title: The Effect of a Gluten-Free Diet in Children With Difficult-to-Manage Nephrotic Syndrome.
abstract: Case reports have linked childhood nephrotic syndrome to food sensitivity, including gluten. We report our experience with 8 children (6 boys, 2 girls; age at implementation of special diet 2-14 years) with difficult-to-manage nephrotic syndrome who were placed on a gluten-free diet for 3.4 ± 4.3 years (range, 0.6-14 years) and who had clinical improvement enabling reduction or discontinuation in steroid dosage.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Department of Pediatrics, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California;
authors.forename: Kevin V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Lemley
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine and Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida;
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Faul
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine and Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida;
authors.forename: Karla
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schramm
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Meyers
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York;
authors.forename: Frederick
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kaskel
authors.affiliation: Center for Pediatric Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Cleveland Clinic Children's, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio;
authors.forename: Katherine M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Dell
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, CS Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan;
authors.forename: Debbie S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Gipson
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine and Pediatrics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina;and.
authors.forename: Keisha
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gibson
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, NYU Langone Medical Center, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York howard.trachtman@nyumc.org.
authors.forename: Howard
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Trachtman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D055050:Diet, Gluten-Free; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000178:diet therapy*; D012189:Retrospective Studies