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Saeed B. Pediatric Kidney Transplantation in the Middle East: Challenges and Solutions. EXP CLIN TRANSPLANT 2022; 20:7-14. [PMID: 35570592 DOI: 10.6002/ect.pediatricsymp2022.l2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Pediatric kidney transplant is the best option for treating children with end-stage renal disease. Poor economics and paucity of renal replacement therapy and transplant facilities are the most important challenges of pediatric kidney transplantation in the Middle East. The aim of the study was to collect data on the rates of pediatric kidney transplant during a recent year from the Middle East countries. MATERIALS AND METHODS All well-known kidney transplant centers from the Middle East were contacted to answer specified questions related to adult and pediatric kidney transplant volume from both living and deceased donors that was performed in each country during a recent year (preferably 2021, or, if not available, 2020 or 2019). RESULTS In the single recent year, 8772 kidney transplants were performed for adult and pediatric patients in Middle East countries, making a total kidney transplant rate per million populations per year of 10.9 (ranging from 1.2 in Yemen and Pakistan to 39.7 in Turkey). Of these, 1399 transplants were from deceased donors (rate of deceased donor kidney transplants of 15.9%, ranging from 0% in 10 countries to 64.2% in Iran). Of 8772 total kidney transplants, 746 were pediatric recipients (<18 years old), with 166 pediatric kidney transplants from deceased donors (percent of deceased donor pediatric kidney transplant of 22.2%, ranging from 0% in 11 countries to 100% in Tunisia). Average pediatric kidney transplant rate per million populations per year was 0.93 (ranging from <0.1 in Pakistan to 3.2 in Syria). Average pediatric kidney transplant share was about 8.5% of total kidney transplants (ranging from 3.2 in Iraq to 20% in Algeria). The deceased kidney transplant program is currently available in only 8 of the 18 Middle Eastern countries included in this study. However, a deceased program is active in some Middle East countries (ie, Iran, Turkey, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and United Arab Emirates). Of note, Turkey had the highest kidney transplant rate per million populations per year (39.7), Syria had the highest pediatric kidney transplant rate per million populations per year (3.2), and Iran had the highest deceased donor kidney transplant percent of the total kidney transplants (64.2%). In the Middle East, Iran alone performed 63.5% (888/1399) of all deceased donor kidney transplants and 63.9% (106/166) of all deceased donor pediatric kidney transplants. Algeria had the highest pediatric kidney transplant share of the total transplants (20%). Low health spending, poorly developed infrastructures, delayed referral of children with chronic kidney disease, comorbidities, lack of technical expertise, inadequate pediatric dialysis programs, extended dialysis time, organ shortage, commercial transplantation, and posttransplant infections are the main pre- and posttransplant challenges. The community-government partnership model from the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation in Karachi Pakistan showed that pediatric renal replacement therapy and transplant can be successfully established in a developing country. CONCLUSIONS Although pediatric kidney transplant is active in many parts of the Middle East, it is still inactive in others, mostly relying on living donors. The lack of deceased donor programs in most Middle Eastern countries is a main issue to be addressed to adequately responding to the increasing demand for organs.
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- Bassam Saeed
- From the Farah Association for Child with Kidney Disease, Damascus, Syria
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Saeed B. Organ Transplantation in Syria: Historical Perspective and Current Practice. EXP CLIN TRANSPLANT 2022; 20:74-76. [PMID: 35384811 DOI: 10.6002/ect.mesot2021.o32] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- Bassam Saeed
- From the Farah Association for Children with Kidney Disease, Damascus, Syria
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Saeed B. Pediatric Versus Adult Kidney Transplant Activity in Arab Countries. EXP CLIN TRANSPLANT 2022; 20:77-82. [PMID: 35384812 DOI: 10.6002/ect.mesot2021.o35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVES This study aimed to evaluate current activities of pediatric versus adult kidney transplant in the Arab world. MATERIALS AND METHODS A questionnaire was mailed to all kidney transplant centers in Arab countries to collect the most recent data on kidney transplant activity. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS There were 3309 kidney transplants performed over a single year, with a transplant rate of 9.5 per million population; 298 of these were pediatric kidney transplant procedures, with a rate of 0.87 per million population, which is much lower than that shown in developed countries where it ranges from 5 to 10 per million population. Of all kidney transplants, the pediatric share is 9%, a rate that is twice as high as that shown among European children. Kidney transplant programs in most Arab countries rely exclusively on living donors, as there is a severe shortage of deceased donors. Of all transplants (that is, combined adult and pediatric), 93.5% were from living donors. Deceased donor pediatric kidney transplant is only available in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and Kuwait. In these 3 Arab countries, which have stable deceased donor transplant programs, deceased donor transplant procedures ranged from 14% to 31% of all transplants. Of the 212 adult and pediatric transplant procedures that were performed from deceased donors in the 8 countries that perform deceased donor transplant, only 29 were for pediatric recipients. Surprisingly, the share of pediatric kidney transplant procedures was not better in the countries with higher overall kidney transplant rate or in those where deceased donor transplant was available. In general, pediatric kidney transplant procedures are still inactive in most Arab countries and mostly relies on living donors. The lack of well-developed deceased donor programs is the main issue to be addressed.
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- Bassam Saeed
- From the Farah Association for Children with Kidney Disease, Damascus, Syria
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Children appear to be less commonly and less severely affected by COVID-19 than adults, accounting for 1% to 5% of all COVID-19 cases. The COVID-19 pande mic has challenged pediatric kidney transplant programs to provide safe and consistent care during this difficult and unprecedented time. So far during this pandemic, best practices being delivered to pediatric kidney transplant patients are based on available information from published literature and expert opinions. The key areas of pediatric kidney transplant care that may be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic include transplant activity, outpatient clinic activity, monitoring, multidisciplinary care, medications (immunosuppression and others), patient/family education/support, school and employment, and care of pediatric kidney transplant patients who are COVID-19 positive. It has been presumed that children with chronic kidney disease and/or those who take immunosuppressants may be at increased risk for complications from COVID-19 infection; however, available evidence has now suggested that immunosuppressed children with kidney transplant are not at increased risk of severe COVID-19 disease. Clinicians should remain aware that transplant recipients may present with atypical symptoms. In addition, because evidence-based reports to support specific adjustments to immunosuppressive medications in relation to COVID-19 are not yet available, decisions on reduction or discontinuation of immunosuppression should be on a case-by-case basis for kidney transplant recipients who are COVID-19 positive. Reports to support evidence-based management of pediatric kidney transplant patients during the COVID-19 pandemic are lacking; therefore, expert opinion and available knowledge and experience remain subject to biases.
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- Bassam Saeed
- From the Farah Association for Child with Kidney Disease in Syria, Damascus, Syria
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Saeed B. Genetic screening in children with challenging nephrotic syndrome. Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl 2020; 31:1189-1197. [PMID: 33565430 DOI: 10.4103/1319-2442.308327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Genetic screening paradigms for the nephrotic syndrome (NS) in the developed world are well established; however, screening in developing countries has received only minor attention. We retrospectively analyzed a cohort of all children who underwent genetic testing for challenging NS from our registry in the 10-year interval from 2000 to 2010 and based on 58 patients aged 0-12 years with at least one of the following clinical diagnosis: Nonsyndromic steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS), familial NS, and congenital NS. Of these, 23 patients (~40%) had a history of familial disease occurrence. All cases were screened for NPHS2 and WT1 mutations by direct sequencing of all exons of the genes. In addition, all patients who were diagnosed during the first three months of life were screened for NPHS1 mutations too. A genetic disease cause was identified in 12 patients (20.7%); of these, five novel mutations, all in NPHS2 accounting for 42% of all mutations and 9% of the cohort. Nine patients were found to have NPHS2 mutations. Only one case with SRNS had a mutation in WT1. Of the five congenital NS, two cases were found to have NPHS1 mutations and one case with NPHS2 mutation. Therefore, mutations in NPHS2 were the most commonly identified and explained in 15.5% of the screened patients and WT1 mutation in 1.7% of cases, whereas NPHS1 mutations were found in 40% of congenital NS cases. A genetic disease cause was identified in 20.7% of the screened patients. Among 12 identified mutations, abnormalities in NPHS2 (n = 9) were most commonly identified.
