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Diagnose This (August 31, 2020)
What is your diagnosis based on this IF staining pattern in a patient with hematuria and proteinuria? …
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Art of Medicine: Alport Syndrome- A Review of Ultrastructural Abnormalities
The above painting depicts electron microscopy of a case of Alport syndrome. Alport syndrome is a type of hereditary nephritis…
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Alport Syndrome
This biopsy from a 22-year-old Hispanic male with a history of hematuria, subnephrotic proteinuria, and chronic kidney disease shows essentially…
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Alport Skin
The most common form of Alport syndrome shows an X-linked dominant inheritance pattern and is caused by mutations in the…
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Thin Basement Membrane Disease
This 41-year-old female presents with microscopy hematuria and subnephrotic proteinuria. The clinical workup is negative for urinary tract infection, nephrolithiasis…