Abstract
A multicenter retrospective study was conducted to assess the clinical spectrum of 30 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2)-positive children with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome. Difficult to treat nephrotic syndrome was found to be a high-risk group with a high incidence of acute kidney injury and mortality.
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Keywords: Acute kidney injury, Difficult to treat nephrotic syndrome
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Contributors
AS: conceptualized and designed the study, coordinated and supervised data collection and critically reviewed the manuscript for important intellectual content. All the authors contributed in data collection and management of patients and correction of the manuscript, approved the final manuscript as submitted, and agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work.
Funding
None
Ethics clearance
IEC, LHMC; No. LHMC/IEC/2021/03/64 dated July 7, 2021.
Footnotes
Competing interests
None stated.
Note
Additional material related to this study is available with the online version at www.indianpediatrics.net
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