Open AccessDirect correlation between age at diagnosis and severity of nephropathy in fabry disease patients
Author(s) -
Sebastián Jaurretche,
Norberto Antongiovanni,
Fernando Perretta
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of nephrology/indian journal of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1998-3662
pISSN - 0971-4065
DOI - 10.4103/ijn.ijn_167_18
Subject(s) - medicine , fabry disease , renal function , proteinuria , nephropathy , statistical significance , population , gastroenterology , disease , endocrinology , diabetes mellitus , kidney , environmental health
Nephropathy is one of the major complications of Fabry disease and mainly includes reduced glomerular filtration rate and proteinuria. Affected patients show different degrees of annual loss of renal function according to the magnitude of proteinuria and decrease in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) at the baseline.