[Complement levels in children with idiophatic nephrotic syndrome (author's transl)].
C3, C4 and C3-activator were found in normal plasma-concentrations in 12 children with INS, compared to 26 healthy children. We could not find an activation of the complement-system by classical or alternate way in this disease. These results can be used for an additional possibility of differential diagnosis of glomerulopathies.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003172:Complement C1 / Q000032:analysis; D003178:Complement C3 Nephritic Factor / Q000032:analysis; D003181:Complement C4 / Q000032:analysis; D003165:Complement System Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D005779:Immunodiffusion; D008297:Male; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000276:immunology*
D003172:Complement C1; D003178:Complement C3 Nephritic Factor; D003181:Complement C4; D003165:Complement System Proteins
Komplementspiegel bei Kindern mit Idiopathisch-Nephrotischem Syndrom C3, C4 und C3-Aktivator).