title: Prolonged reversible acute renal failure in focal glomerulonephritis with severe nephrotic syndrome in an elderly patient.
abstract: A clinical report of a 67-year-old woman who developed reversible acute renal failure due to focal glomerulonephritis with severe nephrotic syndrome is presented. The patient required four weeks' dialysis treatment but recovered completely. The role of temporary dialysis and diuretics on the clinical course and the reversibility of the process in old age is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine B, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Harats
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Friedlander
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Koplovic
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Friedman
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000473:pathology*; D005923:Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007677:Kidney Function Tests; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000473:pathology; D007684:Kidney Tubules / Q000473:pathology; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000473:pathology*; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory