Nephrotic syndrome isn’t a disease. It’s a group of symptoms that can appear if your kidneys aren’t working right. You might have a condition that affects only your kidneys. Doctors call ...

Nephrotic syndrome refers to a group of symptoms that indicate that the kidney is damaged. Learn more about the other symptoms, the causes, and more.

Nephrotic syndrome is a group of symptoms that indicate an issue with the kidneys. Several different conditions, including some forms of glomerulonephritis, can cause nephrotic syndrome.

Nephrotic syndrome is marked by excess of both protein in the urine (proteinuria) and triglycerides in the blood (hypertriglyceridemia). Sumant Chugh and his colleagues now explain these linked ...

A group led by the Department of Cell Biology at the Kidney Research Center, Niigata University revealed that elevated ...

If one accepts the definition of the nephrotic syndrome suggested by Schreiner 12 – protein excretion in excess of 3.5 gm per twenty-four hours and the presence of urinary fat bodies – over a ...

While kidney disease is often a silent disease, a few signs show up on the face and neck, like swelling, puffy eyes, dark circles, dry or itchy skin, and neck swelling. According to doctors, it is ...

Dublin, Aug. 05, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Nephrotic Syndrome Pipeline Research Monitor, 2020 - Drugs, Companies, Clinical Trials, R&D Pipeline Updates, Status and Outlook" report has been ...

Nephrotic syndrome is usually caused by damage to the glomeruli (tufts of small blood vessels in the kidney). These glomeruli filter blood, separating useful substances from useless ones.

In five children a nephrotic syndrome developed within one month (three cases), 11 months, and 10 years of the onset of diabetes mellitus. The syndrome, which responded to steroid therapy, was morp ...

For very young children with nephrotic syndrome, longer initial treatment with prednisone didn't offer much benefit, a researcher reported. In a randomized controlled trial of 172 patients ages 1 ...