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Abstract
A young male is evaluated for nephrotic-range proteinuria, hypercalciuria, and an elevated serum creatinine. A renal biopsy is performed and shows focal global glomerulosclerosis. The absence of nephrotic syndrome suggest that glomerulosclerosis was a secondary process. Further analysis of the proteinuria showed it to be due mainly to low-molecular weight proteins. The case illustrates the crucial role of electron microscopy as well as evaluation of the identity of the proteinuria that accompanies a biopsy finding of focal and global or focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23886564 PMCID: PMC3817907 DOI: 10.2215/CJN.03400313
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin J Am Soc Nephrol ISSN: 1555-9041 Impact factor: 8.237