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tubule
(redirected from Proximal tubule)

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tubule
any small tubular structure, esp one in an animal, as in the kidney, testis, etc.

tubule [′tü‚byül]
(anatomy)
A slender, elongated microscopic tube in an anatomical structure.


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Clinical trials using sodium bicarbonate suggest that alkalising the diuresis helps prevent acute renal failure (ARF) in myoglobinuria, by preventing the breakdown of myoglobin into a substance toxic to the proximal tubules (Cunningham 1997).
2]-microglobulin supporting proximal tubule alterations, the urinary albumin levels, which are indicators of glomerular function, are conflicting (Kurttio et al.
Taub studied the effects of chloroacetaldehyde, acrolein and ZIO-201 on rabbit kidney proximal tubule cells grown in a test tube.
 
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