Chronic renal failure in children: A report from Port Harcourt, Nigeria (1985-2000)

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 692-695

  Anochie, Ifeoma ^a,b   Eke, Felicia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

^b NONE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Chronic renal failure; Etiology; Management; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY SURFACE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; GLOMERULOPATHY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MORTALITY; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URETHRA DISEASE; URETHRA VALVE;

EID: 0038353761     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-003-1150-0     Document Type: Review

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