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Renal tubular function in protein energy malnutrition
1Department of Chemical Pathology, Ahmadu Bello University Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria.
Indian Journal of Pediatrics
|May 1, 1990
Abstract:
Renal tubular handling of sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphate and aminoacids in children suffering from marasmus and kwashiorkor revealed wastage of phosphate and aminoacids. In the malnourished children aminoaciduria could contribute significantly to the negative nitrogen balance. Exact cause of this tubular functional defect is not known.