Adult systemic oxalosis presenting as acute renal failure
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Adult systemic oxalosis presenting as acute renal failure.
Introduction Systemic oxalosis is an uncommon condition in which there is a disorder of oxalic acid metabolism producing an accumulation of oxalic acid with subsequent deposition of oxalates in tissues, commonly leading to the development of nephrocalcinosis with an early death from renal failure. The condition is inherited as a recessive disorder and recent studies indicate a failure to conver...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1979
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.55.639.44