An inherited collagen IV disorder causing hematuria, progressive kidney failure, hearing loss, and eye changes.
Alport syndrome (X-linked most common) starts with microscopic hematuria in childhood, progressing to proteinuria, hypertension, and kidney failure in early adulthood in males. RAAS blockade slows progression. Cochlear implants help hearing loss; genetic testing guides family planning and living-donor evaluation.
Blood in the urine — visible (gross) or microscopic — with causes ranging from infection and stones to glomerulonephritis and malignancy.
Abnormal presence of protein in the urine, a key marker of kidney damage and the strongest predictor of CKD progression and cardiovascular risk.
A surgical procedure in which a healthy kidney from a living or deceased donor is transplanted into a patient with end-stage renal disease to restore kidney function.
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