Unexplained Nephrotic-Range Proteinuria in a 38-Year-Old Man: A Case of "No Change Disease"

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 933-938

  Good, Kendra S ^b   O'Brien, Kevin ^b   Schulman, Gerald ^b   Kerjaschki, Dontscho ^b   Fogo, Agnes B ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dystroglycan; Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS); Minimal change disease (MCD); Podocytes

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DYSTROGLYCAN; PREDNISONE;

ACNE; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; EDEMA; GINGIVA HYPERPLASIA; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MALE; MINIMAL CHANGE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; NEPHROSCLEROSIS; NERVOUSNESS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTEINURIA; SIDE EFFECT; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 1942434748     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2003.06.006     Document Type: Article

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