Nephrol Dial Transplant (2000) 15: 922
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Letters
Massive proteinuria in a patient with chronic pyelonephritis
Department of Internal Medicine, Academic Hospital Vrije, Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Sir,
In patients with chronic pyelonephritis (CPN), protein loss is usually less than 1 g/24 h. Proteinuria exceeding 5 g/day [1] has been observed to occur especially in patients with CPN and vesico-ureteral reflux [2,3],
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