Successful treatment of massive proteinuria and severe chyluria by inhibition of cholesterol absorption with ezetimibe in a patient with filariasis
We describe a case of filariasis presenting with severe chyluria and nephrotic-range proteinuria. There were no obvious findings of glomerulonephritis in the renal biopsy. Technetium-99m-human serum albumin (Tc-99m-HSA) lymphoscintigraphy revealed the presence of communications between lymphatic cha...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2012
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4432420/ |