renal threshold

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renal threshold [′rēn·əl ′thresh‚hōld]

(physiology)

A concentration of a substance within the blood which, when reached, causes the substance to appear in the urine.

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No references found			The point when kidneys allow sugar to enter the urine is called renal threshold. Awareness of Signs of Diabetes in Toddlers Helps Provide Them with ... by Gert Gambell / Health care industry community The lack of insulin causes an increase of fasting blood glucose (around 70-120 mg/dL in healthy people) that begins to appear in the urine above the renal threshold (about 190-200mg/dl in most people), thus connecting to the symptom by which the disease was identified in antiquity. Now, Free Insulin for Diabetic Children(Health-Medicine) by Asian News International The major reason is that an elevated or lowered renal threshold will give false information. Diabetes - What to Test by Ricky Hussey / Health, general community			Remus, Uncle Rémusat, Charles, comte de Remy de Gourmont ren Renaissance Renaissance architecture Renaissance art and architecture Renaissance Classical architecture renaissance lace Renaissance Revival renal renal artery renal calculus renal cell carcinoma renal clearance Renal Colic renal corpuscle renal cyst renal dwarfism renal failure Renal Insufficiency renal papilla Renal Pelvis renal pyramid renal rickets renal threshold renal tubular acidosis renal tubule Renal Tubules renal vein renal-cell carcinoma renaming rule Renan Renan, Ernest Renan, Joseph-Ernest Renard, Jules renardite Renart, Jean Renata Tebaldi Renato Bitossi Renato Dulbecco Renato Guttuso Renato Zangheri renaturation Renaudel, Pierre Renault, Louis Renault, Mary Rend Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area Rendell render render and set			renal sinus renal sinus renal sinus cyst renal sinus lipomatosis renal spongiform encephalopathy renal spongiform encephalopathy renal spongiform encephalopathy Renal stenosis Renal stone Renal stone Renal stone Renal stones Renal stones Renal stones Renal Superficial Blood Flow Renal Support Network Renal Sympathetic Efferent Discharge Renal Sympathetic Nerve Activation Renal Sympathetic Nerve Discharge Renal Sympathetic Nervous Activity Renal system Renal system Renal system Renal System Disease Renal System Disease Renal System Disease renal t's renal t's renal t's Renal Therapy Services renal threshold Renal tissue kallikrein Renal Tracer Content at 15 Min Renal tract Renal tract Renal tract Renal transplant Renal transplant Renal Transplant Recipient Renal transplantation Renal Transport of Beta-Amino Acids renal tuberculosis renal tuberculosis renal tuberculosis Renal tubular Renal tubular renal tubular acidosis renal tubular acidosis renal tubular acidosis renal tubular acidosis Renal Tubular Acidosis Type 1 Renal Tubular Acidosis Type I Renal Tubular Acidosis, Distal, Autosomal Recessive renal tubular casts renal tubular casts renal tubular casts Renal Tubular Dysgenesis renal tubular necrosis renal tubular necrosis renal tubular osteomalacia renal tubular osteomalacia

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