Renal tubular disorders
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Approach to renal tubular disorders.
The renal tubule plays an important role in fluid and electrolyte homeostasis. Renal tubular disorders may affect multiple ( e.g., Fanconi syndrome) or specific (e.g., nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, renal glucosuria) tubular functions. Most conditions are primary and monogenic but occasionally are secondary to other disorders (focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, cystinosis, Lowe syndrome). Tub...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Medicine
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1470-2118,1473-4893
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.12-5-476