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SUBMITTER: Hogan J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4580224 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hogan Julien J Fila Marc M Baudouin Véronique V Peuchmaur Michel M Deschênes Georges G Niel Olivier O
BMC nephrology 20150922
<h4>Background</h4>Nephrotic syndrome is a relatively rare but serious condition in children. Infantile nephrotic syndrome often has a genetic origin; the treatment is then symptomatic, with a poor prognosis, and a rapid evolution to chronic kidney disease. However, non-genetic infantile nephrotic syndrome has been identified. Here we report for the first time in a child a nephrotic syndrome as the sole clinical expression of a cytomegalovirus infection.<h4>Case presentation</h4>The patient was ...[more]