Foot Process Effacement Is an Early Marker of Nephropathy in Young Classic Fabry Patients without Albuminuria
Author(s) -
Camilla Tøndel,
Takahiro Kanai,
Kristin Kampevold Larsen,
Shuichi Ito,
Juan Politei,
David G. Warnock,
Einar Svarstad
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the nephron journals/nephron journals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.951
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 2235-3186
pISSN - 1660-8151
DOI - 10.1159/000369309
Subject(s) - medicine , podocyte , enzyme replacement therapy , fabry disease , urology , biopsy , kidney disease , nephropathy , kidney , gastroenterology , endocrinology , surgery , proteinuria , disease , diabetes mellitus
In Fabry disease, globotriaocylceramid (GL3) starts to accumulate in kidney cells in utero, and continues to accumulate throughout childhood and adulthood with progressive tissue damage, which may lead to renal failure.
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