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Indian J Pediatr
January 2025
Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Guwahati, Assam, 781101, India.
Front Pediatr
January 2025
Department of Pediatrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Background: Alport syndrome (AS) is a genetically heterogeneous disorder resulting from variants in genes coding for the alpha-3/4/5 chains of Collagen IV, leading to defective basement membranes in the kidney, cochlea, and eye. The clinical manifestations of AS vary in patients. Cases of childhood AS caused by presenting primarily with nephrotic syndrome (NS) are rarely reported.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground The role of specific human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles as a risk factor for susceptibility, protection, and response to cyclophosphamide (CYC) treatment has been studied in patients with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (INS). This study investigates the association of class II HLA alleles and the treatment outcome in children with steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome (SDNS) who were treated with CYC. Methods A total of 77 children who were diagnosed with SDNS and had received CYC at least a year before were enrolled.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFZhonghua Er Ke Za Zhi
January 2025
Department of Pediatrics, Jinling School of Clinical Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing210002, China.
Zhonghua Er Ke Za Zhi
January 2025
Department of Nephrology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, National Children's Medical Center, Shanghai Kidney Development and Pediatric Kidney Disease Research Center State, Key Laboratory of Kidney Diseases, Shanghai201102, China.
To investigate the short-term efficacy and safety of rituximab (RTX) in children with calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) resistant steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS). A retrospective case analysis was conducted. Thirteen children with CNI resistant SRNS who were regularly treated with RTX (375 mg/m per dose (maximum dose 500 mg), 1 dose per week, a total of 4 doses) in Department of Nephrology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University from January 2016 to December 2023 were enrolled.
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