Complementing the diagnosis with the patients eyes. Tubulointersticial nephritis and Uveitis (TINU) syndrome

  • Pedro José Dávila Terreros Unidad de Nefrología, Hospital General de Agudos Dr. Juan A. Fernández, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Rocío Portugal Unidad de Nefrología, Hospital General de Agudos Dr. Juan A. Fernández, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Valeria Alberton Unidad de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital General de Agudos Dr. Juan A. Fernández, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • María Marta Paz Unidad de Nefrología, Hospital General de Agudos Dr. Juan A. Fernández, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Celeste Besso Unidad de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital General de Agudos Dr. Juan A. Fernández, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Ana Malvar Unidad de Nefrología, Hospital General de Agudos Dr. Juan A. Fernández, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Bruno Lococo Unidad de Nefrología, Hospital General de Agudos Dr. Juan A. Fernández, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Keywords: tubuloinsterstitial nephritis syndrome; uveitis; TINU; renal function; interstitial infiltrates; acute interstitial nephritis

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Published
2020-09-14
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Dávila Terreros PJ, Portugal R, Alberton V, Paz MM, Besso C, Malvar A, Lococo B. Complementing the diagnosis with the patients eyes. Tubulointersticial nephritis and Uveitis (TINU) syndrome. Rev Nefrol Dial Traspl. [Internet]. 2020Sep.14 [cited 2024Sep.1];40(2):146-9. Available from: http://revistarenal.org.ar/index.php/rndt/article/view/524
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