Publications by authors named "Barbara Crapella"
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- ANCA-associated vasculitis is rare in children, and this study focuses on a large group of pediatric patients to analyze their clinicopathologic features, long-term outcomes, and factors that influence prognosis.
- The study included 85 pediatric patients from Italy and Canada, categorizing their kidney biopsy results based on the Berden classification, and looked at different clinical factors to determine links to kidney failure.
- Results showed a significant number of patients presented with rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis, and those with sclerotic biopsy findings had much worse kidney survival rates compared to other classifications, highlighting key prognostic indicators.
Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (INS) is the most frequent primary glomerular disease in children, displaying high grade proteinuria and oedema. The mainstay of therapy are steroids, and patients are usually classified according to the treatment response (sensitive vs. resistant).
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