Successful treatment of a patient with refractory nephrotic syndrome with PCSK9 inhibitors: a case report

BACKGROUND: The proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitor evolocumab is a low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-lowering drug with a new mechanism, which is currently available in Japan. Here, for the first time, we report the successful use of the PCSK9 inhibitor in a patient with ref...

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Autores principales: Awanami, Yuki, Fukuda, Makoto, Nonaka, Yasunori, Takashima, Tsuyoshi, Matsumoto, Keiichiro, Yamasaki, Masatora, Miyazono, Motoaki, Ikeda, Yuji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5501341/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28683788
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-017-0644-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5501341/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28683788
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-017-0644-0

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