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Clinical and Genetic Evaluation of Familial Steroid-Responsive Nephrotic Syndrome in Childhood
1 Feb 2001
Abstract excerpt
Steroid-responsive idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (SSINS) is the most common form of nephrotic syndrome in childhood. This article reports a cohort of familial SSINS with disease onset in childhood. The clinical course in terms of age at onset, symptoms during the initial phase, renal morphology, and outcome was evaluated. Furthermore, linkage to NPHS2, the gene for autosomal-recessive steroid-resistant INS on...
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