Magnesium ions are essential to all living cells. As the second most abundant intracellular
cation, magnesium has a crucial role in fundamental metabolic processes such as DNA and …

Proteinuria is a common finding in primary care practice. Most adolescents who are
diagnosed with proteinuria through screening urinalysis do not have renal disease, and the …

Abnormalities of wolffian duct derivatives are usually encountered in young subjects. We
identified 4 instances of embryologic malformations of these structures in patients who …

A patient with rhabdomyolysis-induced acute renal failure due to influenza B virus infection
is presented. Influenza B infection caused rhabdomyolysis with efflux of myoglobin from …

Thaizides are effective agents in lowering blood pressure when used as monotherapy and
they provide additive blood pressure lowering effects when combined with many other …

We report on the case of a patient with diabetic myonecrosis. We remind clinicians of this
underdiagnosed condition and discuss the pathophysiology, diagnosis, management, and …

There is little published experience with the extracorporeal treatment of boric acid overdose,
although the pharmacokinetic properties of boric acid suggest a potential role for …

Malignancy is a well-known complication of immunosuppression in solid organ transplant
recipients. Few case reports have described an association between cystic fibrosis and biliary …

Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) is a hereditary generalized amyloidosis that
results from mutations in the transthyretin (TTR) gene. More then 100 mutations of TTR have …

We report a rare case of acute hyperkalemia in a patient with chronic kidney disease and
intrauterine fetal demise. We propose that the hyperkalemia was due to a potassium load …