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| Title |
Obesity-related focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis: normalization of proteinuria in an adolescent after bariatric surgery
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| Published in |
Pediatric Nephrology, April 2009
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00467-008-1024-6 |
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| Authors |
Susan M. Fowler, Valentina Kon, Lijun Ma, William O. Richards, Agnes B. Fogo, Tracy E. Hunley |
| Abstract |
Obesity-related glomerulopathy (ORG) is a secondary form of focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) occurring in severely obese patients. A significant percentage of individuals with ORG will develop renal insufficiency or end stage renal disease. We report here a 17-year-old girl with morbid obesity (body mass index 56.8 kg/m(2)) and ORG presenting with nephrotic range proteinuria, who failed to improve following treatment with diet, exercise and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEi)/angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) therapy. Laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery was performed, and within 2 weeks following the surgery, the patient had lost 5.7 kg body weight and showed a remarkable decrease in protein excretion to one tenth of pre-surgery levels. More than 1 year after surgery, the patient's urine protein and kidney function have remained normal while off renin-angiotensin system inhibition therapy. This is the first report of successful use of gastric bypass surgery for obesity-related glomerulopathy in an adolescent. We propose that gastric bypass surgery be considered for patients with ORG. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Ecuador | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
| Scientists | 1 | 50% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 59 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 10 | 17% |
| Researcher | 8 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 12% |
| Unspecified | 5 | 8% |
| Other | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 15 | 25% |
| Unknown | 11 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 27 | 45% |
| Unspecified | 5 | 8% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 7% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 3% |
| Sports and Recreations | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 4 | 7% |
| Unknown | 16 | 27% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 November 2022.
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#6,794,657
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Outputs from Pediatric Nephrology
#1,302
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Outputs of similar age
#30,212
of 96,386 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Pediatric Nephrology
#4
of 17 outputs
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