1. Incidental Detection of Dent-2 Disease in an Infant with Febrile Proteinuria
- Author
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Svetlana Cekovska, Velibor Tasic, Katerina Tosheska, and Shpetim Salihu
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Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Proteinuria ,urogenital system ,business.industry ,030232 urology & nephrology ,Febrile illness ,Case Report ,General Medicine ,Disease ,Low-molecular-weight proteinuria ,Functional proteinuria ,urologic and male genital diseases ,female genital diseases and pregnancy complications ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Febrile proteinuria - Abstract
Objective: Febrile proteinuria is functional proteinuria and is seen as a transitory phenomenon during acute febrile illness, mainly viral infections. It is a benign phenomenon and clears promptly with resolution of the infection. Clinical Presentation and Intervention: In this report, we present a patient who was thought to have febrile proteinuria. Persistence of significant proteinuria after resolution of the infection prompted biochemical and genetic workup which led to the diagnosis of Dent-2 disease. Conclusion: We recommend the use of SDS-PAGE (sodium dodecyl sulfate electropheresis) for the detection of low molecular weight proteinuria.
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- 2018