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Two cases of nephrotic syndrome (NS)-induced acute kidney injury (AKI) associated with renal hypouricemia.
Clinical nephrology - 1 Jul 2011
Takeda Y, Abe A, Nakanishi S, Umezu M, Hirano K, Hayakawa H, Ohno I, Ichida K, Yamaguchi Y, Hosoya T, Fukagawa M
Abstract excerpt
Renal hypouricemia is a clinical disorder attributed to an increased renal urate excretion rate and is well known to involve a high risk of urolithiasis and exercise-induced acute kidney injury (AKI). This report concerns two interesting cases of nephrotic syndrome (NS)-induced AKI associated with renal hypouricemia. A 64-year-old female (Case 1) and a 37-year-old male (Case 2) were hospitalized because of AKI...
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