Advances in the study of proteinurias. I. The pathogenetic mechanisms.

Abstract

The proteinurias can be due to various causes and mechanisms, with different prognosis and therapy. With respect to their mechanisms of occurrence, they are classified as: of overflow or of glomerular origin, by tubular reabsorption, by increase of tubular secretion and by protein loss from the urinary ways. These causes and mechanisms are described in detail, according to the latest data in the medical literature.