Growth in children with established renal failure--a Registry analysis (chapter 14).
Short stature is a major problem in paediatric ERF patients with 29% of transplant patients and 41% of dialysis patients below the second percentile for height. Only 6.5% of transplant patients and 15.5% of dialysis patients are receiving rhGH. There is no significant difference in the height distribution of patients commencing RRT and those who have had a functioning allograft for at least 1 year. In patients with at least 2 years between presentation and RRT, there is a significant fall in height Z score. This overall statistic is strongly influenced by the very poor growth of patients with glomerular disease.
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Malcolm
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Central Manchester & Manchester Childrens University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK. malcolm.lewis@cmmc.nhs.uk
Shaw
Joanne
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Reid
Chris
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Evans
Jonathan
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Webb
Nicholas
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Verrier-Jones
Kate
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