Kidney Function Johns Hopkins. The functional unit of the kidney is called the nephron. How does lupus affect the kidneys.
The kidneys function normally but the patient is at risk for kidney disease. Each nephron functions like a mini kidney to remove waste and unneeded substances from your body while also ensuring that you retain vital nutrients and water. Thavarajah is an assistant professor of medicine at the johns hopkins university school of medicine in the division of nephrology.
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This type of transplant is called a living transplant. People with high levels of albumin in their urine were at markedly higher risk of mortality than people with low levels of albumin in the urine said kunihiro matsushita md phd lead author of the study and a postdoctoral fellow with the johns hopkins bloomberg school of public health s department of epidemiology. Some of the more well known functions include the following. Our goal is to systematically understand why some individuals kidney function declines more rapidly and why these individuals are at an increased risk of kidney failure and death.