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NEPHRON
Volume 136, Issue 4, Pages 273-276Publisher
KARGER
DOI: 10.1159/000447674
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Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors; Hyperfiltration; Focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis
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Obesity-related glomerulopathy (ORG) is characterized by glomerulomegaly accompanied in many patients by lesions of focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis. Slowly increasing subnephrotic proteinuria is the commonest presentation of ORG. Occasionally, massive proteinuria (>5-10 g/day) is detected, but the typical findings of nephrotic syndrome are characteristically absent even in patients with massive proteinuria. Superimposed obesity can fuel the progression of other renal diseases, and a reduced number of functioning nephrons (of congenital or acquired causes) synergizes with obesity to induce end-stage renal disease. Weight loss, either induced by diet or bariatric surgery, and renin-angiotensin blockers are effective treatments to slow progression, but a significant proportion of cases will develop end-stage renal disease. (C) 2016 S. Karger AG, Basel
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