Glomerular Disease Clinic
Learning that your child has glomerular disease can be an overwhelming experience. This condition can damage the kidneys, leading to potential kidney problems and other symptoms. It's essential to know your child's care is in the hands of healthcare professionals who understand the condition and the best way to manage it. We can provide that care.
The Glomerular Disease Clinic at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is dedicated to monitoring your child and providing ongoing treatment from diagnosis through long-term follow-up care into adulthood. We will support you and your family every step of the way.
How we serve you
The Glomerular Disease Clinic provides the long-term follow-up care, monitoring, and ongoing treatment children with glomerular disease need. We focus on improving the health and well-being of children through research, quality of life improvement, and patient and family engagement initiatives. We also help adolescents and young adults transition to adult care.
Conditions we treat
Glomerular disease refers to conditions that affect the filtering units of the kidneys. We treat patients with this condition who are under the care of CHOP nephrologists and also welcome those seeking a second opinion.
- Alport syndrome
- ANCA associated vasculitis
- C3 glomerulopathy
- Congenital nephrotic syndrome
- Dense deposit disease
- Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS)
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Glomerulonephritis -
Hemolytic uremic syndrome - IgA nephropathy
- IgA vasculitis nephritis (henoch-schonlein purpura or HSP with nephritis)
- Lupus nephritis
- Membranous nephropathy
- Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN)
- Minimal change disease
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Nephrotic syndrome
How we're different
At the Glomerular Disease Clinic, your child's care is in the hands of a team that understands the best way to manage this condition. We monitor your child and provide long-term follow-up care into adulthood.
Meet your team
Every person on your child's team has the same goal: to give your child the best possible medical care and support your family in whatever way you need.
Our research
We give patients and families information about disease-specific clinical research and clinical trial opportunities, including recruitment to studies that are currently enrolling patients at CHOP or Penn Medicine based on eligibility criteria.
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