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- Bassam Saeed
- Farah Association for Child with Kidney Disease, Damascus, Syria
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Saeed B. RABIES ACQUIRED THROUGH KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION IN A CHILD: A CASE REPORT. Transplantation 2020; 104:S378-S378. [DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000700476.62246.8a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Saeed B. Deceased Organ Donation in Syria: Challenges and Solutions. EXP CLIN TRANSPLANT 2020; 18:27-30. [PMID: 32758117 DOI: 10.6002/ect.rlgnsymp2020.l5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The first living-donor kidney transplant in Syria was performed 41 years ago; by 2019, 5407 renal transplants had been performed there. Three heart transplants from deceased donors were performed in the late 1980s; cardiac transplant activities have since discontinued. In 2003, a new, national Syrian legislation was enacted authorizing the use of organs from living unrelated donors and from deceased donors. This important law was preceded by another big stride in this regard: the acceptance by the higher Islamic religious authorities in Syria in 2001 of the principle of procurement of organs from deceased donors, provided that consent is given by a first- or second-degree relative. After the enactment of this law, kidney transplant rates increased from 7 per million population in 2002 to 17 per million population in 2007. Kidney transplants performed abroad for Syrian patients declined from 25% in 2002 to < 2% in 2007. Kidney transplants continued at comparable rates until 2010, before the beginning of the political crisis in 2011. Four decades after the first successful kidney transplant in Syria, however, patients needing an organ transplant must rely on living donors only. Moreover, 17 years after the law authorizing use of organs from deceased donors, a program is still not in place in Syria, and additional improvement of the legal framework is needed. The war, limited resources, and lack of public awareness about the importance of organ donation and transplant appear to be major factors inhibiting initiation of a deceased-donor program in Syria. A concerted and ongoing education campaign is needed to increase awareness of organ donation, change negative public attitudes, and gain societal acceptance. Every effort must be made to initiate a deceased-donor program to lessen the burden on living donors and to enable national self-sufficiency in organs for transplant.
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- Bassam Saeed
- From the Farah Association for Child with Kidney Disease, Damascus, Syria
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Saeed B. SAT-466 GENETIC SCREENING IN SYRIAN CHILDREN WITH CHALLENGING NEPHROTIC SYNDROME. Kidney Int Rep 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2020.02.496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Since 2011, the Syrian conflict has destroyed much of the country's infrastructure. The deteriorating humanitarian situation has involved health workers and facilities. In 2010, before the war, 385 kidney transplants were performed in Syria. This number declined to 154 in 2013 (60% less) before increasing to 251 transplants in 2018, which is still 35% less than the number of transplants performed before the war. In addition, the number of operational kidney transplant centers has decreased from 8 in 2010, distributed over 3 cities, to only 4 in 2013, all located in Damascus, which increased to 6 centers in 2019. Interestingly, with regard to type of living donor, the percentage of unrelated kidney donors has decreased by 20% for unclear reasons. Another alarming statistic is that more than 50% of kidney transplant physicians and surgeons are no longer practicing transplant medicine in their centers, either because they have left the country or because their centers had become nonoperational. Since the war, free and timely provision of immunosuppressive drugs for all patients in all provinces has been a leading challenge for health authorities and transplant patients. This difficulty has led to adverse medical consequences for patients. A project to initiate liver transplant came to a halt because of complex reasons but mainly because foreign trainers could not visit Syria. Although the autologous bone marrow transplant program had slowed until recently, it has become more active, involving both autologous and allogeneic transplants. The deceased-donor program is still not available in Syria; the war has just reinforced the many reasons that prevented the start of this program before the conflict. The commitment of transplant teams despite these large challenges continues to be extraordinary. The Syrian conflict has affected all aspects of organ transplant, paralyzing new projects and negatively affecting existing programs.
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- Bassam Saeed
- From the Farah Association for Child with Kidney Disease in Syria, Damascus, Syria
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Since 2011, the Syrian conflict has destroyed much of the country's infrastructure. The deteriorating humanitarian situation has involved health workers and facilities. In 2010, before the war, 385 kidney transplants were performed in Syria. This number declined to 154 in 2013 (60% less) before increasing to 251 transplants in 2018, which is still 35% less than the number of transplants performed before the war. In addition, the number of operational kidney transplant centers has decreased from 8 in 2010, distributed over 3 cities, to only 4 in 2013, all located in Damascus, which increased to 6 centers in 2019. Interestingly, with regard to type of living donor, the percentage of unrelated kidney donors has decreased by 20% for unclear reasons. Another alarming statistic is that more than 50% of kidney transplant physicians and surgeons are no longer practicing transplant medicine in their centers, either because they have left the country or because their centers had become nonoperational. Since the war, free and timely provision of immunosuppressive drugs for all patients in all provinces has been a leading challenge for health authorities and transplant patients. This difficulty has led to adverse medical consequences for patients. A project to initiate liver transplant came to a halt because of complex reasons but mainly because foreign trainers could not visit Syria. Although the autologous bone marrow transplant program had slowed until recently, it has become more active, involving both autologous and allogeneic transplants. The deceased-donor program is still not available in Syria; the war has just reinforced the many reasons that prevented the start of this program before the conflict. The commitment of transplant teams despite these large challenges continues to be extraordinary. The Syrian conflict has affected all aspects of organ transplant, paralyzing new projects and negatively affecting existing programs.
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- Bassam Saeed
- From the Farah Association for Child with Kidney Disease in Syria, Damascus, Syria
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Trautmann A, Lipska-Ziętkiewicz BS, Schaefer F. Exploring the Clinical and Genetic Spectrum of Steroid Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome: The PodoNet Registry. Front Pediatr 2018; 6:200. [PMID: 30065916 PMCID: PMC6057105 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2018.00200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2018] [Accepted: 06/25/2018] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Background: Steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS) is a rare condition, accounting for 10-15% of all children with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome. SRNS can be caused by genetic abnormalities or immune system dysfunction. The prognosis of SRNS varies from permanent remission to progression to end-stage kidney disease, and post-transplant recurrence is common. Objectives: The PodoNet registry project aims to explore the demographics and phenotypes of immune-mediated and genetic forms of childhood SRNS, to assess genotype-phenotype correlations, to evaluate clinical management and long-term outcomes, and to search for novel genetic entities and diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers in SRNS. Methods: In 2009, an international registry for SRNS was established to collect retro- and prospective information on renal and extrarenal disease manifestations, histopathological and genetic findings and information on family history, pharmacotherapy responsiveness and long-term outcomes. To date, more than 2,000 patients have been enrolled at 72 pediatric nephrology centers, constituting the largest pediatric SRNS cohort assembled to date. Results: In the course of the project, traditional Sanger sequencing was replaced by NGS-based gene panel screening covering over 30 podocyte-related genes complemented by whole exome sequencing. These approaches allowed to establish genetic diagnoses in 24% of the patients screened, widened the spectrum of genetic disease entities presenting with SRNS phenotype (COL4A3-5, CLCN5), and contributed to the discovery of new disease causing genes (MYOE1, PTPRO). Forty two percent of patients responded to intensified immunosuppression with complete or partial remission of proteinuria, whereas 58% turned out multi-drug resistant. Medication responsiveness was highly predictive of a favorable long-term outcome, whereas the diagnosis of genetic disease was associated with a high risk to develop end-stage renal disease during childhood. Genetic SRNS forms were generally resistant to immunosuppressive treatment, justifying to avoid such pharmacotherapies altogether once a genetic diagnosis is established. Even symptomatic anti-proteinuric treatment with RAS antagonists seems to be challenging and of limited efficacy in genetic forms of SRNS. The risk of post-transplant disease recurrence was around 30% in non-genetic SRNS whereas it is negligible in genetic cases. Conclusion: In summary, the PodoNet Registry has collected detailed clinical and genetic information in a large SRNS cohort and continues to generate fundamental insights regarding demographic and etiological disease aspects, genotype-phenotype associations, the efficacy of therapeutic strategies, and long-term patient and renal outcomes including post-transplant disease recurrence.
