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Asymptomatic Low Molecular Weight Proteinuria in Children
Author(s) -
Suzuki Yoshifumi,
Okada Toshio
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
pediatrics international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.49
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1442-200X
pISSN - 1328-8067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-200x.1990.tb00907.x
Subject(s) - asymptomatic , medicine , proteinuria , renal biopsy , disease , dominance (genetics) , renal function , kidney , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
We reviewed the clinical features in 7 boys with asymptomatic low molecular weight proteinuria. The disease had first been reported by us in 1980. The distinctive features common to all patients were male dominance, asymptomatic proteinuria with a large amount of low molecular weight proteins, normal development and growth, normal renal function tests in childhood, and minimal histological changes in renal biopsy specimens. In 1990, 35 cases have been reported in Japan. Thus, asymptomatic low molecular weight proteinuria is not a rare disease and is one of the causes of isolated proteinuria. Furthermore, this condition is recognized as a new entity.