Childhood renal disorders in Saudi Arabia

An overview of childhood renal disorders in Saudi Arabia is presented, based largely on the experience in a large teaching hospital. The pattern of disorders is similar to that in other parts of the world, but the relative frequency of the various diseases appears to be different. Heredofamilial dis...

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Published in:Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, West) West), 1988-07, Vol.2 (3), p.368-372
Main Authors: ABDURRAHMAN, M. B, ELIDRISSY, A. T. H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acute Kidney Injury - epidemiology
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Glomerulonephritis - epidemiology
Glomerulonephritis - etiology
Hematuria - epidemiology
Humans
Kidney Diseases - congenital
Kidney Diseases - epidemiology
Kidney Diseases - genetics
Kidney Failure, Chronic - epidemiology
Medical sciences
Nephritis, Interstitial - epidemiology
Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases
Nephrotic Syndrome - epidemiology
Prevention and actions
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Saudi Arabia - epidemiology
Specific populations (family, woman, child, elderly...)
Streptococcal Infections - complications
Tropical medicine
Urinary Calculi - epidemiology
Urinary system involvement in other diseases. Miscellaneous
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Summary:An overview of childhood renal disorders in Saudi Arabia is presented, based largely on the experience in a large teaching hospital. The pattern of disorders is similar to that in other parts of the world, but the relative frequency of the various diseases appears to be different. Heredofamilial disorders are common, renal calculi are relatively frequent, and mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis is a frequent cause of non-minimal change nephrotic syndrome. Preventable causes of end-stage renal failure include reflux nephropathy and posterior urethral valves. Although nephropathy associated with collagen vasculitides is not frequent, the prognosis of the disease is poor. IgA nephropathy appears to be a rarity.
ISSN:0931-041X
1432-198X
DOI:10.1007/BF00858694