Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome in Iranian children.
Of 231 children with nephrotic syndrome, 87% were steroid sensitive and 13% steroid resistant. Of patients with steroid sensitive nephrotic syndrome, 38.8% were non-relapsers, 34.8% frequent relapsers and 26.4% infrequent relapsers. Among those with steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome, 37.5% had focal segmental glomerulosclerosis with a high mortality rate of 44%
Ali
Ahmadzadeh
A
Abuzar Children's Hospital, Ahvaz Jundishapour University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran. dr_ahmadzadeh_ali@ajums.ac.ir
Ali
Derakhshan
D
Mehran
Hakimzadeh
H
Ali
Zolfigol
Z
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology