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Renal magnesium wasting and tubular dysfunction in leptospirosis.

Sookkasem S Khositseth, Niwatchai N Sudjaritjan, Paiboon P Tananchai, Sompong S Ong-ajyuth, Visith V Sitprija, and Visith V Thongboonkerd

Nephrol Dial Transplant 23(3):952-8 (2008) PMID 17951309

Tubulo-interstitial nephritis is the main cause of acute renal injury in leptospirosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate renal tubular function and excretion of solutes in leptospirosis patients during a recent outbreak of leptospirosis in Nan province, Thailand.

DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfm698
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