Table 1 Laboratory findings of case 1 before and after 1 year of steroid therapy

White blood count, /μl

4600

6600

3400–9200

Red blood cell, ×10*4/μl

4.2

2.61

400–566

Hemoglobin, g/dl

13.4

9

13.0–17.0

Hematocrit, %

41.3.6

28

38.2–50.8

Platelet, ×10*4/μl

17.6

13

14.1–32.7

Total protein, g/dl

5.5

6.8

6.9–8.4

Albumin, g/dl

2.2

2.7

3.9–5.2

Total bilirubin, mg/dl

1.5

2.6

0.3–1.1

AST, IU/l

60

70

13–33

ALT, IU/l

38

36

8–42

LDH, IU/l

204

250

119–229

CPK, IU/l

62

42

62–287

ALP, IU/l

232

304

117–350

γGTP, IU/l

140

358

9–109

LAP

54

63

21–42

ChE

184

143

220–495

T-Chol

174

210

120–240

TG

76

151

30–150

NH3

91

62

6–51

HbA1c

4.7

4.6–6.2

UN, mg/dl

17

17

8–12

Creatinine, mg/dl

0.9

1.1

0.65–1.06

eGFR

72.1

57.9

>100

Urinary acid, mg/dl

6.5

7.7

2.5–7.0

Na, mmol/l

140

139

139–146

K, mmol/l

4.2

4

3.7–4.8

Cl, mmol/l

104

102

101–108

APTT, sec

41.7

31.1

27–40

PT,%

79.4

53.2

>75

INR,

1.15

1.3

ICG15R(%)

58

32

<10

IgG, mg/dl

740

947

870–1700

IgA, mg/dl

1110

845

110–410

IgM, mg/dl

162

190

35–220

IgE, mg/dl

<173

C3, mg/dl

66

78

86–160

C4, mg/dl

13

15

17–45

CH50, U/ml

31

35

30–50

ANA

negative

negative

anti ds-DNA

negative

negative

anti RNP

negative

negative

anti mitochondria

negative

negative

Cryoglobulin

negative

negative

HCV

negative

negative

HBV

negative

negative

CRP, mg/dl

0.1

0.1

0.0–0.3

Urinalysis

Sediment

 RBC /HPF

many

1 to 4

<1

 WBC /HPF

6–10

–

<1

 Cast

None

None

<1

protein, g/day

3.94

0.04

<0.1

Glucose

negative

negative

negative

NAG, IU/day

14.3

8.9

0.8–5.0

α1 MG, mg/day

8.1

2.1

0.6–8.8

β2 MG, mg/day

46

30

14–329