Renal hypoplasia can be the cause of membranous nephropathy-like lesions

Renal hypoplasia (RH) is the most common cause of chronic kidney disease in children. In cases of RH, proteinuria is often induced by glomerular hypertrophy and hyperfiltration that is commonly associated with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. This study reports the first case series of a possible association between RH and membranous nephropathy (MN). Of the 168 children with RH who visited our department between 1999 and 2017, five with...