Should bilateral nephrectomy be carried out in all children with diffuse mesangial sclerosis prior to renal transplantation in view of the connection with Drash syndrome and therefore the risk of a Wilms' tumour developing?
Gagnadoux
M F
MF
Department of Paediatric Nephrology Enfants-Malades-Hospital, Paris, France.
Habib
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D012734:Disorders of Sex Development / Q000150:complications*; D005920:Glomerular Mesangium / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy*; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D009392:Nephrectomy; D012307:Risk Factors; D012598:Sclerosis; D009396:Wilms Tumor / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology