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We describe a patient who developed nephrotic syndrome at 5 months, with extensive glomerular and tubular damage on biopsy. The patient was treated with diuretics and was asymptomatic for a decade despite unremitting proteinuria. A repeat biopsy at 13 years of age showed remarkable healing with histopathological features consistent with ”minimal change” nephrotic syndrome. This patient illustrates a favorable clinical outcome, without specific treatment, of nephrotic syndrome of long duration.
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Received: 17 August 1998 / Revised: 17 November 1998 / Accepted: 17 November 1998
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Garza, M., Guttenberg, M. & Kaplan, B. Nephrotic syndrome at 5 months: no definitive treatment or complications for 12 years. Pediatr Nephrol 13, 604–606 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004670050754
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004670050754