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Lipoprotein glomerulopathy: a pediatric case report.
Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Apr 1997
Maruyama K, Arai H, Ogawa T, Tomizawa S, Morikawa A
Abstract excerpt
We report an 8-year-old girl with lipoprotein glomerulopathy who may have developed this condition as young as 4 years of age. To our knowledge this is the youngest reported case of this disease. Lipid studies of the patient and her family members revealed elevated concentrations of apolipoprotein E (apo E), the apo E phenotype E2/3, and the genotype E3/3. However, other families revealed no urinary...
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