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- Agnes Trautmann
- Division of Pediatric Nephrology, University Center for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Heidelberg, Germany
- *Correspondence: Agnes Trautmann
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- Clinical Genetics Unit, Department of Biology and Medical Genetics, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Division of Pediatric Nephrology, University Center for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Heidelberg, Germany
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Trautmann A, Schnaidt S, Lipska-Ziętkiewicz BS, Bodria M, Ozaltin F, Emma F, Anarat A, Melk A, Azocar M, Oh J, Saeed B, Gheisari A, Caliskan S, Gellermann J, Higuita LMS, Jankauskiene A, Drozdz D, Mir S, Balat A, Szczepanska M, Paripovic D, Zurowska A, Bogdanovic R, Yilmaz A, Ranchin B, Baskin E, Erdogan O, Remuzzi G, Firszt-Adamczyk A, Kuzma-Mroczkowska E, Litwin M, Murer L, Tkaczyk M, Jardim H, Wasilewska A, Printza N, Fidan K, Simkova E, Borzecka H, Staude H, Hees K, Schaefer F. Long-Term Outcome of Steroid-Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome in Children. J Am Soc Nephrol 2017; 28:3055-3065. [PMID: 28566477 PMCID: PMC5619960 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2016101121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2016] [Accepted: 04/17/2017] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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We investigated the value of genetic, histopathologic, and early treatment response information in prognosing long-term renal outcome in children with primary steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome. From the PodoNet Registry, we obtained longitudinal clinical information for 1354 patients (disease onset at >3 months and <20 years of age): 612 had documented responsiveness to intensified immunosuppression (IIS), 1155 had kidney biopsy results, and 212 had an established genetic diagnosis. We assessed risk factors for ESRD using multivariate Cox regression models. Complete and partial remission of proteinuria within 12 months of disease onset occurred in 24.5% and 16.5% of children, respectively, with the highest remission rates achieved with calcineurin inhibitor-based protocols. Ten-year ESRD-free survival rates were 43%, 94%, and 72% in children with IIS resistance, complete remission, and partial remission, respectively; 27% in children with a genetic diagnosis; and 79% and 52% in children with histopathologic findings of minimal change glomerulopathy and FSGS, respectively. Five-year ESRD-free survival rate was 21% for diffuse mesangial sclerosis. IIS responsiveness, presence of a genetic diagnosis, and FSGS or diffuse mesangial sclerosis on initial biopsy as well as age, serum albumin concentration, and CKD stage at onset affected ESRD risk. Our findings suggest that responsiveness to initial IIS and detection of a hereditary podocytopathy are prognostic indicators of favorable and poor long-term outcome, respectively, in children with steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome. Children with multidrug-resistant sporadic disease show better renal survival than those with genetic disease. Furthermore, histopathologic findings may retain prognostic relevance when a genetic diagnosis is established.
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- Agnes Trautmann
- Division of Pediatric Nephrology, University Center for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biometry and Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale, University of Studies of Parma, Parma, Italy
- Division of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, IRCCS Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Nephrogenetics Laboratory and Center for Biobanking and Genomics, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Children's Hospital Bambino Gesù, Istitutio di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientificio (IRCCS), Rome, Italy
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- Pediatric Nephrology Department, Cukurova University Medical Faculty, Adana, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Pediatric Nephrology, Hospital Luis Calvo Mackenna-Facultad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, University Children's Hospital, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Kidney Hospital of Damascus, Damascus, Syria
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- Pediatric Nephrology Department, Isfahan University of Medical Science, St. Al Zahra Hospital, Isfahan, Iran
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- Pediatric Nephrology Department, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Clinic for Pediatric Nephrology, Charite Hospital, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Ege University Medical Faculty, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Gaziantep University Medical Faculty, Gaziantep, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Dentistry, School of Medicine, Zabrze, Poland
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, University Children's Hospital, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Institute of Mother Child and Healthcare of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Pediatric Nephrology Unit, Hôpital Femme Mere Enfant, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Baskent University Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Sami Ulus Children's Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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- Clinical Research Center for Rare Diseases Aldo & Cele Daccò, IRCCS, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Bergamo, Italy
- Unit of Nephrology and Dialysis, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Science L. Sacco, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka, Warsaw, Poland
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- Pediatric Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplant Unit, Department of Women's and Child's Health, Hospital of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Pediatric Nephrology Division, Polish Mothers Memorial Hospital Research Institute, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Centre Hospitalar, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, University Hospital, Bialystok, Poland
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- First Pediatric Department, Hippokration General Hospital, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Pediatric Nephrology Department, Gazi University Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Dubai Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Medical University, Lublin, Poland; and
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, University Children's Hospital, Rostock, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biometry and Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Pediatric Nephrology, University Center for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Heidelberg, Germany;
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Bertholet-Thomas A, Berthiller J, Tasic V, Kassai B, Otukesh H, Greco M, Ehrich J, de Paula Bernardes R, Deschênes G, Hulton SA, Fischbach M, Soulami K, Saeed B, Valavi E, Cobenas CJ, Hacihamdioglu B, Weiler G, Cochat P, Bacchetta J. Worldwide view of nephropathic cystinosis: results from a survey from 30 countries. BMC Nephrol 2017; 18:210. [PMID: 28673276 PMCID: PMC5496396 DOI: 10.1186/s12882-017-0633-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2016] [Accepted: 06/21/2017] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Nephropathic cystinosis is a rare inherited metabolic disorder leading to progressive renal failure and extra-renal comorbidity. The prognosis relies on early adherence to cysteamine treatment and symptomatic therapies. Developing nations [DiN] experience many challenges for management of cystinosis. The aim of this study was to assess the management characteristics in DiN compared with developed nations [DeN]. METHODS A questionnaire was sent between April 2010 and May 2011 to 87 members of the International Pediatric Nephrology Association, in 50 countries. RESULTS A total of 213 patients were included from 41 centres in 30 nations (109 from 17 DiN and 104 from 13 DeN). 7% of DiN patients died at a median age of 5 years whereas no death was observed in DeN. DiN patients were older at the time of diagnosis. In DiN, leukocyte cystine measurement was only available in selected cases for diagnosis but never for continuous monitoring. More patients had reached end-stage renal disease in DiN (53.2 vs. 37.9%, p = 0.03), within a shorter time of evolution (8 vs. 10 yrs., p = 0.0008). The earlier the cysteamine treatment, the better the renal outcome, since the median renal survival increased up to 16.1 [12.5-/] yrs. in patients from DeN treated before the age of 2.5 years of age (p = 0.0001). However, the renal survival was not statistically different between DeN and DiN when patients initiated cysteamine after 2.5 years of age. The number of transplantations and the time from onset of ESRD to transplantation were not different in DeN and DiN. More patients were kept under maintenance dialysis in DiN (26% vs.19%, p = 0.02); 79% of patients from DiN vs. 45% in DeN underwent peritoneal dialysis. CONCLUSIONS Major discrepancies between DiN and DeN in the management of nephropathic cystinosis remain a current concern for many patients living in countries with limited financial resources.
