Hypoxia in Kidney Disease

• Main Author: Maarten Koeners (auth)
• Other Authors: Fredrik Palm (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2018
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Physiology; chronic kidney disease; magnetic resonance imaging; kidney transplantation; idney hypoxia; sympathetic nerve activity; mitochondrial uncoupling; telemetry; hypertension
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Kidney disease is a complex health problem, often coinciding with cardiovascular pathology (e.g. hypertension) and metabolic disturbances (e.g. obesity and diabetes). It is also a disturbingly fast growing global public health problem, e.g. chronic kidney disease affects an estimated ~9-16% of the p...