Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in a patient with Prader-Willi syndrome.
The authors describe a girl with Prader-Willi syndrome associated with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. Severe obesity and unilateral renal agenesis, taken together, may have played an important role in the development of her specific renal disease.
Mochizuki
H
H
Department of Pediatrics, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Joh
K
K
Matsuyama
N
N
Imadachi
A
A
Usui
N
N
Eto
Y
Y
D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D005923:Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D011218:Prader-Willi Syndrome / Q000150:complications*