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Diagnosis of Alport Syndrome by Kidney Biopsy and Electron Microscopy in a Resource-Limited Setting: A Case Report

Paper C Not peer reviewed Observational

Key takeaways

Doctors describe diagnosing Alport syndrome, an inherited kidney disease, using a kidney biopsy and a high-powered electron microscope in a hospital with few resources. This is a single patient case report, so it shows one experience and cannot prove what works in general. Its value is showing that this diagnosis can be reached outside a large, well-funded lab. It was posted as a repository record, not a peer reviewed journal article.

Who did this work

Francisco Javier Caro Valerio · Monica Itzel Ramirez Diaz M.D. · Maria Jose Orduño Dominguez M.D. · Hanako Hayashi Heredia M.D. · Juan Antonio Esparza Tonche M.D. · Lorenzo Emanuel Roacho Diaz M.D. · Luis Adrian Alvarez Niño M.D. · Alejandro Ibarra Guereca M.D. · Alexa Sahian Rodriguez Ugarte M.D. · Daniella Barragan Armijo M.D. · Maria Elena Robles Zapata M.D.

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, Kidney disease concept sweep (verified C2778653478) · 2026-09-03
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22270040