Tacrolimus outshined another immunosuppressive drug at extending relapse-free survival in kids with frequently relapsing or steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome in a randomized study from China. All ...

Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome is the most common disorder of glomerular function in pediatrics. [1] Approximately 40% of children diagnosed with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome will have a relapsing ...

Minimal change nephrotic syndrome in children: deaths during the first 5 to 15 years' observation. Report of the International Study of Kidney Disease in Children. Pediatrics 73, 497–501 (1984).

For children with nephrotic syndrome, there was no difference in ... the researchers wrote in JAMA Pediatrics. There were also no significant differences in mean annualized estimated glomerular ...

16 Pediatric whole-body data obtained by means ... Mean differences between patients with glucocorticoid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome and controls were assessed by means of the t-test.

RECENT advances in knowledge of the nature of the nephrotic syndrome have led to more rational therapy. The purpose of this communication is to review this progress. The nephrotic syndrome is a ...

Nephrotic syndrome (NS) occurs in approximately 3. ... due to marked proteinuria or increased sodium retention. Pediatric and adult patients with NS often have weight gain due to edema ...

November 30, 2009 — Recommendations for primary care clinicians regarding the diagnosis and treatment of nephrotic syndrome in adults are reviewed in the November 15 issue of the American Family ...

Nephrotic syndrome, characterized by elevated protein levels in the urine, is linked to kidney diseases such as minimal change disease (MCD), primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), and ...