The nephrotic syndrome in children

Autor: Theodore C. Panos, Vincent C. Kelley
Rok vydání: 1952
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Zdroj: The Journal of Pediatrics. 41:505-517
ISSN: 0022-3476
Popis: Summary 1. The serum levels of nonglucosamineploysaccharides, hexosamines, and mucoproteins have been studied in twelve children with the nephrotic syndrome. 2. Serum hexosamine levels are found to be elevated consistently in patients with this syndrome while serum nonglucosamine polysaccharide levels are elevated in only some of the patients. 3. Serum mucoproteins are elevated early and late in the course of illness of these patients but are decreased below normal in patients who have a well-established active phase of the disease. 4. Nitrogen mustard therapy haslittle effect on these chemical evidences of disturbed metabolism in patients with the nephrotic syndrome.
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