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  #1

Proteinuria occurs in all except

A Congenital Nephritis
B Rapid Progressive glomerulonephritis
C UTI
D Rheumatoid Arthritis
E Horse shoe Kidney

  #2

C UTI

  #3

Why in R.A. and Horseshoe kidney?

  #4

ans is horseshoe kidney i think,...becos most of the times normal function

  #5

I too would go for Horse-Shoe Kidney because
1) UTI would have proteinuria because of the bacterial infection( which would cause increased protein).
2) Also, Rheumatoid arthritis is many a times associated with proteinuria (also with DMARDs).
There is however no reason as well as data of Horse-shoe kidney being associated with proteinuria

  #6

I think it is UTI ,but would be horse-shoe kidney( I know it is only anatomic malformation)

  #7

With UTI, both RBC/WBC and bacteria cause proteinuria, but not enough to be nephrotic, but still...they will have protein in urine. I think it is E







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