Nephrotic syndrome is a kidney disorder that causes your body to pass too much protein in your urine
Is the combination of nephrotic-range proteinuria with a low serum albumin level and edema. Nephrotic-range proteinuria is the loss of 3 grams or more per day of protein into the urine or, on a s...
,Definition:
The nephrotic syndrome is a renal
disorder with many possible causes
characterized by massive proteinuria,
hypoalbuminemia, hyperlipidemia,
lipiduria, and generalized edema.
, • Pathogenesis: the renal diseases
associated with the nephrotic
syndrome produce an increase in
glomerular permeability for large
molecules such as proteins. This
may result from generalized
basement membrane injury or loss
of basement membrane -
associated polyanions
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