Seminars in Nephrology
Volume 29, Issue 5 , Pages 504-511, September 2009

Obesity and Chronic Kidney Disease

    Prof. Dr.
  • Eberhard Ritz

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Professor Eberhard Ritz, Sektion Nephrologie, Klinikum der Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 162, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
    • , Dr.
  • Nadezda Koleganova

Department of Internal Medicine, Ruperto Carola University, Heidelberg, Germany

Summary 

This article summarizes the current hypotheses that link visceral obesity and kidney malfunction and provides information on the epidemiology and renal pathology resulting from visceral obesity.

Keywords: Obesity, visceral obesity, chronic kidney disease, end-stage kidney disease

To access this article, please choose from the options below

Login to an existing account or Register a new account.

  • Purchase this article for 31.50 USD (You must login/register to purchase this article)

    Online access for 24 hours. The PDF version can be downloaded as your permanent record.

  • Subscribe to this title

    Get unlimited online access to this article and all other articles in this title 24/7 for one year.

  • Claim access now

    For current subscribers with Society Membership or Account Number.

  • Visit SciVerse ScienceDirect to see if you have access via your institution.
 

PII: S0270-9295(09)00102-8

doi:10.1016/j.semnephrol.2009.06.007

Seminars in Nephrology
Volume 29, Issue 5 , Pages 504-511, September 2009

Article Tools

* Image Usage & Resolution