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Aetiology of nephrotic syndrome in children

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A study of 200 cases of nephrotic syndrome in children presenting to a London teaching hospital between 1963 and 1970 produced the following frequencies for the different aetiologies:

Aetiology

Frequency (%)

minimal change glomerulonephritis

76.0

focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

7.0

membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis

5.0

Henoch-Schonlein purpura

5.0

systemic lupus erythematosus

4.0

other proliferative glomerulonephritis

2.0

membranous glomerulonephritis

1.0

congenital nephrotic syndrome less than

less than 1.0

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