The protective arm of the renin -angiotensin system may counteract the intense inflammatory process in fetuses with posterior urethral valves
J. pediatr. (Rio J.); 95 (3), 2019
Abstract Objective: Posterior urethral valve is the most common lower urinary tract obstruction in male children. A high percentage of patients with posterior urethral valve evolve to end‐stage renal disease. Previous studies showed that cytokines, chemokines, and components of the renin-angiotens...
Angiotensina I/orina, Angiotensina II/orina, Biomarcadores/orina, Estudios de Casos y Controles, Feto/anomalías, Técnicas de Inmunoadsorción, Fragmentos de Péptidos/orina, Peptidil-Dipeptidasa A/orina, Uretra/anomalías, Uretra/embriología, Enfermedades Uretrales/diagnóstico, Enfermedades Uretrales/embriología, Enfermedades Uretrales/orina