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Nephrotic syndrome

Springer Berlin Heidelberg, (2014), 175-178
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-54859-8_35
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Abstract

Nephrotic syndrome is a complex of symptoms including proteinuria (>3.5 g/24 h), edema, hypoalbuminemia, and hypercholesterinemia. It is characterized by a damage of the capillary walls of the glomeruli, which alters their capacity to fi lter the substances transported in the blood.

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Brunkhorst, R. (2014). Nephrotic syndrome. In Urology at a Glance (pp. 175–178). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54859-8_35

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