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  2. Minimal change disease - Wikipedia

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    Minimal change disease (MCD), also known as lipoid nephrosis or nil disease, among others, is a disease affecting the kidneys which causes nephrotic syndrome. [1] Nephrotic syndrome leads to the loss of significant amounts of protein to the urine (proteinuria), which causes the widespread edema (soft tissue swelling) and impaired kidney function commonly experienced by those affected by the ...

  3. Nephrotic syndrome - Wikipedia

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    The prognosis for nephrotic syndrome under treatment is generally good although this depends on the underlying cause, the age of the person and their response to treatment. It is usually good in children, because minimal change disease responds very well to steroids and does not cause chronic kidney failure.

  4. Membranous glomerulonephritis - Wikipedia

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    Similar to other causes of nephrotic syndrome (e.g., focal segmental glomerulosclerosis or minimal change disease), membranous nephropathy is known to predispose affected individuals to develop blood clots such as pulmonary emboli. Membranous nephropathy in particular is known to increase this risk more than other causes of nephrotic syndrome ...

  5. Childhood-onset nephrotic syndrome - Wikipedia

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    The most common histopathology observation (microscopic examination of a kidney biopsy) is minimal change disease, though focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (kidney scaring) is increasingly seen. [1] Management of the syndrome typically involves corticosteroids as first-line therapy, with more than 80% of children initially responding. [3]

  6. Mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis - Wikipedia

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    The increase in the number of mesangial cells can be diffuse or local and immunoglobulin and/or complement deposition can also occur. MesPGN is associated with a variety of disease processes affecting the glomerulus, though can be idiopathic. The clinical presentation of MesPGN usually consists of hematuria or nephrotic syndrome. [2]

  7. Glomerulonephritis - Wikipedia

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    Minimal change disease is characterised as a cause of nephrotic syndrome without visible changes in the glomerulus on microscopy. Minimal change disease typically presents with edema , an increase in proteins passed from urine and decrease in blood protein levels, and an increase in circulating lipids (i.e., nephrotic syndrome ) and is the most ...

  8. Glomerulonephrosis - Wikipedia

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    Glomerulonephrosis is a non-inflammatory disease of the kidney presenting primarily in the glomerulus (a glomerulopathy) as nephrotic syndrome. The nephron is the functional unit of the kidney and it contains the glomerulus, which acts as a filter for blood to retain proteins and blood lipids.

  9. Wikipedia : VideoWiki/Minimal change disease

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    Minimal-change disease, sometimes called nil disease, affects the millions of the kidney’s glomeruli, which are the specific parts of the kidney where small molecules are first filtered out of blood and into the urine. Specifically, it’s a type of nephrotic syndrome, in fact, the most common nephrotic syndrome seen in children.