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 ...

Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (INS), characterized by heavy proteinuria, edema and hypoalbuminemia, is the most common glomerular disease in childhood (1). Common histologic variants are minimal ...