take many years to develop.<ref name="pmid17244670">{{cite journal |author=Dasgupta I, Porter C, Innes A, Burden R |title="Benign" hypertensive nephrosclerosis |journal=[[QJM]] |volume=100 |issue=2 |pages=113–9 |year=2007 |month=February |pmid=17244670 |doi=10.1093/qjmed/hcl139 |url=http://qjmed.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=17244670 |issn= |accessdate=2009-02-25}}</ref><ref name="pmid8327642">{{cite journal |author=Innes A, Johnston PA, Morgan AG, Davison AM, Burden RP |title=Clinical features of benign hypertensive nephrosclerosis at time of renal biopsy |journal=[[Q. J. Med.]] |volume=86 |issue=4 |pages=271–5 |year=1993 |month=April |pmid=8327642 |doi= |url=http://qjmed.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=8327642 |issn= |accessdate=2009-02-25}}</ref>

Malignant hypertension is far less common that general "benign" hypertension. As a result, the effects of the latter on public health are considerably larger.

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