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NDT Plus 2008 1(3):176-177; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfn003
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Nephrotic syndrome and chronic kidney disease in a young African patient from Saint Thomas and Prince: what is the link?

Sara Gonçalves1, José António Lopes1, Paulo Fernandes1, Fernando Abreu1, Alice Fortes1, José Barbas1, Maria João Palhano2 and Mateus Martins Prata1

1 Department of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation
2 Department of Pathology, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal

Correspondence: José António Lopes, Department of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation, Hospital de Santa Maria, 1649-035 Lisboa, Portugal. Tel: +351-961203912; Fax: +351-217805679; E-mail: jalopes93@hotmail.com

Key Words: African patient • chronic kidney disease • nephrotic syndrome

Received for publication December 2, 2007. Accepted for publication January 3, 2008.

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A 17-year-old black African female from Saint Thomas and Prince with growth failure and a 5-year history of frothy urine and periorbitary oedema was referred to our department for evaluation of renal insufficiency. At admission, the patient was hypertensive and malnourished, and presented with jugular engorgement, pulmonary rales, liver enlarged to 9 cm below . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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