For children with nephrotic syndrome, there was no difference in time to relapse between two commonly used non-steroid immunosuppressive medications, according to an observational study that emulated ...

THE "nephrotic syndrome" is one of the most striking phenomena ... intercapillary glomerulosclerosis and renal-vein thrombosis. In children and young adults the syndrome occasionally develops ...

Objective: To develop better therapy mode and reduce the rate of relapse of nephrotic syndrome in children with steroid sensitive nephrotic syndrome (SSNS). Methods: Compared the effect of 2-month ...

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Methods: Plasma volume (PV) and red cell volume (RCV) were measured and F-cell ratio was calculated in 77 children with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome in drug-free remission (mean age, 9.8 ± 4.6 y).

Indeed, children with steroid-resistant (SR) nephrotic syndrome have a greater chance to develop end-stage renal disease than those with steroid-sensitive (SS) nephrotic syndrome (1–3).

evaluate and treat children with kidney disease from infancy to adolescence. They care for those with urinary tract infections, hypertension, hematuria, proteinuria, glomerulonephritis, and nephrotic ...

Although initially, many children with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome respond to steroid therapy, a repeated course for patients with relapses often causes significant steroid toxicity. Patients ...

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No Difference in Time to Relapse Between Two Non-Steroid Immunosuppressants in Childhood Nephrotic Syndrome suggests a new ...

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