The nephrotic syndrome in elderly patients
Shishkin, A.N.; Shulutko, B.I.; Komova, O.P.; Gallaraga, K.A.
Vrachebnoe Delo 11: 79-81
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0049-6804 PMID: 2609593 Document Number: 337814
The most frequent cause of development of the nephrotic syndrome in the elderly is secondary amyloidosis of the kidneys (71%). Most patients showed an association of the nephrotic syndrome with arterial hypertension (74%) and renal failure (59%). As compared with a control group of patients under 40, the elderly revealed concomitant diseases, greater severity and frequency of vascular and interstitial changes during morphological examination.