institution of treatment protocols and indication of renal biopsy based on clinical (corticosteroid unresponsiveness) and laboratory findings. Patients with nephrotic syndrome. Inclusion criteria ...

THE "nephrotic syndrome" is one of the most striking phenomena of renal disease. The combination of gross edema, hypoproteinemia, hypercholesterolemia, lipidemia and heavy proteinuria, in the ...

The following is a summary of “Steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome due to renal-limited thrombotic microangiopathy and ...

The aim of this study is to evaluate the significance of TIL in the cortical area of renal biopsy specimens ... on patients with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (NS). The presence of TIL was ...

A diagnosis of immune restoration inflammatory syndrome (IRIS ... during which time the patient developed renal failure with enlarged kidneys. A renal biopsy showed acute interstitial nephritis.

Six male patients with chronic renal disease and persistent edema ... In 5 patients the edema was a manifestation of the nephrotic syndrome — in 1 because of diabetic glomerulosclerosis, and ...

In steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS), including focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), genetic causes should be excluded at the time of renal biopsy. Pulse methylprednisolone should ...

Conor van Baalen’s family is grateful to have found a possible kidney donor for the child – his mother. Nearly five years after his first kidney transplant, Conor is urgently in need of another kidney ...