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The specialized nature of the renal vasculature and the relatively large renal blood flow make kidney damage particularly likely whenever systemic illness threatens the patient’s vascular integrity. Involvement may be minor, or kidney failure and homeostatic catastrophe may result.
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Lynch, R.E., Wood, E.G. (1990). Clinical Evaluation of the Kidney in Systemic and Collagen Diseases. In: Barakat, A.Y. (eds) Renal Disease in Children. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3260-5_19
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