Chyluria presenting as milky urine and nephrotic-range proteinuria

Kidney International

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1518-1522

  Cheng, J T ^a   Mohan, S ^a   Nasr, S H ^b   D'Agati, V D ^b  

^a HARLEM HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; FIBRINOGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHYLURIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDEMA; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; IMMUNE COMPLEX NEPHRITIS; LEG EDEMA; NEPHROSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CHYLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PROTEINURIA; URINE;

EID: 33749536940     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5001703     Document Type: Article

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