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Armanni-Ebstein nephropathy
Also known as:
Armanni's lesion
Associated persons:
Luciano Armanni
Wilhelm Ebstein
Description:
Glycogen vacuolation of the terminal part of the proxcimal convoluted tubules (loops of Henle) in diabetic patients, directly related to hyperglycemia and glycosuria. See before the introduction of insulin.
Bibliography:
- S. L. Robbins, R. S. Cotran:
Pathologic basis of diseaes.
2nd edition, Philadelphia, Saunders, 1979: 340.
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