Nephrotic syndrome isn’t a disease. It’s a group of symptoms that can appear if your kidneys aren’t working right. You might have a condition that affects only your kidneys. Doctors call that a ...

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 ...

Patients with nephrotic syndrome were far more likely than healthy controls to suffer end-stage kidney disease, particularly if they had focal segmental glomerulosclerosis or membranous nephropathy.

Current use of conventional nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for 15 to 28 days and more than 28 days was associated with significant 34% and 42% increased odds of nephrotic syndrome, respectively, ...

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 with ...

Children with frequently relapsing or steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome had a significantly longer relapse-free survival period with tacrolimus than with mycophenolate mofetil. Relapse-free ...

Monogenic nephrotic syndrome (nephrotic syndrome caused by a single gene defect) is responsible for only a small percentage of cases of nephrotic syndrome, but information from studies of the unique ...

What is Childhood Nephrotic Syndrome? Childhood nephrotic syndrome (NS) is a complex condition consisting of distinct subtypes of glomerular histopathology and clinical courses in children. It is also ...

Nephrotic syndrome is characterized by a set of signs and symptoms including proteinuria, low protein levels in the blood, hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, and edema. It may be caused by ...

The treatment of nephrotic syndrome will depend on the underlying cause of the syndrome. Therefore, it is important that the most likely cause is identified during the diagnostic process to enable the ...