title: Theoretical morphological approach to simple peritoneal sclerosis.
abstract: The term peritoneal sclerosis can be applied to a vast range of peritoneal alterations. At one end of the range we have the slight peritoneal sclerosis constantly associated with peritoneal dialysis, which may be defined as simple sclerosis. Its clinical impact is slight. The role of glucose in determining peritoneal sclerosis is supported by morphological studies and therefore backed by much biochemical and immunological data.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Di Paolo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gaggiotti
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000473:pathology; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000473:pathology; D015314:Dialysis Solutions / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000737:chemistry; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D005355:Fibrosis; D005947:Glucose / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000473:pathology*; D012598:Sclerosis
chemical_list: D015314:Dialysis Solutions; D005947:Glucose