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Original Article
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Korean J Med. 2009;76(1):148-153.
- 비만과 연관된 사구체병증 2예
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김민수, 구본승, 오쌍용, 조 현, 정현철, 박종하, 차희정
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- Two cases of obesity-related glomerulopathy
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Min Su Kim, Bon Seung Ku, Ssang Yong Oh, Hyun cho, Hyun Chul Chung, Jongha Park, Hee Jeong Cha
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- Abstract
- Obesity or being overweight may be associated with various functional and structural lesions of the kidneys. It is common in patients
with diabetes having a high body mass index (BMI), but it also occurs in patients with increased proteinuria. Recently, we
treated a 28-year-old woman and a 15-year-old boy with proteinuria and a high BMI (woman: 35 kg/m2; boy: 27.7 kg/m2). At that
time, they were diagnosed with obesity-related glomerulopathy based on the laboratory, urinary, and kidney biopsy findings. After
treatment with an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor and weight loss, the proteinuria was sustained in the latter, while it improved
in the former. We believe that these cases suggest an association between obesity and glomerulopathy. (Korean J Med
76:S148-S153, 2009)
Keywords :Obesity, Proteinuria, Glomerulosclerosis
