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There is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for minimal change disease.However, according to International Study of Kidney Disease genetic screening for minimal change disease is recommended when the patient is not responsive to steroids within 4 weeks of the treatment started. | There is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for minimal change disease.However, according to International Study of Kidney Disease genetic screening for minimal change disease is recommended when the patient is not responsive to steroids within 4 weeks of the treatment started. | ||
==Screening== | ==Screening== | ||
* There is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for minimal change disease. | * There is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for minimal change disease.<ref name="VivarelliMassella2017">{{cite journal|last1=Vivarelli|first1=Marina|last2=Massella|first2=Laura|last3=Ruggiero|first3=Barbara|last4=Emma|first4=Francesco|title=Minimal Change Disease|journal=Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology|volume=12|issue=2|year=2017|pages=332–345|issn=1555-9041|doi=10.2215/CJN.05000516}}</ref> | ||
* However,according to International Study of Kidney Disease genetic screening for minimal change disease is recommended along with performing a renal biopsy when the patient is not responsive to steroids within 4 weeks of the treatment started. | * However,according to International Study of Kidney Disease genetic screening for minimal change disease is recommended along with performing a renal biopsy when the patient is not responsive to steroids within 4 weeks of the treatment started. | ||
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Overview
There is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for minimal change disease.However, according to International Study of Kidney Disease genetic screening for minimal change disease is recommended when the patient is not responsive to steroids within 4 weeks of the treatment started.
Screening
- There is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for minimal change disease.[1]
- However,according to International Study of Kidney Disease genetic screening for minimal change disease is recommended along with performing a renal biopsy when the patient is not responsive to steroids within 4 weeks of the treatment started.
References
- ↑ Vivarelli, Marina; Massella, Laura; Ruggiero, Barbara; Emma, Francesco (2017). "Minimal Change Disease". Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 12 (2): 332–345. doi:10.2215/CJN.05000516. ISSN 1555-9041.