A 7 year old boy presented with generalized edema.Urine examination revealed marked albuminuria.Serum biochemical examination showed hypoalbuminaemia with hyperlipidaemia.Kidney biopsy was undertaken.On light microscopic examination,the kidney appeared normal.Electron microscopic examination is most likely to reveal:

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Rarefaction of glomerular basement membrane

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Fusion of foot processes of the glomerular epithelial cells

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Deposition of electron dense material in the basement membrane

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Thin basement membrane

1.	A 7 year old boy presented with generalized edema.Urine examination revealed marked albuminuria.Serum biochemical examination showed hypoalbuminaemia with hyperlipidaemia.Kidney biopsy was undertaken.On light microscopic examination,the kidney appeared normal.Electron microscopic examination is most likely to reveal:
A.	Fusion of foot processes of the glomerular epithelial cells
B.	Rarefaction of glomerular basement membrane
C.	Deposition of electron dense material in the basement membrane
D.	Thin basement membrane
Answer» B. Rarefaction of glomerular basement membrane

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