The nephrotic syndrome.

نویسنده

  • E A Brown
چکیده

The definition of nephrotic syndrome is proteinuria accompanied by hypoalbuminaemia and oedema. This, however, is not a direct chain of events. In the presence of normal liver albumin synthesis, nephrotic range of proteinuria (> 3.5 g/24 h) should not cause hypoalbuminaemia, and a low plasma albumin concentration itself does not result in oedema formation except in the presence of sodium retention. The cause of this sodium retention remains unknown, but is probably due to some intrarenal mechanism.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Postgraduate medical journal

دوره 61 722  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1985