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How is chronic glomerulonephritis treated?

Therapeutic tactics for chronic glomerulonephritis in children include pathogenetic treatment using glucocorticosteroids and, if indicated, immunosuppressants, as well as symptomatic therapy using diuretics, antihypertensive agents, and correction of complications of the disease.

Diagnosis of chronic glomerulonephritis

The clinical diagnosis is based on the typical clinical picture (nephrotic syndrome, proteinuria, hematuria, arterial hypertension), laboratory test data that allow to establish the activity of glomerulonephritis and evaluate the functional state of the points. Only a histological examination of the renal tissue allows to establish the morphological variant of glomerulonephritis.

Chronic glomerulonephritis in children

Chronic glomerulonephritis in children is a group of kidney diseases with predominant damage to the glomeruli, having different etiology, pathogenesis, clinical and morphological manifestations, course and outcome.

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