NEPHROPATHY OF POTASSIUM DEPLETION: REPORT OF A FATAL CASE
Authors: W H TU, C C JONES, M S ALLEN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1960)

Case Reports1 October 1960NEPHROPATHY OF POTASSIUM DEPLETION: REPORT OF A FATAL CASEWU-HAO TU, M.D., CARROLL C. JONES, M.D., MAX S. ALLEN, M.D., F.A.C.P.WU-HAO TU, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, CARROLL C. JONES, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, MAX S. ALLEN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-53-4-796 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe effects of potassium depletion on the structure and function of the kidneys have probably been observed for at least 40 years. In 1919 Jaffé and Sternberg1described vacuolar degeneration of the renal tubules in patients who died of dysentery. These observers suggested that the lesion was a distinct pathologic entity, perhaps associated with intestinal disease. 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CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Kansas City, Kansas*Received for publication April 19, 1960.From the Department of Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, Kansas.†Research Fellow, Kansas Heart Association.‡Trainee of the National Cancer Institute.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Max S. Allen, M.D., Professor of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Rainbow Boulevard at Thirty-ninth Street, Kansas City 12, Kansas. 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