Lipoprotein glomerulopathy: a case report of a rare disease in a brazilian child

Lipoprotein glomerulopathy (LPG) is a rare autosomal recessive glomerulopathy associated with the deposition of lipoprotein thrombi in the capillary lumina due to apoE gene mutations. Abnormal plasma lipoprotein profile and marked increase in serum apoliprotein E (apoE) are characteristic clinical d...

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Main Authors: Karla Lais Pegas, Roberta Rohde, Clotilde Druck Garcia, Viviane de Barros Bittencourt, Elizete Keitel, Jose Antonio Tesser Poloni, Eduardo Cambruzzi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Nefrologia 2014-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Nephrology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-28002014000100093&lng=en&tlng=en