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-molecularweight proteins. The case illustrates the crucial role of electron microscopy aswell as evaluation of the identity of the proteinuria that accompanies a biopsy finding of focal and global or focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1979-1987 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 7 2013 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Epidemiology
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
- Nephrology
- Transplantation