"Nephrotic Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A condition characterized by severe PROTEINURIA, greater than 3.5 g/day in an average adult. The substantial loss of protein in the urine results in complications such as HYPOPROTEINEMIA; generalized EDEMA; HYPERTENSION; and HYPERLIPIDEMIAS. Diseases associated with nephrotic syndrome generally cause chronic kidney dysfunction.
| Descriptor ID |
D009404
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C12.777.419.630.643 C13.351.968.419.630.643
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| Concept/Terms |
Nephrotic Syndrome- Nephrotic Syndrome
- Nephrotic Syndromes
- Syndrome, Nephrotic
- Syndromes, Nephrotic
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| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Nephrotic Syndrome" by people in Profiles.
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The podocin V260E mutation predicts steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome in black South African children with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. Commun Biol. 2019; 2:416.
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Impact of tuberculosis in children with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome. Pediatr Nephrol. 1993 Aug; 7(4):392-5.
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Biochemical and serological characteristics of children with membranous nephropathy due to hepatitis B virus infection: correlation with hepatitis B e antigen, hepatitis B DNA and hepatitis D. Nephron. 1988; 49(3):184-9.
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Penicillin resistant pneumococcal peritonitis in nephrotic syndrome. Arch Dis Child. 1987 Sep; 62(9):964-5.