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Adult-Onset minimal-change nephrotic syndrome: A benign disease

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Ten patients with minimal change nephropathy diagnosed by renal biopsy are discussed. These adult patients presented with a nephrotic syndrome, between the years 1977 and 1986. The response to low dose Prednisone and the benign nature of the lesion are outlined.

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  1. Department of Nephrology, Meath Hospital, Heytesbury Street, Dublin 8

    T. W. O’Neill, A. A. J. O’Brien, M. Brennan & J. A. B. Keogh

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O’Neill, T.W., O’Brien, A.A.J., Brennan, M. et al. Adult-Onset minimal-change nephrotic syndrome: A benign disease. I.J.M.S. 156, 268–269 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02954064

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