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Posted by HFHS M.D.-MS on January 20, 1998 at 10:42:31:

In Reply to: minimal change disease posted by Mike Sublet on January 17, 1998 at 11:21:44:
     My son had too much protein in a urine test for the U.S. Army.
  We have since had a specialist do another test to compare results.
  The test shows double the normal amount of protein in his sample.
  The specialist is  calling it Minimal Change Disease. He says it
  is correctable with six months of treatment of Prednisone. I'm
  wanting to get an opinion as to what the disease is and if the doctor
  is giving us the straight answer. Thank You. My son is 17.  

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Dear  Mr. . Sublet :
Thank you for your question.  Nephrology is not my forte but I took the liberty to ask a Nephrologist (specializes in the medical treatment of kidney disease) colleague about diagnosis and treatment options.  
  
Minimal Change Disease (MCD) is believed to be abnormality of the T immune cells which cause them to turn on the immune system which