Idiopathic steroid-sensitive nephrotic…

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Idiopathic steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome

ORPHA:69061Clinical syndrome

What it is

A rare primary glomerulopathy of unknown cause characterized by edema, nephrotic-range proteinuria and hypoalbuminemia that responds to standard prednisone treatment within 4-6 weeks.

Key facts

Age of onset
All ages
Inheritance
Unknown
Classified as
Clinical syndrome

Signs and symptoms

Very common80–99%

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These ranges are how often a sign appears across everyone diagnosed, not a prediction for one person — most people have some of these and not others. Orphanet also records findings that are specifically absent in this disease; those are in the data but not listed here.

ICD-10 codes

N04.0filed under a broader ICD-10 category

Cross-references

MONDO 0019067OMIM 615861UMLS C0403396

Orphadata Science: Free access data from Orphanet. © INSERM 1999. Data version 2026-06-23. Available under CC BY 4.0. This is a reference, not medical advice.

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