ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY ASSOCIATED GLOMERULONEPHRITIS IN A PATIENT WITH DOWNS-SYNDROME

Authors
ROBSON WLM LEUNG AKC WOODMAN RC TREVENEN CL
Citation
Wlm. Robson et al., ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY ASSOCIATED GLOMERULONEPHRITIS IN A PATIENT WITH DOWNS-SYNDROME, Pediatric nephrology, 9(2), 1995, pp. 204-205
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics,"Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
Pediatric nephrology
ISSN journal
0931041X → ACNP
Volume
9
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
204 - 205
Database
ISI
SICI code
0931-041X(1995)9:2<204:ACAAGI>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
A 9-year-old boy with Down's syndrome developed a glomerulonephritis a ssociated with crescents and anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (A NCA). The patient also had type 1 diabetes mellitus, chronic lymphocyt ic thyroiditis, and bronchial asthma. Prednisone therapy re suited in an improvement in renal function and a reduction in ANCA titers.