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Chloride channels in renal disease.
Advances in nephrology from the Necker Hospital - 1 Jan 1999
Thakker R V
Abstract excerpt
Recent studies of hereditary renal tubular disorders have facilitated the identification and roles of chloride channels and cotransporters in the regulation of the most abundant anion, Cl-, in the ECF. Thus, mutations that result in a loss of function of the voltage-gated chloride channel, CLC-5, are associated with Dent's disease, which is characterized by low-molecular weight proteinuria, hypercalciuria,...
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