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Steroid use in post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis

Three Part Question

In [children <18 with first presentation post streptococcal glomerulonephritis, without known pre-exisiting renal disease] does the [use of steroids within one week of symptom onset] reduce [a) the time to normalisation of creatinine or b) length of hospital stay]?