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  • Title: [Renal function in patients with yusho].
    Author: Murai K, Tsuji H, Fujishima M.
    Journal: Fukuoka Igaku Zasshi; 1989 May; 80(5):318-23. PubMed ID: 2501200.
    Abstract:
    Renal functions were examined in 102 patients with yusho in 1988, Frequencies of proteinuria, microhematuria and history of renal diseases were not different from 20 age-matched controls. The means of blood urea nitrogen, serum creatinine and serum uric acid levels of yusho patients did not differ from those of controls. The levels of serum beta 2-microglobulin and its urinary excretion showed no difference between two groups. Serum concentrations of sodium, potassium, chloride, calcium and phosphorus revealed no abnormality in all patients except for one who had hypophosphatemia. Urinary excretions of phosphorus, however, were significantly higher in yusho patients than in controls. Serum PCB levels, which were still higher in yusho patients, did not correlate with urinary excretions of phosphorus. The mechanism and the clinical significance of this phenomenon remain to be elucidated.
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