Renal involvement in leptospirosis: the effect of glycolipoprotein on renal water absorption.

Renal involvement in leptospirosis: the effect of glycolipoprotein on renal water absorption.

BACKGROUND: Leptospirotic renal lesions frequently produce a polyuric form of acute kidney injury with a urinary concentration defect. Our study investigated a possible effect of the glycolipoprotein, (GLPc) extracted from L. interrogans, on vasopressin (Vp) action in the guinea pig inner medullary...

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Main Authors: Katia Regina Cesar, Eliete Caló Romero, Ana Carolina de Bragança, Roberta Morozetti Blanco, Patrícia Antonia Estima Abreu, Antonio José Magaldi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3368910?pdf=render

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