The renal lesions of electrolyte imbalance. II. The combined effect on renal architecture of phosphate loading and potassium depletion.
Potassium depletion in rats augments the specific renal lesions of phosphate loading. Since it has been shown that phosphate loading increases the specific cardiac lesions of potassium deficiency (12), it is concluded that the similar types of electrolyte imbalance (potassium depletion-phosphate load) act conversely in the two organs.
D000818:Animals; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology*; D010710:Phosphates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011188:Potassium; D017680:Potassium Compounds; D011191:Potassium Deficiency; D051381:Rats
D010710:Phosphates; D017680:Potassium Compounds; C013216:potassium phosphate; D011188:Potassium
KIDNEYS/pathology; PHOSPHATES/effects; POTASSIUM/deficiency