Fanconi syndrome is a hereditary or acquired disease of the renal proximal tubules, without primary involvement of kidney glomeruli, and is characterized by the tubular wasting of nutrients and ...

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Hyperuricemia can also occur as a result of cancer treatment, and hypouricemia (low uric acid) may occur from a rare kidney disorder called Fanconi syndrome. Hyperuricemia is a potential stepping ...

In a retrospective review of the FDA's Adverse Event Reporting System, which collected data on tenofovir-associated Fanconi syndrome from 2001 to 2006, 164 individuals met the definition for ...

While many patients showed improvement in Fanconi syndrome — a condition where kidney tubules fail to reabsorb essential nutrients such as potassium and phosphorus — 87% still had kidney ...

What is Cushing's syndrome? Cushing's syndrome is a hormonal disorder. It’s caused when you have high levels of the hormone cortisol over a long time. Cushing's syndrome is fairly rare. It most often ...

A mixed pattern of hair pigmentation, normal hair color mixed with hypopigmented hair, is associated with Cross syndrome (also known as oculocerebral syndrome or hypopigmentation syndrome).

The latter condition, sometimes called nutcracker syndrome, occurs when when blood vessels are compressed and affects both adults and children. Foamy urine is not diagnostic of proteinuria. In fact, ...

Scalp hair growth and patterning are closely associated with the development of the central nervous system. A number of genetic, metabolic, and neurologic disorders are associated with ...

Topamax (topiramate) is an anti-seizure medication that may be prescribed to prevent certain types of migraine headaches for adults and adolescents age 12 and older. A migraine is more severe than a ...

When Sarah was a child, she was diagnosed with fanconi anemia (FA), a rare, inherited bone marrow failure syndrome, which increases the risk of cancer. Outside in the village, a worried Jacob ...