Tubular peptide hypermetabolism and urinary ammonia in chronic renal failure in man: A maladaptive response?

Nephron

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 306-311

  Rustom, R ^a   Maltby, P ^a   Grime, J S ^a   Hughes, A ^a   Costigan, M ^a   Shenkin, A ^a   Critchley, M ^a   Bone, J M ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Aprotinin; Chronic renal failure; Hypercatabolism; Proteinuria; Tubular protein

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; APROTININ; PEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AMMONIA FORMATION; ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HYPERMETABOLISM; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TUBULE; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; NEPHRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; URINE LEVEL;

ACIDS; ADULT; AGED; AMMONIA; APROTININ; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TUBULES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEINURIA; SODIUM PERTECHNETATE TC 99M;

EID: 0031861171     PISSN: 00282766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000045054     Document Type: Article

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