affects the upper and lower respiratory tracts and kidneys * affects small vessels ...

with increasing glucose concentration, rate of transport assumes a hyperbolic curve due to carrier saturation ...

A 16-year-old girl presents to her gastroenterologist with severe, crampy, abdominal pain and intermittent nonbloody diarrhea. She has also had unexpected weight loss over the past few months. She also reports having irritating sores in her mouth. On exam, she is noted to have aphthous sores on the bucca mucosal, and skin tags around the anus. A colonoscopy a week later shows cobblestone mucosa and non-contiguous involvement of the small intestine, suggesting a diagnosis of Crohn disease. ...

Adult Polycystic Kidney * Renal Failure * Acute Kidney Injury * Acute Tubular Necrosis * Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) ...