Pathophysiology of Congenital Nephrotic Syndrome of the Finnish type

Congenital Nephrotic Syndrome: A Cases Report

Congenital nephrotic syndrome (CNS) can be caused by neonatal infections and renal diseases that usually occur in early infancy. The most common CNS is the Finnish type, which is an autosomal recessively inherited disease characterized by intrauterine onset of massive proteinuria. In this study, we presented a preterm neonate confirmed as the first case of CNS in Iran by genetic study, who was ...

Congenital nephrotic syndrome

CNS (Congenital nephrotic syndrome) is a disorder characterized by the presence of a nephrotic syndrome in the first three months of life. Different pathologies can cause this syndrome. In general, we can distinguish primary forms (sporadic and hereditary) and secondary forms (acquired and associated with other syndromes). The most common form is the Finnish CNS (CNF, congenital nephrotic syndr...

Improved prognosis for congenital nephrotic syndrome of the Finnish type in Irish families.

Congenital nephrotic syndrome of the Finnish type is a rare autosomal recessive disease with a high infant mortality without aggressive treatment. The biochemical basis of the disease is not understood fully but the disease locus has been mapped recently to chromosome 19q12-q13.1 in Finnish families. This paper describes the clinical features and outcome of 20 patients in Ireland with congenita...

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Postural deformities in congenital nephrotic syndrome.

Six successive cases of congenital nephrotic syndrome are described. Each one showed flexion deformities of the knees and hips, widely open anterior and posterior fontanelles, and wide separation of the skull sutures. These abnormalities were present not only in cases in which the renal histology was of the microcystic Finnish type of congenital nephrotic syndrome, but also in those in which th...