Horseshoe kidney and nephrotic syndrome due to idiopathic membranous nephropathy.
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چکیده
Urinary tract infection, hydronephrosis, calculi, and tumor of the renal pelvis are knownas complications and multiple congenital anomalies can occur together with a horseshoe kidney (1). However, the occurrence of membranousnephropathy (MN) in a horseshoe kidney has been only reported in a few case reports (2, 3). Furthermore, horseshoe kidney and focal sclerosing glomerulonephritis were seen in another case (4). We would like to describe a case of MNoccuring in horseshoe kidney.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Internal medicine
دوره 40 12 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2001