Nephrotic syndrome is a clinical entity defined by heavy proteinuria, hypoalbuminemia, hyperlipidemia, and edema, stemming from various glomerular diseases. Diagnosis requires a comprehensive ...

One monoclonal antibody, rituximab, can work wonders for the treatment of children with frequently relapsing nephrotic ...

One monoclonal antibody, rituximab, can work wonders for the treatment of children with frequently relapsing nephrotic ...

Primary nephrotic syndrome in adults, including minimal-change nephrotic syndrome, has an incidence of roughly 0.2 to 0.8 per ...

A protein secreted by podocytes may play a key role in the development of nephrotic syndrome, and an acid precursor in the body may be useful in treating some forms of the condition. A recent study of ...

For children with nephrotic syndrome, there was no difference in time to relapse between two commonly used non-steroid immunosuppressive medications, according to an observational study that emulated ...

Topline data were announced from a phase 3 study evaluating obinutuzumab in patients between 2 and 25 years of age with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome.

A group led by the Department of Cell Biology at the Kidney Research Center, Niigata University revealed that elevated activity of cdc42 is a critical initiation event leading to proteinuria, and ...

Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome is the most common disorder of glomerular function in pediatrics. [1] Approximately 40% of children diagnosed with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome will have a relapsing ...

I am currently caring for a 74-year-old man with a 2-month history of progressive nephrotic syndrome and cholestatic jaundice. What are the most likely diagnoses to consider? This is a challenging ...

Researchers from The University of Osaka have found that rituximab, a monoclonal antibody approved for the treatment of ...