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Clinical outcome of Schönlein-Henoch purpura nephritis in children
We studied the long-term outcome of 64 children with biopsy-proven Schönlein-Henoch purpura (SHP) nephritis over 1–23 years of follow-up. Overall renal survival 10 years after onset was 73%. Multivariate logis...
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Anti-glomerular basement membrane antibody-mediated glomerulonephritis due to glue sniffing
A 16-year-old girl developed rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis and renal failure. The disease was associated with high titres of antiglomerular basement membrane antibodies in serum, linear deposits of im...
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Generalized amyloidosis secondary to xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis
Unilateral nephrectomy in an 8-year-old male with chronic renal failure and urosepsis revealed a combined histologic lesion of xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis and amyloidosis. Amyloid deposits were found al...
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Adolescent cystinosis: Renal function and morphology
Morphological and functional investigations of the kidney were performed in an adolescent with cystinosis. The late onset and the gradual development of moderate complex tubular dysfunction was documented. Whe...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
The Nephronophthisis Complex; a Clinicopathologic Study
In 1951 Fanconi and co-workers described seven children from two families suffering from progressive renal insufficiency due to a chronic tubulointerstitial nephropathy. The disorder was termed “familial juven...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome Associated with Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
In the last ten years focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) has stimulated the interest of many pediatric nephrologists as a main glomerular lesion associated with the idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (NS) le...
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Idiopathic mesangial IgA-glomerulonephritis in childhood
Nineteen out of 83 children with asymptomatic haematuria were classified as having IgA glomerulonephritis, characterized by diffuse mesangial deposition of IgA in the absence of systematic disease. Different h...
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Nephrocalcinosis in radiographs, computed tomography, sonography and histology
In 12 patients with nephrocalcinosis, radiographs were compared with computed tomography, sonography and histology. Computed tomography detects nephrocalcinosis at a very early stage of the disease, gives a be...