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Steroid-responsive nephrotic syndrome in a child with juvenile idiopathic arthritis

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Renal disease is rare in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis, although a number of associated nephropathies have been described, including mesangial glomerulonephritis. We report the presence of mesangial glomerulonephritis, revealed by a nephrotic syndrome, in a paediatric patient with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Short-term steroid treatment induced a rapid remission of the nephrotic syndrome, but the presence of anti-nuclear antibodies, 1:320 in a homogeneous pattern, irregular deposits of C1q in a renal biopsy, and a mother with episodes of cutaneous lupus suggested an uncertain renal evolution for this infant.

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  1. Department of Paediatric Nephrology, Children’s Hospital, Centre de Référence du Sud-Ouest des Maladies Rénales Rares, 31059, Toulouse, France

    Flavio Bandin, Karine Brochard & Stéphane Decramer

  2. Department of Nephrology, Rangueil Hospital, Toulouse, France

    Marion Merhenberger

  3. Laboratoire d’Anatomopathologie, Rangueil Hospital, Toulouse, France

    Anne Modesto

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Bandin, F., Merhenberger, M., Modesto, A. et al. Steroid-responsive nephrotic syndrome in a child with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Pediatr Nephrol 23, 651–654 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-007-0678-9

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