[The catamnesis of patients with the minimal change nephrotic syndrome--lipoid nephrosis].

A catamnestic study was made of 188 patients suffering from the nephrotic syndrome with minimum changes (NSMC) in order to examine the characteristic features of its course and outcome. The patients' age ranged from 3 to 26 years, with the disease standing being from 1 to 22 years. The authors explored the anamnestic and clinico-laboratory data together with the morphological findings (in 6.