Transtubular potassium concentration gradient: Comparison between healthy old people and chronic renal failure patients

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 387-390

  Musso, Carlos ^a   Liakopoulos, Vassilis ^b   De Miguel, Raul ^a   Imperiali, Nora ^a   Algranati, Luis ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; GLUCOSE; POTASSIUM; UREA; WATER;

ACCURACY; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; KIDNEY DISTAL TUBULE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TUBULE EXCRETION; PATIENT SELECTION; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; POTASSIUM EXCRETION; POTASSIUM INTAKE; POTASSIUM URINE LEVEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URINE OSMOLALITY; WATER ABSORPTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TUBULES; MIDDLE AGED; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; POTASSIUM; WATER;

EID: 33746570114     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-006-0059-5     Document Type: Article

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