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A big boy with proteinuria: answer

Authors: Catherine Quinlan, Tony Dorman, Denis Gill

Published in: Pediatric Nephrology | Issue 12/2008

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Focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis

Obesity-related glomerulopathy

Weight reduction, ACE inhibitors and monitoring of proteinuria, blood pressure and renal function

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Title: A big boy with proteinuria: answer
Authors: Catherine Quinlan
Tony Dorman
Denis Gill
Publication date: 01-12-2008
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Pediatric Nephrology / Issue 12/2008
Print ISSN: 0931-041X
Electronic ISSN: 1432-198X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-008-0919-6

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