title: End-stage renal disease of the Tunisian child: epidemiology, etiologies, and outcome.
abstract: From December 1989 to December 1993, 90 children under 15 years were admitted to our department for end-stage renal disease; 9 children were less than 5 years and 28 were aged between 5 and 10 years. The sex ratio (M/F) of the children was 2.1. The estimated incidence of pediatric end-stage renal disease in Tunisia is 7 new cases per year and per million child population under 15 years. The chief etiologies of end-stage renal disease are glomerulonephritis (19%), hereditary nephropathies (29%), and malformative uropathies (13%); 26% of the end-stage renal diseases are of unknown etiologies. Our findings, compared with the European data, show a particularly high frequency of primary hyperoxaluria (13.5%) and an unusual proportion of male subjects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Charles Nicolle's Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kamoun
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lakhoua
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014416:Tunisia / Q000453:epidemiology