Clinical course and NPHS2 analysis in patients with late steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 251-256

  Schwaderer, Peter ^a   Knüppel, Tanja ^a   Konrad, Martin ^b   Mehls, Otto ^a   Schärer, Karl ^a   Schaefer, Franz ^a   Weber, Stefanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

FSGS; Late nonresponder; Late steroid resistance; MC; NPHS2 gene; Podocin; Steroid resistance

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; PODOCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GENE MUTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARMACOGENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORINE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS, FOCAL SEGMENTAL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; REMISSION INDUCTION;

EID: 38349054866     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-007-0653-5     Document Type: Article

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