Summary of Public health Doctoral Thesis: Efficacy of the combination of intravenous cyclophosphamide and prednisolone and changes in several immune parameters in treatment of childhood idiopathic nephrotic syndrome

objectives: To describe the epidemiologically clinical and biological characteristics of steroid - dependent and steroid - resistant INS in children at the Hai Phong Children’s Hospital. To evaluate the efficacy of the combination of intravenous cyclophosphamide and prednisolone in treatment of steroid - dependent and steroid - resistant INS in children. To describe changes in several immune parameters before and after treatment in these patients.