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Unusual histological findings in a child with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome

Authors: James Springate, Tibor Nadasdy

Published in: Pediatric Nephrology | Issue 3/2007

Abstract

We report a 2-year-old child with corticosteroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome whose renal biopsy revealed light microscopically normal glomeruli but highly unusual finger-like projections and arches of the glomerular basement membrane. To our knowledge, the association between nephrotic syndrome and this patient’s rare ultrastuctural lesion has not been previously documented in the literature. It is not certain whether this basement membrane is pathogenic or a striking but coincidental developmental anomaly.

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Title: Unusual histological findings in a child with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome
Authors: James Springate
Tibor Nadasdy
Publication date: 01-03-2007
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Pediatric Nephrology / Issue 3/2007
Print ISSN: 0931-041X
Electronic ISSN: 1432-198X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-006-0330-0

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