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- Aurélia Bertholet-Thomas
- Centre de référence des maladies rénales rares Néphrogones, hôpital Femme–Mère–Enfant, Hospices Civils de Lyon & Université Claude-Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- 0000 0001 2163 3825grid.413852.9Hospices Civils de Lyon, Pôle Information Médicale Evaluation Recherche, Lyon, France
- Epidémiologie, Pharmacologie, Investigation Clinique CIC 1407 Inserm, Information médicale, Mère-Enfant–Bron, Bron, France
- 0000 0001 2150 7757grid.7849.2Université Lyon 1, Equipe d’Accueil 4129, Lyon, France
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- Medical School, University Children’s Hospital, Skopje, Macedonia
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- 0000 0001 2163 3825grid.413852.9Hospices Civils de Lyon, Pôle Information Médicale Evaluation Recherche, Lyon, France
- Epidémiologie, Pharmacologie, Investigation Clinique CIC 1407 Inserm, Information médicale, Mère-Enfant–Bron, Bron, France
- 0000 0001 2150 7757grid.7849.2Université Lyon 1, Equipe d’Accueil 4129, Lyon, France
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- 0000 0001 0727 6809grid.414125.7Division of Nephrology and Dialysis, Children’s Hospital Bambino Gesù, IRCCS, Roma, Italy
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- 0000 0000 9529 9877grid.10423.34Children’s Hospital, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- 0000 0004 1788 6194grid.469994.fService de néphrologie pédiatrique, Hôpital Robert Debré, Université Sorbonne Paris, Paris, France
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- 0000 0004 0399 7272grid.415246.0Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, England
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- 0000 0004 0593 6932grid.412201.4Service de néphrologie pédiatrique, Hôpital Hautepierre, Strasbourg, France
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- Pediatric Nephrology, 295 Bd Abdelmoumen, Casablanca, Morocco
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- 0000 0000 9296 6873grid.411230.5Department of Nephrology, Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
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- 0000 0000 9402 6172grid.414148.cDivision of nephrology, Children’s hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Canada
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- Centre de référence des maladies rénales rares Néphrogones, hôpital Femme–Mère–Enfant, Hospices Civils de Lyon & Université Claude-Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- Centre de référence des maladies rénales rares Néphrogones, hôpital Femme–Mère–Enfant, Hospices Civils de Lyon & Université Claude-Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
- Centre de référence des maladies rénales rares - Néphrogones, Hôpital Femme–Mère-Enfant, 59, boulevard Pinel, 69677 Bron cedex, France
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Rabies is usually transmitted to humans through bites of infected animals; however, it can rarely be transmitted through deceased donor organs or tissues when not suspected. Here, we report a case of rabies transmission in a child. The child was a 5-year-old girl who was admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit with encephalitis of unexplained cause 3.5 months after she received a kidney transplant from a deceased donor. The laboratory and imaging studies did not reveal any explanation for her rapidly declining clinical and neurologic condition, which ended with death 4 days after admission. Death of another recipient from the same donor led to an investigation that revealed rabies as the cause. Both corneas were explanted from other recipients to prevent further death. Polymerase chain reaction sequence analysis of the corneas was consistent with a rabies virus from the same donor's state of residence. Rabies transmission, although rare, should be suspected when a donor comes from or has visited endemic countries. Donors with unclear causes of death should be rejected.
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Saeed B, Mazloum H. Recurrent Nephrotic Syndrome After Renal Transplant in Children. EXP CLIN TRANSPLANT 2016; 14:623-628. [PMID: 27934559 DOI: pmid/27934559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Recurrent disease occurs in around 30% of children transplanted for steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome. Its precipitating risk factors have rarely been studied in the Middle East. The aim of our study was to determine what characterizes posttransplant recurrence of nephrotic syndrome in Syrian children. MATERIALS AND METHODS We performed a retrospective analysis of 12 nephrotic children who received 1 renal allograft at the Kidney Hospital in Damascus from 2002 to 2013. RESULTS Native kidney biopsy results showed focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in 9 of 10 patients. Four patients had 1 or more sibling affected with nephrotic syndrome, and the remaining patients were labeled as having sporadic disease. Genetic screening for NPHS2, NPHS1, and Wilms tumor gene (WT1) mutations were done for 6 patients, and 1 novel homozygous NPHS2 mutation was identified in 1 patient. All patients received transplants from living donors. Four patients had recurrence of initial disease after transplant (overall recurrence rate of 33%). However, 1 patient showed complete and spontaneous remission 20 months after transplant; As expected, the patient with NPSH2 mutation had no recurrence. Patients with sporadic disease showed risk of recurrence 5 times higher than patients with familial disease (P = .24). Interestingly, all recurrent cases had received a kidney from a related donor and were initially classified as having sporadic disease. Although not statistically significant, the risk of recurrence from related donor grafts was 6.75 times higher than from unrelated donors (P = .16). To the best of our knowledge, this observation, the first of its kind, has never been investigated or pointed out in the literature. CONCLUSIONS Further research is needed to confidently determine whether living related donor grafts are associated with increased incidence of recurrence of nephrotic syndrome.
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- Bassam Saeed
- From the Pediatric Nephrology Department, Kidney Hospital, Damascus, Syria
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Saeed B, Mazloum H. Recurrent Nephrotic Syndrome After Renal Transplant in Children. EXP CLIN TRANSPLANT 2016. [PMID: 27934559 DOI: 10.6002/ect.2016.0059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Recurrent disease occurs in around 30% of children transplanted for steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome. Its precipitating risk factors have rarely been studied in the Middle East. The aim of our study was to determine what characterizes posttransplant recurrence of nephrotic syndrome in Syrian children. MATERIALS AND METHODS We performed a retrospective analysis of 12 nephrotic children who received 1 renal allograft at the Kidney Hospital in Damascus from 2002 to 2013. RESULTS Native kidney biopsy results showed focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in 9 of 10 patients. Four patients had 1 or more sibling affected with nephrotic syndrome, and the remaining patients were labeled as having sporadic disease. Genetic screening for NPHS2, NPHS1, and Wilms tumor gene (WT1) mutations were done for 6 patients, and 1 novel homozygous NPHS2 mutation was identified in 1 patient. All patients received transplants from living donors. Four patients had recurrence of initial disease after transplant (overall recurrence rate of 33%). However, 1 patient showed complete and spontaneous remission 20 months after transplant; As expected, the patient with NPSH2 mutation had no recurrence. Patients with sporadic disease showed risk of recurrence 5 times higher than patients with familial disease (P = .24). Interestingly, all recurrent cases had received a kidney from a related donor and were initially classified as having sporadic disease. Although not statistically significant, the risk of recurrence from related donor grafts was 6.75 times higher than from unrelated donors (P = .16). To the best of our knowledge, this observation, the first of its kind, has never been investigated or pointed out in the literature. CONCLUSIONS Further research is needed to confidently determine whether living related donor grafts are associated with increased incidence of recurrence of nephrotic syndrome.
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- Bassam Saeed
- From the Pediatric Nephrology Department, Kidney Hospital, Damascus, Syria
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Korkmaz E, Lipska-Ziętkiewicz BS, Boyer O, Gribouval O, Fourrage C, Tabatabaei M, Schnaidt S, Gucer S, Kaymaz F, Arici M, Dinckan A, Mir S, Bayazit AK, Emre S, Balat A, Rees L, Shroff R, Bergmann C, Mourani C, Antignac C, Ozaltin F, Schaefer F. ADCK4-Associated Glomerulopathy Causes Adolescence-Onset FSGS. J Am Soc Nephrol 2016; 27:63-8. [PMID: 25967120 PMCID: PMC4696579 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2014121240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2014] [Accepted: 03/13/2015] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Hereditary defects of coenzyme Q10 biosynthesis cause steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS) as part of multiorgan involvement but may also contribute to isolated SRNS. Here, we report 26 patients from 12 families with recessive mutations in ADCK4. Mutation detection rate was 1.9% among 534 consecutively screened cases. Patients with ADCK4 mutations showed a largely renal-limited phenotype, with three subjects exhibiting occasional seizures, one subject exhibiting mild mental retardation, and one subject exhibiting retinitis pigmentosa. ADCK4 nephropathy presented during adolescence (median age, 14.1 years) with nephrotic-range proteinuria in 44% of patients and advanced CKD in 46% of patients at time of diagnosis. Renal biopsy specimens uniformly showed FSGS. Whereas 47% and 36% of patients with mutations in WT1 and NPHS2, respectively, progressed to ESRD before 10 years of age, ESRD occurred almost exclusively in the second decade of life in ADCK4 nephropathy. However, CKD progressed much faster during adolescence in ADCK4 than in WT1 and NPHS2 nephropathy, resulting in similar cumulative ESRD rates (>85% for each disorder) in the third decade of life. In conclusion, ADCK4-related glomerulopathy is an important novel differential diagnosis in adolescents with SRNS/FSGS and/or CKD of unknown origin.
