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Description of Clinicopathologic Changes during the Development and Clinical Resolution of Experimentally induced Canine Nephrotic Syndrome  

Eun-wha, Choi (Department of Veterinary Clinical Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University)
Chang-woo, Lee (Department of Veterinary Clinical Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University)
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Journal of Veterinary Clinics / v.20, no.4, 2003 , pp. 431-436 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to evaluate urine protein-to-creatinine ratio as a parameter for early detection of nephrotic syndrome and as a parameter for monitoring effectiveness in early course of treatment. Nine healthy dogs were sensitized by intravenous injection with 1 $\mu$g of endotoxin and 5 mg of native bovine serum albumin. After 1 week, 120 mg of cationized bovine serum albumin was injected intravenously 5 times a week. Among nine dogs, five dogs were confirmed as having developed glomerulonephritis and nephrotic syndrome by increase of urine protein-to-creatinine ratio(>1.0), hypoalbuminemia (<1.5 g/dl), hypercholesterolemia (> 240 mg/dl) and azotemia (BUN>40 mg/dl). During the induction of glomerulonephritis and the progression to nephrotic syndrome, the increase of urine protein-to-creatinine ratio was firstly detected. 1 to 4 weeks later, hypoalbuminemia, hypercholesterolemia, and azotemia were detected. Prednisolone (2.2 mg/kg, bid) was administered orally to the dogs with induced nephrotic syndrome. In early stage of treatment, the increase of serum albumin and decrease of serum cholesterol were detected. 1 to 4 weeks later, decrease of urine protein-to-creatinine ratio was detected. It was concluded that urine protein-to-creatinine ratio is a useful parameter for early detection of nephrotic syndrome, and serum albumin and cholesterol are useful parameters for the monitoring in early course of treatment in nephrotic syndrome.
Keywords
cationized bovine serum albumin; urine protein-to-creatinine ratio; albumin; cholesterol; prednisolone;
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