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Plasma renin activity: An early marker of progressive renal disease in posterior urethral valves

INTRODUCTION: A significant number of children with posterior urethral valves (PUV) develop chronic renal failure (CRF) due to activation of the renin angiotensin system (RAS). We investigated the role of plasma renin activity (PRA) in these cases and sought to establish a relationship between the a...

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Autores principales: Bajpai, Minu, Singh, Amit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3853855/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24347867
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.121114