Year: 2001
Type: Article
Title: Autoimmune thyroiditis and vitiligo in a child with minimal change nephrotic syndrome
Author: Kuzmanovska, D B
Author: Shahpazova, E M
Author: Kocova, M J
Author: Gruevska, S J
Author: Petrushevska, G
Abstract: We report a 12-year-old child with multiple autoimmune components consisting of minimal change nephrotic syndrome (MCNS), Hashimoto's thyroiditis and vitiligo. This boy presented with MCNS, complicated by acute renal failure, and subsequently developed Hashimoto's thyroiditis and vitiligo. Conventional prednisone treatment did not induce remission, but multiple high dose infusions of methylprednisolone led to remission. The occurrence of nephrotic syndrome, Hashimoto's thyroiditis and vitiligo suggests that similar immunological mechanisms may be involved in the pathogenesis of these diseases.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Relation: Pediatric Nephrology
Identifier: oai:repository.ukim.mk:20.500.12188/11246
Identifier: 0931-041X
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12188/11246Identifier: 10.1007/s004670100047
Identifier: http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s004670100047.pdfIdentifier: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s004670100047/fulltext.htmlIdentifier: http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s004670100047Identifier: 16
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Identifier: 1137
Identifier: 1138
