Low molecular weight proteinuria with hypercalciuria and nephrocalcinosis

Definition:

Low molecular weight proteinuria with hypercalciuria and nephrocalcinosis is a form of X-linked hypercalciuric nephrolithiasis. It is renal proximal tubulopathy in Japanese children that has similarities to Dent disease. However, patients do not suffer from rickets or renal failure. Mutations of a renal chloride channel gene, CLCN5, have been reported.

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