Original investigation: Pathogenesis and treatment of kidney disease and hypertension
A randomized study of two long-course prednisolone regimens for nephrotic syndrome in children1 1 For the West Japan Cooperative Study Group of Kidney Disease in Children. Participating investigators were M. Hiraoka, H. Tsukahara, M. Ohshima, Y. Mayumi, M.S. Haruki, S. Hayashi, M. Matsuda (Fukui); K. Matsubara (Kobe); M. Tsurusawa (Aichi); N. Takeda (Kurashiki); K. Ohta (Kanazawa); A. Yoshida (Wakayama); K. Miyagawa (Tsuruga); S. Kanesashi (Maizuru); K. Kuwakado, H. Watanabe (Shimane); M. Kino (Osaka); S. Makino (Uji); S. Seto (Kishiwada); H. Akutagawa (Tsukaguchi); T. Hirota (Koga); S. Katsura (Kyoto); K. Muto (Shimada); Y. Hara (Obama); H. Uenoyama, S. Tsuruta (Shizuoka); Y. Iwai (Amagasaki); T. Ando (Hikone); Y. Tabata (Yasaka).