Neonatal Glomerulonephritis and Nephrotic Syndrome in a 1,320-Gm. Prematurely Born Infant

The Nephrotic Syndrome in Early Infancy: A Report of Three Cases

“…This patient had five healthy siblings. Kunstadter and Rosenblum (1954) also observed a premature infant who became oedematous on the ninth day and died at 10 weeks. Microscopically the kidneys showed swollen and hyperaemic glomeruli with proliferation of Bowman's capsule and degeneration of tubular lining cells.…”

A Clinico-pathological Study of Acute Glomerulonephritis in East African Children

“…three months after confinement. Kunstadter and Rosenblum (1954) described a baby with the nephrotic syndrome, beginning at 9 days and associated with severe anaemia: this infant died at 72 days and, at necropsy, the glomeruli showed hyperaemia and increased cellularity, with occasional capsular proliferation and adherence to the tufts. In the only newborn infant in our series, x-ho also presented clinically as a nephrotic, the kidneys showed, on biopsy and at necropsy, the typical appearance of acute diffuse glomerulonephritis including polymorphonuclear exudation, a feature not mentioned in previous reports.…”

Nephrosis in the Newborn Infant

“…However, Kunstadter et al4 reported a case of the nephrotic syn¬ drome in a premature boy of 1320 gm. However, Kunstadter et al4 reported a case of the nephrotic syn¬ drome in a premature boy of 1320 gm.…”