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The problem of the prognosis of the nephrotic syndrome in childhood has been thoroughly debated in recent years, especially in relation to steroid therapy: actually, while definitive remissions have been reported in 80—90% of the cases by some authors (1, 2, 3, 4) less good results were achieved by others (5, 6, 7, 8).
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Schwarz-Tiene, E. (1960). Nephrotic syndrome. In: Linneweh, F. (eds) Die Prognose Chronischer Erkrankungen / Long-Term Observations of Chronic Diseases. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-92788-1_20
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