Adult primary nephrotic syndrome trends by race: a diminished frequency of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in non-black patients

There have been conflicting data on the relative frequency of common forms of primary nephrotic syndrome (PNS). We undertook this study to look at the causes of PNS in the latest decade from our biopsy population, with a special attention to breakdown by race. Retrospective chart review of all cases of adult PNS extracted from a database of 1388 cases for the last 10 years. We were careful to exclude patients with secondary disease and without...