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- Emine Korkmaz
- Nephrogenetics Laboratory, Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Center for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Biology and Genetics, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland;
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) Unité mixte de recherche (UMR) U1163, Laboratory of Hereditary Kidney Diseases, Paris, France; Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Imagine Institute, Paris, France; Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Necker Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) Unité mixte de recherche (UMR) U1163, Laboratory of Hereditary Kidney Diseases, Paris, France; Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
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- Paris Descartes University Bioinformatics Platform, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
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- Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Center for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biometry and Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Nephrology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Surgery, Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, Antalya, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Ege University Medical Faculty, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Istanbul Medical Faculty, University of Istanbul, Capa, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Gaziantep University Medical Faculty, Gaziantep, Turkey
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- Renal Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Renal Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Bioscientia Institute for Medical Diagnostics GmbH, Center for Human Genetics, Ingelheim, Germany
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- Hotel Dieu de France, Department of Pediatrics and Pediatric Nephrology, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) Unité mixte de recherche (UMR) U1163, Laboratory of Hereditary Kidney Diseases, Paris, France; Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Imagine Institute, Paris, France; Department of Genetics, Necker Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Nephrogenetics Laboratory, Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey; Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey; and Hacettepe University Center for Biobanking and Genomics, Ankara, Turkey
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- Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Center for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Heidelberg, Germany
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Trautmann A, Bodria M, Ozaltin F, Gheisari A, Melk A, Azocar M, Anarat A, Caliskan S, Emma F, Gellermann J, Oh J, Baskin E, Ksiazek J, Remuzzi G, Erdogan O, Akman S, Dusek J, Davitaia T, Özkaya O, Papachristou F, Firszt-Adamczyk A, Urasinski T, Testa S, Krmar RT, Hyla-Klekot L, Pasini A, Özcakar ZB, Sallay P, Cakar N, Galanti M, Terzic J, Aoun B, Caldas Afonso A, Szymanik-Grzelak H, Lipska BS, Schnaidt S, Schaefer F. Spectrum of steroid-resistant and congenital nephrotic syndrome in children: the PodoNet registry cohort. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2015; 10:592-600. [PMID: 25635037 PMCID: PMC4386250 DOI: 10.2215/cjn.06260614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 166] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2014] [Accepted: 12/22/2014] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome is a rare kidney disease involving either immune-mediated or genetic alterations of podocyte structure and function. The rare nature, heterogeneity, and slow evolution of the disorder are major obstacles to systematic genotype-phenotype, intervention, and outcome studies, hampering the development of evidence-based diagnostic and therapeutic concepts. To overcome these limitations, the PodoNet Consortium has created an international registry for congenital nephrotic syndrome and childhood-onset steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS Since August of 2009, clinical, biochemical, genetic, and histopathologic information was collected both retrospectively and prospectively from 1655 patients with childhood-onset steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome, congenital nephrotic syndrome, or persistent subnephrotic proteinuria of likely genetic origin at 67 centers in 21 countries through an online portal. RESULTS Steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome manifested in the first 5 years of life in 64% of the patients. Congenital nephrotic syndrome accounted for 6% of all patients. Extrarenal abnormalities were reported in 17% of patients. The most common histopathologic diagnoses were FSGS (56%), minimal change nephropathy (21%), and mesangioproliferative GN (12%). Mutation screening was performed in 1174 patients, and a genetic disease cause was identified in 23.6% of the screened patients. Among 14 genes with reported mutations, abnormalities in NPHS2 (n=138), WT1 (n=48), and NPHS1 (n=41) were most commonly identified. The proportion of patients with a genetic disease cause decreased with increasing manifestation age: from 66% in congenital nephrotic syndrome to 15%-16% in schoolchildren and adolescents. Among various intensified immunosuppressive therapy protocols, calcineurin inhibitors and rituximab yielded consistently high response rates, with 40%-45% of patients achieving complete remission. Confirmation of a genetic diagnosis but not the histopathologic disease type was strongly predictive of intensified immunosuppressive therapy responsiveness. Post-transplant disease recurrence was noted in 25.8% of patients without compared with 4.5% (n=4) of patients with a genetic diagnosis. CONCLUSIONS The PodoNet cohort may serve as a source of reference for future clinical and genetic research in this rare but significant kidney disease.
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MESH Headings
- Adolescent
- Age Distribution
- Age of Onset
- Biopsy
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Europe/epidemiology
- Female
- Genetic Markers
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative/diagnosis
- Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative/epidemiology
- Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative/genetics
- Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative/therapy
- Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental/diagnosis
- Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental/epidemiology
- Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental/genetics
- Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental/therapy
- Humans
- Immunosuppressive Agents/therapeutic use
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Kidney Transplantation
- Latin America/epidemiology
- Male
- Middle East/epidemiology
- Mutation
- Nephrosis, Lipoid/diagnosis
- Nephrosis, Lipoid/epidemiology
- Nephrosis, Lipoid/genetics
- Nephrosis, Lipoid/therapy
- Nephrotic Syndrome/congenital
- Nephrotic Syndrome/diagnosis
- Nephrotic Syndrome/epidemiology
- Nephrotic Syndrome/genetics
- Nephrotic Syndrome/therapy
- Phenotype
- Prospective Studies
- Recurrence
- Registries
- Remission Induction
- Retrospective Studies
- Risk Factors
- Treatment Outcome
- Young Adult
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- Agnes Trautmann
- Due to the number of contributing authors, the affiliations are provided in the Supplemental Material
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- Due to the number of contributing authors, the affiliations are provided in the Supplemental Material
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- Due to the number of contributing authors, the affiliations are provided in the Supplemental Material
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- Due to the number of contributing authors, the affiliations are provided in the Supplemental Material
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- Due to the number of contributing authors, the affiliations are provided in the Supplemental Material
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- Due to the number of contributing authors, the affiliations are provided in the Supplemental Material
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- Due to the number of contributing authors, the affiliations are provided in the Supplemental Material
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- Due to the number of contributing authors, the affiliations are provided in the Supplemental Material
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- Due to the number of contributing authors, the affiliations are provided in the Supplemental Material
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- Due to the number of contributing authors, the affiliations are provided in the Supplemental Material
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- Due to the number of contributing authors, the affiliations are provided in the Supplemental Material
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- Due to the number of contributing authors, the affiliations are provided in the Supplemental Material
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- Due to the number of contributing authors, the affiliations are provided in the Supplemental Material
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- Due to the number of contributing authors, the affiliations are provided in the Supplemental Material
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- Due to the number of contributing authors, the affiliations are provided in the Supplemental Material
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- Due to the number of contributing authors, the affiliations are provided in the Supplemental Material
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- Due to the number of contributing authors, the affiliations are provided in the Supplemental Material
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- Due to the number of contributing authors, the affiliations are provided in the Supplemental Material
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- Due to the number of contributing authors, the affiliations are provided in the Supplemental Material
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- Due to the number of contributing authors, the affiliations are provided in the Supplemental Material
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- Due to the number of contributing authors, the affiliations are provided in the Supplemental Material
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- Due to the number of contributing authors, the affiliations are provided in the Supplemental Material
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- Due to the number of contributing authors, the affiliations are provided in the Supplemental Material
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- Due to the number of contributing authors, the affiliations are provided in the Supplemental Material
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- Due to the number of contributing authors, the affiliations are provided in the Supplemental Material
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- Due to the number of contributing authors, the affiliations are provided in the Supplemental Material
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- Due to the number of contributing authors, the affiliations are provided in the Supplemental Material
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- Due to the number of contributing authors, the affiliations are provided in the Supplemental Material
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- Due to the number of contributing authors, the affiliations are provided in the Supplemental Material
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- Due to the number of contributing authors, the affiliations are provided in the Supplemental Material
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- Due to the number of contributing authors, the affiliations are provided in the Supplemental Material
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- Due to the number of contributing authors, the affiliations are provided in the Supplemental Material
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- Due to the number of contributing authors, the affiliations are provided in the Supplemental Material
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- Due to the number of contributing authors, the affiliations are provided in the Supplemental Material
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- Due to the number of contributing authors, the affiliations are provided in the Supplemental Material
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- Due to the number of contributing authors, the affiliations are provided in the Supplemental Material
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- Due to the number of contributing authors, the affiliations are provided in the Supplemental Material.
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The war in Syria that started in March 2011 has destroyed much of the country's infrastructure including many hospitals. The total number of kidney transplants performed in Syria in 2010 was 385 transplants before the number gradually declined to 154 transplants in 2013, a decrease of 60%. In addition, the number of operational kidney transplant centers has decreased from 8 to 4 centers. Unrelated-donor kidney transplant decreased from 70% during the years that preceded the crisis to 47% in 2013. More than 50% of physicians and surgeons involved in kidney transplant are not practicing transplant currently in their centers. Difficulties in the provision of immunosuppressive drugs for all patients in all provinces constitute a major challenge for the health authorities and transplant patients, especially patients who cannot arrange an alternate source. The project to initiate liver transplant came to a halt because foreign trainers could not visit Syria. The autologous bone marrow transplant program continued to function, but in a smaller and irregular manner. The commitment of transplant teams despite the large challenges was, and still is, extraordinary. In conclusion, all aspects of organ transplant have been affected, paralyzing new projects and negatively affecting existing programs.
