I recently saw a patient with proximal muscle weakness and mild hypophosphatemia, and I wondered whether a serum phosphorous level of 2.2 mg/dL could be the cause. We know that moderate hypophosphatemia is associated with skeletal and smooth…
I wanted to share a case of a 35-year old man with hypertension and reduced renal function (GFR about 70). Family history was significant for a paternal grandmother and mother with hypertension. No evidence of secondary causes of…
The 4 variable MDRD equation was developed based on a US sample of 1628 participants in which glomerular filtration rate was measured as the renal clearance of I-iothalamate and a prediction equation was formulated using serum creatinine, age,…
This is one that Nate would have liked….I recently saw a case of renal disease in an albino Peurto Rican woman with severe pulmonary fibrosis. She holds the diagnosis of Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome (HPS).HPS is an autosomal recessive disorder…
