Nephrology
I'm not able to share the book I've been studying from because of copyrights. I always take notes of some significant points of pathophysiology of a disease in English and Turkish in order to review daily. Also sharing my notes motivates me.
Nephrology is the science focuses on renal system and its pathologies as a field of internal medicine.
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Fanconi Syndrome
Proximal tubule is the part of renal tubular system where fluid& electrolyte reabsorption happens at most. Type-2 RTA(renal tubular acidosis) happens when HCO3(bicarbonate) reabsorption is impaired. The most common cause of fanconi syndrome is multiple myeloma (in adults)/cystinosis (in children)