Duration of initial prednisolone therapy for first episode of childhood nephrotic syndrome based on time to response

• Main Authors: Xiaoshan Tang (Author), Qian Shen (Author), Jia Rao (Author), Jing Chen (Author), Xiaoyan Fang (Author), Zhiqing Zhang (Author), Manpreet Grewal (Author), Tej Mattoo (Author), Hong Xu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundThe duration of initial corticosteroid therapy in newly diagnosed Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (INS) is about 3 months. Our study was designed to test the feasibility of a shorter duration of corticosteroid therapy in newly diagnosed INS who show a quicker response.MethodsPatients who res...