aetiology of nephrotic syndrome in adults
Last reviewed 01/2018
A study of 500 cases of nephrotic syndrome in adults presenting to a London teaching hospital between 1963 and 1970 produced the following frequencies for the different aetiologies:
| Aetology | Frequency (%) |
| minimal change glomerulonephritis | 22.0 |
| membranous glomerulonephritis | 19.7 |
| other proliferative glomerulonephritis | 16.0 |
| focal segmental glomerulosclerosis | 11.8 |
| systemic lupus erythematosus | 10.8 |
| membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis | 9.8 |
| amyloidosis | 5.9 |
| diabetes mellitus | 1.6 |
Reference:
focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
other proliferative glomerulonephritides
membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis
systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)