Article
Potassium-related inherited tubulopathies.
Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS - 1 Sept 2006
Landau D
Abstract excerpt
Hyper- and hypokalemia may carry severe clinical consequences. Different regulatory mechanisms, including the kidney, exert a tight regulation of plasma potassium levels. The renal pathway of potassium handling begins in the proximal tubule followed by the fine-tuning of its secretion or absorption at the distal tubule, including the thick ascending limb of Henle's loop, the distal convoluted tubule and the...
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