3 小児腎疾患の現状と展望(シンポジウムわが国の小児医学・医療の展望,第611回新潟医学会)

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Since the establishment of a school screening system for the detection of urinary abnormality, the prognosis of children with chronic glomerulonephritis has been significantly improved. However, the number of patients with chronic renal failure results from congenital or inherited kidney diseases or abnormalities of urinary tract have not changed. The development of new therapeutic methods for kidney diseases has also contributed to control the disease progression. However, intensive treatments using corticosteroids often cause sever side effects such as Gushing syndrome, infection, osteoporosis and short stature, which are highly effect on the QOL of children. Renal injuries caused by direct or indirect effects of immunosuppressants, which are frequently used for the treatment of steroid-dependent nephritic syndrome, is another issue bringing up recently. In this report, some of these recent problems come into the management of children with kidney diseases are reviewed.
新潟大学の論文
2006-03-10