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- 1From: Pediatric Nephrology. (Vol. 27, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedBackground Renal hypouricaemia is a heterogeneous inherited disorder characterized by impaired tubular uric acid transport with severe complications, such as acute kidney injury and nephrolithiasis. Type 1 is caused by...
- 2From: Pediatric Nephrology. (Vol. 27, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedBackground We examined the association of a migration background and patient satisfaction in a pediatric nephrology outpatient clinic in Germany. Methods This was a cross-sectional study of 348 families presenting at...
- 3From: Pediatric Nephrology. (Vol. 27, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedBackground Mutations in complement factor H (CFH), factor I(CFI), factor B (CFB), thrombomodulin (THBD), C3 and membrane cofactor protein (MCP), and autoantibodies against factor H ([alpha]FH) with or without a...
- 4From: Pediatric Nephrology. (Vol. 27, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedBackground Chylous ascites (CA) is an unusual complication of pediatric abdominal surgery which can be difficult to manage. Little data are available to guide therapy. Case-diagnosis/treatment We describe the...
- 5From: Pediatric Nephrology. (Vol. 27, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedBackground Oligoanuric forms of postdiarrheal hemolytic uremic syndrome (D+ HUS) usually have more severe acute stage and higher risk of chronic sequelae than nonoligoanuric forms. During the diarrheal phase,...
- 6From: Pediatric Nephrology. (Vol. 27, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedBackground Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a common infection diagnosis in children, and efficient diagnosis and treatment are important to avoid serious complications. In this study we investigated whether urinary...
- 7From: Pediatric Nephrology. (Vol. 27, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedDear Sir, The question addressed in the letter entitled "Does thiazide treatment improve bone mineral density in hypercalciuric children?" by Penido and Tavares [1] points out a currently unsolved dilemma and is of...
- 8From: Pediatric Nephrology. (Vol. 27, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedIt has long been known that the female sex is associated with a better clinical outcome in chronic renal diseases. Although many experimental, clinical, and epidemiological studies in adults have attempted to explain...
- 9From: Pediatric Nephrology. (Vol. 27, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedBackground Little is known about treatment outcomes for children who have end-stage renal disease (ESRD) after treatment for Wilms tumor (WT). Methods Time-to-transplant, graft failure, and survival outcomes were...
- 10From: Pediatric Nephrology. (Vol. 27, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedBackground We evaluated urinary endothelin (ET)-1-like Immunoreactivity (uET-1 L) excretion in Wilms tumor (WT) survivors and investigated its relationships with glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and effective renal...
- 11From: Pediatric Nephrology. (Vol. 27, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedIdiopathic nephrotic syndrome (INS) has been studied for decades in attempt to understand the physiopathological mechanisms explaining the disease. It is recognized as a multifactorial disease, with immunological...
- 12From: Pediatric Nephrology. (Vol. 27, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedBackground B-cells are increasingly recognized as important players in alloimmunity. B cell-activating factor (BAFF) and its receptor BAFF-R are essential for B-cell differentiation and survival. Data on BAFF levels in...
- 13From: Pediatric Nephrology. (Vol. 27, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedHuman PAX2 mutations have been associated with abnormalities in the developing and adult kidney ranging from congenital abnormalities of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) to oncogenic processes. Defining the...
- 14From: Pediatric Nephrology. (Vol. 27, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed
Disparities in dialysis treatment and outcomes for Dutch and Belgian children with immigrant parents
Background In Belgium and the Netherlands, up to 40% of the children on dialysis are children with immigrant parents of non-Western European origin (non-Western). Concerns exist regarding whether these non-Western... - 15From: Pediatric Nephrology. (Vol. 27, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedSirs, We read with great interest the article by Acosta and Hogg recently published in Pediatric Nephrology, which described a marked reduction of uricemia associated with improvement of renal function in a child...
- 16From: Pediatric Nephrology. (Vol. 27, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedBackground We report the long-term follow-up of children with antenatally detected unilateral multicystic dysplastic kidney (MCDK) who were followed between 1985 and 2009. Methods Involution rates were documented...
- 17From: Pediatric Nephrology. (Vol. 27, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedFamilial microscopic hematuria (MH) of glomerular origin represents a heterogeneous group of monogenic conditions involving several genes, some of which remain unknown. Recent advances have increased our understanding...
- 18From: Pediatric Nephrology. (Vol. 27, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedBackground Carnitine plays a key role in energy production in the myocardium. Carnitine deficiency commonly occurs in patients on chronic hemodialysis (HD) and may contribute to cardiomyopathy. Methods Carnitine...
- 19From: Pediatric Nephrology. (Vol. 27, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedAnswers Question 1 This patient with a history of Sjogren's syndrome presented with nephrotic syndrome and non-oliguric acute kidney injury (AKI). Sjogren's syndrome is an autoimmune disorder characterized by...
- 20From: Pediatric Nephrology. (Vol. 27, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedBackground Low birth weight is associated with diminished renal function. However, despite African Americans being at increased risk of low birth weight and chronic kidney disease, little is known about the association...