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How Are You Feeling? Symptoms of Kidney Disease

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In this chapter we explain:

  • Symptoms related to the kidneys and urinary tract

  • How symptoms of kidney failure change as function declines

  • How uraemia affects the nervous system

  • How gout is linked to kidney disease

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  1. Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, UK

    Hugh C. Rayner & Mark E. Thomas

  2. Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, UK

    David V. Milford

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Rayner, H.C., Thomas, M.E., Milford, D.V. (2020). How Are You Feeling? Symptoms of Kidney Disease . In: Understanding Kidney Diseases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43027-6_5

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