Question 279 · LEK · Nephrotic syndrome
The most common cause of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome in children is:
- A. minimal change nephropathy.
- B. mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis.
- C. focal segmental glomerulonephritis.
- D. IgA nephropathy.
- E. acute post-streptococcal nephritis.
Hint
Think of the steroid-sensitive lesion with normal light microscopy that typically affects children aged 1-6 years.
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