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An Efficient Sieving Method to Isolate Intact Glomeruli from Adult Rat Kidney
Published on: November 1, 2018
[Minimal Change Glomerulonephritis]
S Stracke1, U Helmchen, C Aymanns
1Sektion Nephrologie, Universitätsklinik Ulm, Germany. sylvia.stracke@medizin.uni-ulm.de
Abstract:
We report two cases of minimal change glomerulonephritis (synonyms: idiopathic nephrotic syndrom, minimal change disease). A 47-year old female patient was admitted to our unit with a relapsing nephrotic syndrome since childhood. Another patient, a 22-year old female, presented with moderately swollen legs that developed over several months and a complaint of frequent upper respiratory tract infections during the last year. In both cases we suspected a minimal change glomerulonephritis which can only be proven by renal biopsy. Therapeutic options comprise steroids, cyclosporin, tacrolimus or even cyclophosphamide, depending on the clinical presentation of the disease in the individual case.
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