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- Bassam Saeed
- From the Pediatric Nephrology Department, Surgical Kidney Hospital, Damascus, Syria
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Saeed B. The effect of the Syrian crisis on organ transplantation in Syria. EXP CLIN TRANSPLANT 2015; 13:206-8. [PMID: 25871369 DOI: pmid/25871369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The war in Syria that started in March 2011 has destroyed much of the country's infrastructure including many hospitals. The total number of kidney transplants performed in Syria in 2010 was 385 transplants before the number gradually declined to 154 transplants in 2013, a decrease of 60%. In addition, the number of operational kidney transplant centers has decreased from 8 to 4 centers. Unrelated-donor kidney transplant decreased from 70% during the years that preceded the crisis to 47% in 2013. More than 50% of physicians and surgeons involved in kidney transplant are not practicing transplant currently in their centers. Difficulties in the provision of immunosuppressive drugs for all patients in all provinces constitute a major challenge for the health authorities and transplant patients, especially patients who cannot arrange an alternate source. The project to initiate liver transplant came to a halt because foreign trainers could not visit Syria. The autologous bone marrow transplant program continued to function, but in a smaller and irregular manner. The commitment of transplant teams despite the large challenges was, and still is, extraordinary. In conclusion, all aspects of organ transplant have been affected, paralyzing new projects and negatively affecting existing programs.
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- Bassam Saeed
- From the Pediatric Nephrology Department, Surgical Kidney Hospital, Damascus, Syria
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Saeed B. The impact of living-unrelated transplant on establishing deceased-donor liver program in Syria. EXP CLIN TRANSPLANT 2014; 12:494-7. [PMID: 25299377 DOI: pmid/25299377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Liver transplant is the criterion standard for patients with end-stage liver disease. Yet there is no liver transplant in Syria. Traveling abroad for a liver transplant is a luxury few Syrians can afford. There is currently an on-going debate whether to start a liver transplant program using living or deceased donors. In 2003, a new law was enacted, authorizing the use of organs from volunteer strangers and deceased donors. Despite the positive aspects of this law (allowing unrelated donors to increase the number of transplants in the country); the negative aspects also were obvious. The poor used the law to sell their organs to the rich, and this model is in violation of the Istanbul Declaration. To better document transplant communities' perceptions on organ donation, an e-mail survey was sent to a nationally representative sample of physicians (n = 115) that showed that 58% of respondents did not support the start of liver transplant from live donors, as they fear a considerable risk for the donor and the recipient. Seventy-one percent of respondents believe that unrelated kidney donation has contributed to tarnishing the reputation of transplant, and 56% believe that a deceased-donor program can run in parallel with unrelated organ donations. The interest in deceased-donor program has been affected negatively by the systematic approach of using poor persons as the source of the organ. This lack of interest has affected starting a liver program that relies on deceased donors; especially the need for kidneys is more than livers. Health authorities in Syria were inclined to initiate a liver transplant program from live donors, despite the risks of serious morbidities and mortality. In conclusion then, paid kidney donation in actual effect is actually a hindrance to establishing a deceased-donor liver program.
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Liver transplant is the criterion standard for patients with end-stage liver disease. Yet there is no liver transplant in Syria. Traveling abroad for a liver transplant is a luxury few Syrians can afford. There is currently an on-going debate whether to start a liver transplant program using living or deceased donors. In 2003, a new law was enacted, authorizing the use of organs from volunteer strangers and deceased donors. Despite the positive aspects of this law (allowing unrelated donors to increase the number of transplants in the country); the negative aspects also were obvious. The poor used the law to sell their organs to the rich, and this model is in violation of the Istanbul Declaration. To better document transplant communities' perceptions on organ donation, an e-mail survey was sent to a nationally representative sample of physicians (n = 115) that showed that 58% of respondents did not support the start of liver transplant from live donors, as they fear a considerable risk for the donor and the recipient. Seventy-one percent of respondents believe that unrelated kidney donation has contributed to tarnishing the reputation of transplant, and 56% believe that a deceased-donor program can run in parallel with unrelated organ donations. The interest in deceased-donor program has been affected negatively by the systematic approach of using poor persons as the source of the organ. This lack of interest has affected starting a liver program that relies on deceased donors; especially the need for kidneys is more than livers. Health authorities in Syria were inclined to initiate a liver transplant program from live donors, despite the risks of serious morbidities and mortality. In conclusion then, paid kidney donation in actual effect is actually a hindrance to establishing a deceased-donor liver program.
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Lipska BS, Ranchin B, Iatropoulos P, Gellermann J, Melk A, Ozaltin F, Caridi G, Seeman T, Tory K, Jankauskiene A, Zurowska A, Szczepanska M, Wasilewska A, Harambat J, Trautmann A, Peco-Antic A, Borzecka H, Moczulska A, Saeed B, Bogdanovic R, Kalyoncu M, Simkova E, Erdogan O, Vrljicak K, Teixeira A, Azocar M, Schaefer F. Genotype-phenotype associations in WT1 glomerulopathy. Kidney Int 2014; 85:1169-78. [PMID: 24402088 DOI: 10.1038/ki.2013.519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2013] [Revised: 10/04/2013] [Accepted: 10/17/2013] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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WT1 mutations cause a wide spectrum of renal and extrarenal manifestations. Here we evaluated disease prevalence, phenotype spectrum, and genotype-phenotype correlations of 61 patients with WT1-related steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome relative to 700 WT1-negative patients, all with steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome. WT1 patients more frequently presented with chronic kidney disease and hypertension at diagnosis and exhibited more rapid disease progression. Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis was equally prevalent in both cohorts, but diffuse mesangial sclerosis was largely specific for WT1 disease and was present in 34% of cases. Sex reversal and/or urogenital abnormalities (52%), Wilms tumor (38%), and gonadoblastoma (5%) were almost exclusive to WT1 disease. Missense substitutions affecting DNA-binding residues were associated with diffuse mesangial sclerosis (74%), early steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome onset, and rapid progression to ESRD. Truncating mutations conferred the highest Wilms tumor risk (78%) but typically late-onset steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome. Intronic (KTS) mutations were most likely to present as isolated steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (37%) with a median onset at an age of 4.5 years, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis on biopsy, and slow progression (median ESRD age 13.6 years). Thus, there is a wide range of expressivity, solid genotype-phenotype associations, and a high risk and significance of extrarenal complications in WT1-associated nephropathy. We suggest that all children with steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome undergo WT1 gene screening.
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- Beata S Lipska
- 1] Department of Biology and Genetics, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland [2] Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Center for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Service de Néphrologie Pédiatrique, Centre de Référence des Maladies Rénales Rares, Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant, Hospices Civils de Lyon and Université de Lyon, Bron, France
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- IRCCS - Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Clinical Research Centre for Rare Diseases Aldo e Cele Daccò, Ranica, Bergamo, Italy
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- Klinik für Pädiatrie/Nephrologie, Charité Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany
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- Pediatric Kidney, Liver and Metabolic Disease, MHH Children's Hospital, Hannover, Germany
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- 1] Departments of Pediatric Nephrology and Rheumatology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey [2] Nephrogenetics Laboratory, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Laboratorio di Fisiopatologia dell'Uremia e UOC di Nefrologia Dialisi e Trapianto, Istituto G Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- 1] 1st Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic [2] 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- 1st Department of Pediatrics, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department Paediatrics, Nephrology and Hypertension, Medical University Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Dialysis Division for Children, Department and Clinics of Pediatrics, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Zabrze, Poland
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland
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- Service de Pédiatrie, Centre de Référence Maladies Rénales Rares du Sud Ouest, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Center for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Pediatric Nephrology, University Children's Hospital, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Medical University Lublin, Pediatric Nephrology, Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Kidney Hospital, Damascus, Syria
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- Department of Nephrology, Institute of Mother and Child Healthcare of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Karadeniz Technical University, Faculty of Medicine, Pediatric Nephrology Department, Trabzon, Turkey
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- Paediatric Department, Dubai Hospital, Dubai, UAE
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Dr. Sami Ulus Maternity and Children's Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Zagreb University Hospital Centre, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Pediatric Nephrology, University Children's Hospital, Porto, Portugal
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- Unidad de Nefrología Infantil Hospital Luis Calvo Mackenna, Facultad de Medicina Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile
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- Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Center for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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The objective of this study was to evaluate the current activity of pediatric versus adult kidney transplantation activity in the Arab world. A questionnaire was mailed to all kidney transplant centers in Arab countries to collect data on the kidney transplant activity in a recent single year. Three thousand three hundred and nine kidney transplants were performed in one year, with a transplant rate of 9.5 per million populations (PMP); 298 were performed for children with a pediatric kidney transplant (PKT) rate of 0.87 PMP, which is much lower than that of developed countries where it mostly ranges from 5 to 10. The pediatric share of all transplants is 9%, which is twice as high as that of European children. Kidney transplant programs in most Arab countries rely exclusively on living donors as there is a severe shortage of deceased donors. 93.5% of all transplants, combined adult and pediatric, were from living donors. Deceased transplant activity in Arab countries accounts for 14-31% of all transplants in the three countries with deceased donor programs. Of the 212 adult and pediatric transplants that were performed from deceased donors in eight countries, only 29 cases were for pediatric recipients. Deceased PKT is available in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), Tunisia and Kuwait. Surprisingly, the PKT share was not better in the countries with higher overall kidney transplant rate and or in those where deceased transplant was available. PKT is still inactive in most Arab countries and mostly relies on living donors. The lack of well-developed deceased donor programs is the main issue to be addressed.
