Renal abnormalities in sickle cell disea
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Ataga, Kenneth I.; Orringer, Eugene P.
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Article
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2000
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Sickle cell anemia and the related hemoglobinopathies are associated with a large spectrum of renal abnormalities. The patients have impaired urinary concentrating ability, defects in urinary acidification and potassium excretion, and supranormal proximal tubular function. The latter is manifest by