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Renal tubular dysfunction
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Abnormal function of the renal tubule. The basic functional unit of the kidney, the nephron, consists of a renal corpuscle attached to a renal tubule, with roughly 0.8 to 1.5 nephrons per adult kidney. The functions of the renal tubule include reabsorption of water, electrolytes, glucose, and amino acids and secretion of substances such as uric acid.
Term info
Label
Renal tubular dysfunction
Synonyms
- Abnormal function of filtrating structures in kidney
- Renal tubular defect
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human_phenotype
has related synonym
Renal tubular disease
id
HP:0000124
Term relations
Equivalent to:
- has_part some (
decreased functionality and
inheres in some nephron tubule and
has modifier some abnormal)