BONE-MINERAL CONTENT IN NEPHROTIC CHILDREN ON LONG-TERM, ALTERNATE-DAY PREDNISONE THERAPY

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POLITO, C
LAMANNA, A
TODISCO, N
CIMMARUTA, E
SESSA, G
PIROZZI, M
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[1] Department of Pediatrics, Second University of Naples, Third Pediatric Clinic, Naples
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10.1177/000992289503400501
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R72 [儿科学];
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Bone mineral content (BMC) was measured by single-photon absorptiometry in 24 children with steroid-dependent, minimal-lesion nephrotic syndrome after 1 to 6.3 years of alternate-day prednisone therapy and in a sex- and age-matched control group, Bone mineral content was -0.002 +/- 1.2 standard deviation scores in patients and 0.3 +/- 1.4 in controls (t = 1.17; P = 0.25). No significant relation was found between BMC in patients and the amount of prednisone taken or the duration of therapy, Alternate-day prednisone therapy at doses usually needed to keep children with steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome under control does not significantly affect BMC.
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