End-stage renal disease of the Tunisian child: epidemiology,etiologies, and outcome |
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Authors: | Ayoub Kamoun Rachid Lakhoua |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Pediatrics, Charles Nicolle’s Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia, |
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Abstract: | From December 1989 to December 1993, 90 children under 15 years were admitted to our department for end-stage renal disease;
9 children were less than 5 years and 28 were aged between 5 and 10 years. The sex ratio (M/F) of the children was 2.1. The
estimated incidence of pediatric end-stage renal disease in Tunisia is 7 new cases per year and per million child population
under 15 years. The chief etiologies of end-stage renal disease are glomerulonephritis (19%), hereditary nephropathies (29%),
and malformative uropathies (13%); 26% of the end-stage renal diseases are of unknown etiologies. Our findings, compared with
the European data, show a particularly high frequency of primary hyperoxaluria (13.5%) and an unusual proportion of male subjects.
Received April 13, 1995; received in revised form and accepted January 4, 1996 |
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Keywords: | : End-stage renal disease Epidemiology Etiology Dialysis Primary hyperoxaluria |
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