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Treatment of Focal and Segmental Glomerulosclerosis Secondary to High Altitude Polycythemia with Acetazolamide
(Mary Ann Liebert, 2022)
Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is a morphological pattern, caused by glomerular injury and is the leading cause of nephrotic syndrome in adults. We present the case of a 59-year-old female patient, resident of ...
NPHS2 mutations in adult patients with primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
(Wichtig Editore, 2006-05-01)
Background. Mutations in the NPHS2 gene encoding the protein podocin have recently been found in a recessive form of steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome. Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) was the histologic diagnosis ...
Primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in children: prognostic factors
(2001)
To study the clinical course and the predictors of outcome in children and adolescents, 39 patients with nephrotic syndrome and primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) were followed for a mean of 84.6 months. ...
Idiopathic focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and HLA antigens
(Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica, 1998-03-01)
The objective of the present study was to investigate a possible association between HLA class II antigens and idiopathic focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). HLA-A, -B, -DR and -DQ antigens were determined in 19 ...
Cyclophosphamide in the treatment of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
(2004)
Prednisone is the initial treatment of primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis.
However, when immunosuppressive agents in combination with steroids are used in the treatment of prednisone-dependent and prednisone-resistant ...
Study of the morphologic variants of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis: a Brazilian reportEstudo brasileiro das variantes morfológicas da glomerulosclerose segmentar e focal
(Sociedade Brasileira de Patologia ClínicaSociedade Brasileira de PatologiaSociedade Brasileira de Citopatologia, 2012)
INTRODUCTION: Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is the most frequent primary glomerulopathy in Brazil and its incidence is increasing worldwide. Pathogenesis is related to podocyte injury, which may be due to several ...