Nutcracker syndrome manifesting with severe proteinuria: A challenging scenario in asingle-kidney patient

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 987-990

  Özçakar, Z Birsin ^a   Yalçnkaya, Fatop̧ ^a   Fitöz, Suat ^a   Çipe, Gökhan ^a   Soygür, Tarkan ^a   Özdemir, Handan ^b   Köksoy, Cüneyt ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Left renal vein transposition; Nutcracker syndrome; Proteinuria; Single kidney

Indexed keywords

ENALAPRIL; LOSARTAN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; KIDNEY VEIN; LEFT RENAL VEIN; MEDICAL HISTORY; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NUTCRACKER SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; RENOVASCULAR DISEASE; SOLITARY KIDNEY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, RENAL; KIDNEY; MESENTERIC ARTERY, SUPERIOR; PROTEINURIA; RENAL ARTERY; RENAL VEINS; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959955202     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: 1432198X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-011-1793-1     Document Type: Article

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