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Glucocorticoids Induce Partial Remission of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis but Not Interstitial Nephritis in COVID-19 Acute Kidney Injury in an APOL1 Low-Risk Genotype White Patient.
The American journal of case reports - 2 Nov 2021
Nowak Piotr J, Forycka Joanna, Cegielska Natalia, Harendarz Karolina, Wągrowska-Danilewicz Małgorzata, Danilewicz Marian, Płoszaj Tomasz, Borowiec Maciej, Wlazeł Rafał, Nowicki Michał
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND COVID-19 can be complicated by kidney disease, including focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), interstitial nephritis, and acute kidney injury (AKI). Almost all known cases of COVID-19-associated glomerulonephritis have been in patients of African descent, with G1 or G2 apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) risk alleles, and they presented collapsing type of FSGS. CASE REPORT We report a case of...
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