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Lipska BS, Iatropoulos P, Maranta R, Caridi G, Ozaltin F, Anarat A, Balat A, Gellermann J, Trautmann A, Erdogan O, Saeed B, Emre S, Bogdanovic R, Azocar M, Balasz-Chmielewska I, Benetti E, Caliskan S, Mir S, Melk A, Ertan P, Baskin E, Jardim H, Davitaia T, Wasilewska A, Drozdz D, Szczepanska M, Jankauskiene A, Higuita LMS, Ardissino G, Ozkaya O, Kuzma-Mroczkowska E, Soylemezoglu O, Ranchin B, Medynska A, Tkaczyk M, Peco-Antic A, Akil I, Jarmolinski T, Firszt-Adamczyk A, Dusek J, Simonetti GD, Gok F, Gheissari A, Emma F, Krmar RT, Fischbach M, Printza N, Simkova E, Mele C, Ghiggeri GM, Schaefer F. Genetic screening in adolescents with steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome. Kidney Int 2013; 84:206-13. [PMID: 23515051 DOI: 10.1038/ki.2013.93] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2012] [Revised: 12/31/2012] [Accepted: 01/10/2013] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Genetic screening paradigms for congenital and infantile nephrotic syndrome are well established; however, screening in adolescents has received only minor attention. To help rectify this, we analyzed an unselected adolescent cohort of the international PodoNet registry to develop a rational screening approach based on 227 patients with nonsyndromic steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome aged 10-20 years. Of these, 21% had a positive family history. Autosomal dominant cases were screened for WT1, TRPC6, ACTN4, and INF2 mutations. All other patients had the NPHS2 gene screened, and WT1 was tested in sporadic cases. In addition, 40 sporadic cases had the entire coding region of INF2 tested. Of the autosomal recessive and the sporadic cases, 13 and 6%, respectively, were found to have podocin-associated nephrotic syndrome, and 56% of them were compound heterozygous for the nonneutral p.R229Q polymorphism. Four percent of the sporadic and 10% of the autosomal dominant cases had a mutation in WT1. Pathogenic INF2 mutations were found in 20% of the dominant but none of the sporadic cases. In a large cohort of adolescents including both familial and sporadic disease, NPHS2 mutations explained about 7% and WT1 4% of cases, whereas INF2 proved relevant only in autosomal dominant familial disease. Thus, screening of the entire coding sequence of NPHS2 and exons 8-9 of WT1 appears to be the most rational and cost-effective screening approach in sporadic juvenile steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome.
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- Beata S Lipska
- Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Saeed B, Mazloum H, Askar M. Spontaneous remission of post-transplant recurrent focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis. Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl 2011; 22:1219-22. [PMID: 22089787 DOI: pmid/22089787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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A 12-year-old girl with a history of steroid and cyclosporine (CsA) resistant nephrotic syndrome owing to focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) has progressed to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) for which she underwent hemodialysis for 18 months before she successfully received a fully matched kidney transplant from her sister at the age of nine years. The post transplantation (Tx) period was marked by an early and massive proteinuria indicating recurrent FSGS for which she received 12 sessions of plasmapheresis (PP); unfortunately, she did not appear to have any response to the PP therapy; thereafter, a conservative management comprising essentially enalapril and losartan has been initiated and was also not successful during the first four months, however, a very gradual response has been noticed to occur after five months of conservative therapy and ultimately, the patient attained complete remission after 21 months of treatment. Amazingly, 15 months after discontinuation of enalapril and losartan, she remained in a complete and sustained remission with a good renal allograft function. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case ever reported in the literature of a "spontaneous" remission of post transplant recurrent FSGS.
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- Bassam Saeed
- Pediatric Nephrology Department, Kidney Hospital, Damascus, Syria.
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Saeed B. Current challenges of organ donation programs in syria. Int J Organ Transplant Med 2010; 1:35-9. [PMID: 25013561 PMCID: PMC4089214 DOI: pmid/25013561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2009] [Revised: 07/22/2009] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Renal transplantation is the optimal treatment for the majority of patients with end-stage renal disease. OBJECTIVE To examine the donor characteristics of kidney transplants in Syria and the impact of national Syrian legislation on the evolution of kidney transplantation activities in the private and public sectors. METHODS Available data on all kidney transplants performed in Syria over the last 2 decades was retrospectively analyzed to assess the characteristics of kidney donors and recipients with a focus upon transplants since 2003. RESULTS The kidney transplant rate has increased from 7 kidney transplants per million populations in 2002 to more than 17 in 2007. In the meantime, a substantial decline in the rate of kidney transplantation performed on Syrian nationals abroad was observed from 65% of all kidney transplantations in 1998 to less than 2% in 2007. Despite the prohibition to buy a kidney in Syria, vendors had found ways to sell their kidneys through disreputable brokers. Potential related donors were not inclined to donate kidneys to their relatives as long as kidneys could be bought from a non-related donor. By 2008, the percent of related donors in private sector represented only 8% of all donors, as compared to 50% in public hospitals. Consequently, in January 2008, the government of Syria issued a pronouncement restricting kidney transplantation to the public sector with a new national regulatory oversight of transplantation practices. Since this 2008 Administrative Order was promulgated, the kidney transplant rate in public hospitals has substantially increased by 55% with the establishment of new public transplant centers in the 3 largest cities in Syria. CONCLUSION The recommendations of the Istanbul Declaration and the Revised Guiding Principles of the World Health Organization have yet to be implemented in Syria but the expansion of kidney transplants in the public sector is an important initial step for initiating a deceased organ donation program as an essential component of a comprehensive approach to the problem of the organ shortage.
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- B Saeed
- Kidney Hospital, Kidney Transplant Department, Damascus, Syria
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International Summit on Transplant Tourism and Organ Trafficking. The Declaration of Istanbul on Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2008; 3:1227-31. [PMID: 18701611 DOI: 10.2215/CJN.03320708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Organ commercialism, which targets vulnerable populations (such as illiterate and impoverished persons, undocumented immigrants, prisoners, and political or economic refugees) in resource-poor countries, has been condemned by international bodies such as the World Health Organization for decades. Yet in recent years, as a consequence of the increasing ease of Internet communication and the willingness of patients in rich countries to travel and purchase organs, organ trafficking and transplant tourism have grown into global problems. For example, as of 2006, foreigners received two-thirds of the 2000 kidney transplants performed annually in Pakistan. The Istanbul Declaration proclaims that the poor who sell their organs are being exploited, whether by richer people within their own countries or by transplant tourists from abroad. Moreover, transplant tourists risk physical harm by unregulated and illegal transplantation. Participants in the Istanbul Summit concluded that transplant commercialism, which targets the vulnerable, transplant tourism, and organ trafficking should be prohibited. And they also urged their fellow transplant professionals, individually and through their organizations, to put an end to these unethical activities and foster safe, accountable practices that meet the needs of transplant recipients while protecting donors. Countries from which transplant tourists originate, as well as those to which they travel to obtain transplants, are just beginning to address their respective responsibilities to protect their people from exploitation and to develop national self-sufficiency in organ donation. The Declaration should reinforce the resolve of governments and international organizations to develop laws and guidelines to bring an end to wrongful practices. "The legacy of transplantation is threatened by organ trafficking and transplant tourism. The Declaration of Istanbul aims to combat these activities and to preserve the nobility of organ donation. The success of transplantation as a life-saving treatment does not require-nor justify-victimizing the world's poor as the source of organs for the rich" (Steering Committee of the Istanbul Summit).
