Tacrolimus in steroid resistant and steroid dependent childhood nephrotic syndrome.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of tacrolimus (Tac) in steroid resistant and steroid dependent nephrotic syndrome (NS) in children.

Material And Method: Retrospective chart reviews of 18 children from outpatient clinic at the Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital were diagnosed with steroid resistant (SR) and steroid dependent (SD) NS during 2002-2008 were enrolled in the present study

Results: The boy to girl ratio was 2:1. The mean age at diagnosis was 6.