Cerebral oedema in congenital nephrotic syndrome.
We report an infant with congenital nephrotic syndrome who showed clinical and radiological evidence of cerebral oedema, which resolved during prolonged intravenous albumin therapy. The cerebral oedema in this case can possibly be attributed to the relative immaturity of the blood-brain barrier in early infancy.
Weintraub
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Division of Paediatric Nephrology, Shaare Zedek Medical Centre, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.
Steinberg
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Drukker
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D000418:Albumins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000151:congenital*; D011507:Proteinuria / Q000175:diagnosis; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000172:deficiency; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000418:Albumins; D012709:Serum Albumin