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Membranous nephropathy in three paediatric patients
Nobre,Susana; Santos,Raquel; Gomes,Clara; Cunha,Fernanda X.; Correia,António J.Membranous nephropathy in childhood is usually secondary to an underlying cause. Idiopathic membranous nephropathy is a rare cause of paediatric asymptomatic proteinuria/nephrotic syndrome. We reviewed the only three cases of membranous nephropathy followed in a paediatric hospital over the last ten years. All patients were female with mean age at diagnosis of 11.3 years (10-13 years). Patients 1 and 2 presente...
Hereditary hypophosphataemic rickets: experience from a paediatric nephrology unit
Caetano,Joana S.; Cordinhã,Carolina; Gomes,Clara; Correia,António J.Introduction. Rickets is a paediatric disease which should be suspected in children presenting with failure to thrive, motor developmental delay and orthopaedic abnormalities. Although rare, hereditary hypophosphataemic rickets is the most common form of heritable rickets. Patients and Methods. Retrospective observational study of all children with hypophosphataemic rickets observed at a paediatric nephrology u...