0 / 1 point A 4-year-old girl has edema that is most obvious around her ankles and in her eyelids. She has yellow spots on her palms. Her laboratory findings reveal (reference intervals are in parentheses): serum albumin 1.8 g/dL (3.5 to 5.5 g/dL), total serum cholesterol 350 mg/dL (<170 mg/dL), LDL cholesterol 140 mg/dL (<110 mg/dL), serum urea nitrogen 20 mg/dL (7 to 18 mg/dL), heavy urine protein (negative), lipiduria, and negative urine blood (negative). All other values were normal. These findings are most compatible with geoquad acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis with hypoalphalipoproteinemia. geoquad nephrotic syndrome with secondary hyperlipidemia. geoquad acute pyelonephritis and familial hypercholesterolemia. geoquad mild glomerular disease with lipoprotein lipase deficiency.
0 / 1 point A 4-year-old girl has edema that is most obvious around her ankles and in…
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