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Acquired free protein S deficiency in children with steroid resistant nephrosis
C D Hanevold1, J Lazarchick, M A Constantin
1Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta 30912, USA.
Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science
|May 1, 1996
Abstract:
Plasma and urine concentrations of protein S were measured in five children with steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome. It was found that plasma free protein S was reduced in three out of the five patients studied. Thus, acquired free protein S deficiency does occur in children with nephrotic syndrome and is one of many factors which may place them at risk for a thromboembolic event.