Lipoprotein glomerulopathy associated with the Osaka/Kurashiki APOE variant: two cases identified in Latin America

• Main Authors: Joaquim Nelito da Silveira-Neto (Author), Guilherme Jinson de Oliveira Ahn (Author), Precil Diego Miranda de Menezes Neves (Author), Vinicius Augusto Ferreira Baptista (Author), Stanley de Almeida Araújo (Author), David Campos Wanderley (Author), Andréia Watanabe (Author), Elieser Hitoshi Watanabe (Author), Neide Missae Murai (Author), Eny Maria Goloni Bertollo (Author), Osvaldo Merege Vieira-Neto (Author), Márcio Dantas (Author), Sergio Ricardo de Antônio (Author), Roberto Silva Costa (Author), Maria Alice Sperto Ferreira Baptista (Author), Miguel Moysés-Neto (Author), Luiz Fernando Onuchic (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Lipoprotein glomerulopathy (LPG) is a rare autosomal dominant disease caused by mutations in APOE, the gene which encodes apolipoprotein E. LPG mainly affects Asian individuals, however occasional cases have also been described in Americans and Europeans. Herein we report two unr...