Article
ClC-5 chloride channel and kidney stones: what is the link?
Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas - 1 Mar 2001
Silva I V, Morales M M, Lopes A G
Abstract excerpt
Nephrolithiasis is one of the most common diseases in the Western world. The disease manifests itself with intensive pain, sporadic infections, and, sometimes, renal failure. The symptoms are due to the appearance of urinary stones (calculi) which are formed mainly by calcium salts. These calcium salts precipitate in the renal papillae and/or within the collecting ducts. Inherited forms of nephrolithiasis related...
Topics
- Animals
- Calcium
- Chloride Channels
- Endocytosis
- Female
- Genetic Linkage
- Humans
- Kidney Calculi
- Male
- Minerals
- Mutation
- Sex Factors
- Syndrome
- X Chromosome
