Chronic renal failure in Kuwaiti children: An eight-year experience

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1781-1785

  Al Eisa, Amal ^a   Naseef, Majeda ^b   Al Hamad, Nadia ^b   Pinto, Raimundo ^c   Al Shimeri, Nofoud ^d   Tahmaz, Mazen ^c  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b Mubarak Hospital   (Kuwait)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kuwait)

^d FARWANIYA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Chronic renal failure (CRF); Dialysis; Glomerulopathy; Posterior urethral valve (PUV); Uropathy; Vesicoureteric reflux (VUR)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC PYELONEPHRITIS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY MALFORMATION; KIDNEY TUMOR; KUWAIT; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KUWAIT; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28444464409     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-005-2000-z     Document Type: Article

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