Immunodysregulation, polyendocrinopathy, enteropathy, X-linked (IPEX) syndrome: An unusual cause of proteinuria in infancy

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1799-1802

  Moudgil, Asha ^a   Perriello, Paige ^a   Loechelt, Brett ^a   Przygodzki, Ronald ^a   Fitzerald, Wendy ^a   Kamani, Naynesh ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; FOXP3; IPEX syndrome; Membranous glomerulonephritis; Nephrotic syndrome; Proteinuria

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; DNA; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DIARRHEA; DNA DETERMINATION; ECZEMA; EXON; FAILURE TO THRIVE; GENE DELETION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INFANT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; IPEX SYNDROME; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MALE; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DIARRHEA; EXONS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUTATION; PROTEINURIA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VOMITING; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 34548357320     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-007-0532-0     Document Type: Article

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