Nephrotic syndrome is a common childhood glomerular disease that is associated with
massive proteinuria and edema. Children with nephrotic syndrome are at risk of chronic …

Systematic registration and examination of biopsy-related data in Central and Eastern
Europe are scarce, while the health condition of the population is worse compared to other …

Background Childhood nephrotic syndrome, if left untreated, leads to progressive kidney
disease or death. We quantified the prevalence of steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome …

Background: Kidney biopsy remains the best standard for kidney tissue analysis. Although
percutaneous kidney biopsy is an invasive procedure, it is an indispensable part of …

Background A kidney biopsy is being increasingly performed for the diagnosis of renal
diseases. It is a reasonably safe procedure that helps not only to reach the correct diagnosis …

Introduction: Diagnosis of renal diseases through renal biopsy exhibits variability influenced
by factors such as geographical location, ethnicity, age, gender and observer subjectivity …

A la consulta estrictamente nefrológica los pacientes acuden por los llamados estigmas de
compromiso de enfermedad glomerular conocidos como glomerulopatías, esto es, cuadro …

Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) is not a common cause of nephrotic
syndrome (NS) in adults unlike in children. It is commonly steroid-resistant in adults unlike in …

Unregulated traditional medications and their solvents are nephrotoxic. We present a case
of a 49-year-old Nigerian male with a 10-year history of diabetes mellitus and hypertension …

Background: Nephrotic syndrome is one of the major ways in which kidney disease presents
clinically the world over. Where biopsies are carried out, the microscopic appearances …