Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in a patient with Prader-Willi syndrome

Authors
Mochizuki, H Joh, K Matsuyama, N Imadachi, A Usui, N Eto, Y
Citation
H. Mochizuki et al., Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in a patient with Prader-Willi syndrome, CLIN NEPHR, 53(3), 2000, pp. 212-215
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology","da verificare
Journal title
CLINICAL NEPHROLOGY
ISSN journal
03010430 → ACNP
Volume
53
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
212 - 215
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-0430(200003)53:3<212:FSGIAP>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
The authors describe a girl with Prader-Willi syndrome associated with foca l segmental glomerulosclerosis. Severe obesity and unilateral renal agenesi s, taken together, may have played an important role in the development of her specific renal disease.