title: Childhood renal diseases in Saudi Arabia. A clinicopathological study of 167 cases.
abstract: Between April 1982 and September 1994, 167 renal biopsies were performed in 167 children at King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The data were analysed to show a correlation between clinical presentation and histological findings. Nephrotic syndrome was the most common indication for renal biopsy, accounting for 77% of all cases. Of these, 23.3% showed minimal change lesions, 24% showed mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis and 24% showed focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. We noted a higher incidence of congenital nephrotic syndrome and Alport's syndrome as compared with the West. On the other hand, IgA nephropathy was less common (3%), and there was a complete absence of type II membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: al-Rasheed
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: al-Mugeiren
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: al-Salloum
authors.forename: M O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: al-Sohaibani
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D009394:Nephritis, Hereditary / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012529:Saudi Arabia / Q000453:epidemiology