Retrospective diagnosis of nail-patella syndrome

A 37 years old female presented with asymptomatic nephrotic range proteinuria due to focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). She was treated with steroids and mycophenolate mofetil to which there was no response and progressed to advanced chronic kidney disease. When her brother who was being eva...

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Autores principales: Zaheer A Virani, Prashant Rajput, Hepal Vora, Bharat V Shah
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:7ab155bf79f74fa899f01b4386478cf72021-12-02T19:27:38ZRetrospective diagnosis of nail-patella syndrome0971-40651998-366210.4103/ijn.IJN_172_20https://doaj.org/article/7ab155bf79f74fa899f01b4386478cf72021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.indianjnephrol.org/article.asp?issn=0971-4065;year=2021;volume=31;issue=5;spage=485;epage=487;aulast=Viranihttps://doaj.org/toc/0971-4065https://doaj.org/toc/1998-3662A 37 years old female presented with asymptomatic nephrotic range proteinuria due to focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). She was treated with steroids and mycophenolate mofetil to which there was no response and progressed to advanced chronic kidney disease. When her brother who was being evaluated as a potential donor, for renal transplant, was found to have proteinuria and a genetic study for the steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome was done. This revealed mutation in the LMX1B gene. It is then that a diagnosis of nail-patella syndrome (NPS) was made. She underwent a successful renal transplant with her father as a donor and is doing well.Zaheer A ViraniPrashant RajputHepal VoraBharat V ShahWolters Kluwer Medknow Publicationsarticlefsgskidney transplantlmx1b genenail-patella syndromenephrotic syndromeDiseases of the genitourinary system. UrologyRC870-923ENIndian Journal of Nephrology, Vol 31, Iss 5, Pp 485-487 (2021)
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topic fsgs
kidney transplant
lmx1b gene
nail-patella syndrome
nephrotic syndrome
Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology
RC870-923
spellingShingle fsgs
kidney transplant
lmx1b gene
nail-patella syndrome
nephrotic syndrome
Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology
RC870-923
Zaheer A Virani
Prashant Rajput
Hepal Vora
Bharat V Shah
Retrospective diagnosis of nail-patella syndrome
description A 37 years old female presented with asymptomatic nephrotic range proteinuria due to focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). She was treated with steroids and mycophenolate mofetil to which there was no response and progressed to advanced chronic kidney disease. When her brother who was being evaluated as a potential donor, for renal transplant, was found to have proteinuria and a genetic study for the steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome was done. This revealed mutation in the LMX1B gene. It is then that a diagnosis of nail-patella syndrome (NPS) was made. She underwent a successful renal transplant with her father as a donor and is doing well.
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author Zaheer A Virani
Prashant Rajput
Hepal Vora
Bharat V Shah
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Prashant Rajput
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title Retrospective diagnosis of nail-patella syndrome
title_short Retrospective diagnosis of nail-patella syndrome
title_full Retrospective diagnosis of nail-patella syndrome
title_fullStr Retrospective diagnosis of nail-patella syndrome
title_full_unstemmed Retrospective diagnosis of nail-patella syndrome
title_sort retrospective diagnosis of nail-patella syndrome
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
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