β - Thalassemia minor is a common heterozygous hemoglobinopathy that is characterized by both microcytosis and hypochromia. It has been postulated that low grade hemolysis, tubular iron deposition and ...
HYPERCHLOREMIC acidosis is a characteristic feature of a variety of kidney diseases that have in common impairment of urinary acidification with the excretion of an alkaline urine. These disorders, ...
THE earliest lesions of certain types of experimental nephrocalcinosis involve the distal portions of the renal tubules and the collecting ducts. 1,2 Disturbances in renal tubular function might ...