The changes of the hair roots in correlation to the clinical status of the nephrotic syndrome.
The examination of the hair roots were performed by a modified technique as described by Bradfield. The mean hair bulb diameter in children with overt nephrotic syndrome was statistically smaller than the controls. The distributions of hair root morphology amongst them were also statistically different from those of the control group. The hair roots of the children with remission or with questionable relapse were not different from the control group. The application of hair root examination, therefore may be useful in the differentiation of various stages of the nephrotic syndrome.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006197:Hair; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011507:Proteinuria / Q000175:diagnosis; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D013785:Thailand