Seminars in Nephrology
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 227-244 , May 2008

Dysregulation of Renal Aquaporins and Epithelial Sodium Channel in Lithium-Induced Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus

  • Jakob Nielsen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • The Water and Salt Research Center, Institute of Anatomy, University of Aarhus, Aarhus C, Denmark.
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  • Tae-Hwan Kwon, MD, DMSc

      Affiliations

    • The Water and Salt Research Center, Institute of Anatomy, University of Aarhus, Aarhus C, Denmark.
    • Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Taegu, Korea.
    • ,
  • Birgitte Mønster Christensen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • The Water and Salt Research Center, Institute of Anatomy, University of Aarhus, Aarhus C, Denmark.
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  • Jørgen Frøkiær, MD, DMSc

      Affiliations

    • The Water and Salt Research Center, Institute of Anatomy, University of Aarhus, Aarhus C, Denmark.
    • ,
  • Søren Nielsen, MD, DMSc

      Affiliations

    • The Water and Salt Research Center, Institute of Anatomy, University of Aarhus, Aarhus C, Denmark.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Søren Nielsen, MD, DMSc, The Water and Salt Research Center, Institute of Anatomy, University of Aarhus, Wilhelm Meyers Alle, Building 1234, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.

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 The Water and Salt Research Center at the University of Aarhus is established and supported by the Danish National Research Foundation (Danmarks Grundforskningsfond). This study was supported by The Danish Medical Research Council, the European Commission programs, Korea Science and Engineering Foundation grant funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Korea (R01-2007-000-20441-0).

PII: S0270-9295(08)00046-6

doi: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2008.03.002

Seminars in Nephrology
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 227-244 , May 2008

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