Women and Kidney Diseases: Questions Unanswered and Answers Unquestioned

What We Do and Do Not Know About Women and Kidney Diseases; Questions Unanswered and Answers Unquestioned: Reflection on World Kidney Day and International Woman’s Day

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: CKD: Chronic Kidney Disease; AKI: Acute Kidney Injury; PE: Pre-Eclampsia; SLE: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus; RA: Rheumatoid Arthritis; SS: Systemic Scleroderma; ESRD: End-Stage Renal Disease; CVDs: Cardiovascular Diseases; GFR: Glomerular Filtration Rate; sCR: Serum Creatinine; LLAC: Lupuslike anticoagulant; PE-AKI: Preeclampsia Acute...

What We Do and Do Not Know About Women and Kidney Diseases; Questions Unanswered and Answers Unquestioned: Reflection on World Kidney Day and International Woman’s Day

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: CKD: Chronic Kidney Disease; AKI: Acute Kidney Injury; PE: Pre-Eclampsia; SLE: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus; RA: Rheumatoid Arthritis; SS: Systemic Scleroderma; ESRD: End-Stage Renal Disease; CVDs: Cardiovascular Diseases; GFR: Glomerular Filtration Rate; sCR: Serum Creatinine; LLAC: Lupuslike anticoagulant; PE-AKI: Preeclampsia Acute...

Magnesium in chronic kidney disease: unanswered questions.

BACKGROUND Magnesium ion is critical for life and is integrally involved in cellular function and a key component of normal bone mineral. In health, the kidneys, gastrointestinal tract and bone are responsible for maintaining serum magnesium concentrations in the normal range and magnesium balance. Most clinical disorders involving magnesium, other than chronic kidney disease (CKD), result in h...

Magnesium in Chronic Kidney Disease: Unanswered Questions

Background: Magnesium ion is critical for life and is integrally involved in cellular function and a key component of normal bone mineral. In health, the kidneys, gastrointestinal tract and bone are responsible for maintaining serum magnesium concentrations in the normal range and magnesium balance. Most clinical disorders involving magnesium, other than chronic kidney disease (CKD), result in ...

Type II calcimimetics and polycystic kidney disease: unanswered questions.