Table 1.

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CountryCity/StateReferenceAll Cases with Renal Involvement
AustraliaSidneyIntern Med J 2008;38:816–23No
ChinaShanghaiKidney Blood Press Res 2008;31:343–9Yes
ChileSantiagoRev Med Chile 2005;133:273–8No
Czech RepublicPragueKidney Blood Press Res 2005;28:144–52Yes
DenmarkCopenhagenAnn Rheum Dis 2000;59:478–82No
FranceParisArthritis Rheum 2004;51:92–9No
ValenciennesAm J Med 1999;106:527–33No
GermanySchlesswig-HolsteinArthritis Rheum 2005;53:93–9No
MunichNephrol Dial Transplant 2004;19:1403–11Yes
GreeceAthensClinical Nephrology 2009;72:31–7Yes
HeraklionClin Exp Rheumatol 2009;27:409–15No
ThessalonikiAnn NY Acad Sci 2005;1051:597–605Yes
IrelandDublinClin Nephrol 1999;52:344–51No
ItalyParmaJ Rheumatol 2006;33:1299–306No
JapanMiyazakiClin J Am Soc Nephrol 2006;1:2026–33Yes
NetherlandsGroningenRheumatology 2009;48:622–5No
New ZealandCanterburyRheumatology 2006;45:624–8No
NorwayTromsøAnn Rheum Dis 2001 ;60:1156–7No
PeruLimaReurnatologia 2005;21:146–50No
SloveniaLjubljanaNephrol Dial Transplant 2003; 18 Suppl 5: V5–v7Yes
SpainLugoArthritis Rheum 2003;49:388–93No
SalamancaEur J Inter Med 2010;21:542–7No
SwedenLundNephrol Dial Transplant 2006;21:1263–9Yes
ÖstergötlandJ Intern Med 2009;265:496–506No
SwitzerlandLausanneJ Rheumatol 2005;32:2167–72No
United Kingdom
BirminghamRheumatology 2005;44:495–501Yes
LondonAm J Kidney Dis 2003;41:776–84Yes
NorwichQ J Med 2005;98:97–111No
StevenageNephrol Dial Transplant 2004;19:356–64Yes
United StatesNorth CarolinaJ Am Soc Nephrol 1996;7:33–9Yes