[Clinical and pathological study of 47 cases with Alport syndrome].

Objective: To analyze the clinical and pathological features of children with Alport syndrome (AS).

Methods: A series of 47 patients with AS from unrelated families hospitalized from Jan. 1990 to Jan.

[Cyclosporin A treatment of 83 children with nephrotic syndrome of different pathological types].

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of cyclosporin A (CyA) therapy in 83 children with nephrotic syndrome of different pathological types.

Methods: Eighty-three children enrolled in this study were all hospitalized children with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome, aged 3 to 14 yrs (average 8.3 yrs) and included 52 males and 31 females.