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Nephropathy subsequent to hyperlipidemia
Journal Paper/Review - Jul 1, 2000
Teuscher A U, Weidmann P, Lerch Marianne, Laissue J A
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PubMed
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The relationship between lipid abnormalities and the pathogenesis of renal disease is still unclear. Although most patients with primary hyperlipidemia do not develop renal function impairment, experimental and clinical data indicate a possible damaging effect of a disturbed lipid metabolism on the kidney. We report the case history of a patient with hyperlipidemia and mild nephropathy in which an accidentally removed kidney showed intrarenal arteriosclerosis which occured before the development of other cardiovascular risk factors, indicating that primary dyslipidemia induced nephroangiosclerosis.