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Familial idiopathic nephrotic syndrome is rare. Only about 3% of patients have affected siblings. The association of familial nephrotic syndrome with congenital abnormalities is even more uncommon. To our knowledge this is the first report of the association of steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome and postaxial hexadactyly in two brothers born to consanguineous parents.
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Received July 3, 1997; received in revised form and accepted December 1, 1997
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Mallmann, R. Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome and hexadactyly in two brothers. Pediatr Nephrol 12, 417–419 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004670050478
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