A case of congenital nephrotic syndrome.
This case of congenital nephrotic syndrome is not easy to classify. Treatment with usually effective doses of cyclophosphamide and prednisolone was unsuccessful, whereas a treatment with gammaglobulin was concomitant with a decrease in the frequency of infections, improvement of the nephrotic syndrome, growth, psychomotor development and bone maturation. Electron microscopy shows basal membrane abnormalities not yet described.
D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy