Abstract
Presentation of Case* First admission. A fifty-year-old man entered the hospital because of edema. Edema involving the ankles and feet and occasionally the face and hands appeared one month previously. Except for mild nocturia the patient was otherwise asymptomatic. On admission to another hospital a markedly elevated serum cholesterol, a low serum protein and ++++ proteinuria were found; the urinary sediment, the serum nonprotein nitrogen and intravenous pyelograms were normal. He was discharged on a low-salt diet, and the edema decreased. There was no history of previous significant illness. A urinalysis performed five months before entry was said to . . .
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