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Patients with mutations in NPHS2 (podocin) do not respond to standard steroid treatment of nephrotic syndrome.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN - 1 Mar 2004
Ruf Rainer G, Lichtenberger Anne, Karle Stephanie M, Haas Johannes P, Anacleto Franzisco E, Schultheiss Michael, Zalewski Isabella, Imm Anita, Ruf Eva-Maria, Mucha Bettina, Bagga Arvind, Neuhaus Thomas, Fuchshuber Arno, Bakkaloglu Aysin, Hildebrandt Friedhelm
Abstract excerpt
Nephrotic syndrome (NS) represents the association of proteinuria, hypoalbuminemia, edema, and hyperlipidemia. Steroid-resistant NS (SRNS) is defined by primary resistance to standard steroid therapy. It remains one of the most intractable causes of ESRD in the first two decades of life. Mutation...
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