Secondary minimal change disease

The great majority of patients identified as having a ‘minimal change lesion’ accompanying the nephrotic syndrome have a primary or ‘idiopathic’ disorder. Nevertheless, it is quite apparent that a similar or identical lesion can appear consequent to a growing number of underlying diseases; it is the...

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Published in:Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation dialysis, transplantation, 2003-08, Vol.18 (suppl-6), p.vi52-vi58
Main Author: GLASSOCK, Richard J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
drugs
Glomerulonephritis
Humans
infections
Medical sciences
minimal change
minimal change disease
neoplasia
Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases
Nephropathies. Renovascular diseases. Renal failure
nephropathy
Nephrosis, Lipoid - etiology
Nephrosis, Lipoid - pathology
Nephrosis, Lipoid - therapy
secondary nephrotic syndrome
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Summary:The great majority of patients identified as having a ‘minimal change lesion’ accompanying the nephrotic syndrome have a primary or ‘idiopathic’ disorder. Nevertheless, it is quite apparent that a similar or identical lesion can appear consequent to a growing number of underlying diseases; it is then known as ‘secondary minimal change disease’. The predisposing conditions include neoplastic diseases, toxic or allergic reactions to drugs, infections, auto-immune disorders and other miscellaneous entities. These disorders are reviewed and catalogued in this contribution.
ISSN:0931-0509
1460-2385
1460-2385
DOI:10.1093/ndt/gfg1060