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. 2024 Aug 1;5(8):1197-1199.
doi: 10.34067/KID.0000000000000499. Epub 2024 Jul 9.

Minimal Change Disease and FSGS Are a Spectrum of a Single Disease within Immune-Mediated Nephrotic Syndrome

John J Sim  1   2   3 , William E Smoyer  4 , Asher D Schachter  5
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Minimal Change Disease and FSGS Are a Spectrum of a Single Disease within Immune-Mediated Nephrotic Syndrome

John J Sim et al. Kidney360. .
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Within immune-mediated NS, the histologic lesions of MCD and primary FSGS represent a common pathologic process and a single clinical disease entity. MCD may be diagnosed earlier during the podocytopathy when sclerosis is less evident. With disease progression, podocyte loss and sclerosis of glomeruli become more prevalent, which also increases the likelihood of detecting FSGS in a biopsy sample. MCD, minimal change disease; NS, nephrotic syndrome.
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