Since the publication of the 1993 issue of Pediatric Clinics of North America that was devoted
entirely to childhood hypertension, much has been published relating to the development, …

Childhood urolithiasis remains endemic in certain parts of the world, namely, Turkey and the
Far East. In these areas, bladder stones composed of ammonium acid urate and uric acid …

… The pediatric transplant team needs to be familiar with procedures at the adult centre(s) to
which they refer their patients, and appropriately prepare the adolescent for the changes in …

The North American Pediatric Renal Transplant Cooperative Study has collected clinical
information on children undergoing a renal transplantation since 1987. This cooperative group …

… The studies contained in this report were approved by the Children’s Hospital Medical …
The basis for this is uncertain; however, it is possible that abnormalities in the recipient’s …

… This relapse also responded to treatment with prednisone and cyclophosphamide (Table
2), although the patient’s clinical course was complicated by herpes zoster. Patients 4 and 5, …

… , parameters were estimated in the remaining 90% of data, yielding S ˆ as the estimate of
the survival function. For the 10% excluded, w i = − l o g S ˆ ( t i ) should be a variate from the …

… Study enrollment must occur within 5 years of the patient’s first diagnostic kidney biopsy.
Inclusion and exclusion criteria are listed in Box 3. Patients with one of the target diagnoses …

OBJECTIVE: To report the first clinical experience with mycophenolate mofetil (MMF, CellCept)
in: children with lupus nephritis. METHODS: Eleven children with various forms of lupus …

Background. Long-term results in renal transplant recipients who underwent transplantation
as children are often buried within the outcomes of adult centers, leaving a void in our …