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Saeed B, Abou-Zor N, Amer Z, Kanani I, Hilal M. Cyclosporin-A induced posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome. Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl 2008; 19:439-42. [PMID: 18445907 DOI: pmid/18445907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a recently proposed clinico-neuroradiological entity observed in a variety of clinical settings such as cyclosporin A (CsA) neurotoxicity. We report a 3.5-year-old Syrian boy in whom steroid-resistant focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) was recently diagnosed. The patient remitted his nephrotic syndrome after 10 days of CsA administration. However, he shortly developed altered mental status, visual impairment, focal neurological deficits and seizures. We discontinued CsA that resulted in complete reversal of the patient's encephalopathical condition over a period of 4 months. We conclude that PRES should be suspected in immunosuppresed patients with kidney disease if they have a sudden episode of neurological symptoms.
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- Bassam Saeed
- Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Surgical Kidney Hospital, Ibn-Alnafis Medical Complex, Damascus, Syria.
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Saeed B, Derani R, Hajibrahim M, Roumani J, Al-Shaer MB, Saeed R, Damerli S, Al-Saadi R, Kayyal B, Haddad M. Volume of organ failure in Syria and obstacles to initiate a national cadaver donation program. Iran J Kidney Dis 2008; 2:65-71. [PMID: 19377211 DOI: pmid/19377211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- Bassam Saeed
- Surgical Kidney Hospital, Ibn Alnafis Medical Complex, Damascus, Syria.
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Al Duraihimh H, Ghamdi G, Moussa D, Shaheen F, Mohsen N, Sharma U, Stephan A, Alfie A, Alamin M, Haberal M, Saeed B, Kechrid M, Al-Sayyari A. Outcome of 234 pregnancies in 140 renal transplant recipients from five middle eastern countries. Transplantation 2008; 85:840-3. [PMID: 18360265 DOI: 10.1097/tp.0b013e318166ac45] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To study the pregnancy and offspring outcomes in postrenal transplant recipients. METHODS This is a retrospective case-note review study investigating the outcome of 234 pregnancies in 140 renal transplant recipients from five different Middle Eastern countries. RESULTS Of the overall pregnancies 74.4% were successful albeit with high prevalences of preterm and Caesarean deliveries (40.8% and 53%, respectively). The mean serum creatinine did not rise significantly during pregnancy in the group as a whole but did so in patients who had serum creatinine of or above 150 micromol/L at the beginning of their pregnancies. The mean birth weight was (2,458 g) with 41.3% of the newborns being of low birth weight (<2,500 g). The prevalences of stillbirths were 7.3% and of spontaneous abortion was 19.3%. Preeclampsia and gestational diabetes were observed in 26.1% and 2% of pregnancies, respectively. CONCLUSIONS In the presence of good allograft function, the majority of pregnancies in renal transplant recipients have a good outcome but with increased incidence of preeclampsia, reduced gestational age, and low birth weights. Patients with baseline serum creatinine of above 150 micromol/L have an increased risk of allograft dysfunction resulting from the pregnancy.
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- Huda Al Duraihimh
- Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Saeed B, Derani R, Hajibrahim M, Roumani J, Al-Shaer MB, Saeed R, Damerli S, Al-Saadi R, Kayyal B, Haddad M. Organ failure in Syria: initiating a national deceased donation program. Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl 2007; 18:270-6. [PMID: 17496410 DOI: pmid/17496410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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In the absence of formal registry data, the volume and causes of organ failure in Syria are difficult to establish with certainty. However, we evaluated in this study the extent of organ failure by collecting data from health care authorities in different medical institutions who are involved in caring for patients with organ failure. Subsequently, we assessed the problem of the widening gap between organ supply and demand in our country and we highlighted the obstacles to initiating a national deceased donation program as a viable option to address the challenge of organ shortage. The estimated prevalence of corneal blindness in Syria is 2.3 per one thousand population. The estimated incidence of viral-induced cirrhosis is 49 - 67 per one million population (pmp); these include both HCV and HBV, which constitute the leading causes of liver failure. We estimated the incidence of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) to be from 80 - 100 pmp. Obstacles to initiating a national deceased donation program include lack of awareness of the public at large and health care professionals to the importance of organ donation and transplantation. Other obstacles include lack of adequate resources in terms of finance, personnel and services and the unavailability of a national center for organ transplantation that influences public attitude, sets national guidelines and supervises all activities related to organ donation and transplantation.
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- Bassam Saeed
- Surgical Kidney Hospital, Ibn Alnafis Medical Complex, Damascus, Syria.
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Saeed B, Ossman MI, Sheriff S. Cyclosporine utilization in idiopathic nephrotic syndrome in children. Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl 2006; 17:497-502. [PMID: 17186683 DOI: pmid/17186683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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The treatment of steroid-resistant focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) imposes one of the most perplexing and frustrating problems on nephrologists. Cyclosporine A (CsA) is widely considered as the treatment of choice for steroid-resistant or dependent nephrotic children. We reviewed the clinical outcome in children with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (INS) under CsA treatment. A total of 22 children presented with either steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS) (14 children), or steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome (SDNS) (8 children) during the period from August 2002 to February 2005; the mean age for both groups was 7.6 years (range: 23months -15 years). Renal histology showed FSGS in 14(63%) patients, minimal change disease (MCD) in 4(18%), diffuse mesangial glomerulonephritis (MesGN) in three (13.6%), and membranous glomerulonephritis (MGN) in two (6.8%). Treatment with CsA in combination with alternate-day prednisolone induced remission in 15(68%) patients; 9(60%) patients had complete remission and six (40%) had partial remission. Seven (50 %) patients in the SRNS group responded to CsA treatment; two (14.2%) patients had complete remission and 5 (35.7%) had partial remission. Seven (87.5%) children in the SDNS group had complete remission and one (13.5%) had partial remission. We conclude that this study demonstrates the efficacy of CsA in inducing remission in the steroid dependent is higher than in the steroid resistant nephrotic children We believe that CsA is probably a good alternative therapy in this population.
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- Bassam Saeed
- Pediatric Nephrology Department, Surgical Kidney Hospital, Ibn Alnafis Medical Complex, Damascus, Syria.
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Saeed MBA, Sherif S. Pediatric renal transplantation in syria: a single center experience. Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl 2005; 16:342-7. [PMID: 17642804 DOI: pmid/17642804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Renal transplantation (RTx) is widely accepted as the preferred method of treatment for children with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). This is a retrospective analysis of the results of RTx in children performed at the Surgical Kidney Hospital, Damascus, Syria. Between November 2002 and November 2004, a total of 176 RTx procedures have been performed in our center. Of them, 11 recipients (6%) were younger than 14 years of age. The mean age was 11 years with range of 5 to 14 years. There were six males (55%) and five females (45%). All patients received kidneys from living donors. Seven donors were related (64 %) while four (36%) were unrelated .The cause of ESRD in these patients were reflux nephropathy in three, nephronophthisis and hypoplastic kidneys in two cases each and polycystic kidney disease, rapidly progressive crescentic glomerulonephritis, Alport's syndrome and chronic pyelonephritis in one patient each. All grafts were placed extra-peritoneally. Immunosuppression was based on triple therapy with cyclosporine (CsA) mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), and prednisolone. Tacrolimus (TAC), MMF, and prednisolone, and sirolimus (SRL), MMF, and prednisolone were used in one patient each. Induction immunosuppression in immunologically high-risk patients was, with anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) in one patient and basiliximab in two patients. The mean duration of follow-up was 12 months {3 to 24 months}. All 11 (100 %) patients were alive at last follow-up with functioning graft. Ten patients (88%) had normal graft function and one (12%) had mild graft dysfunction. Complications encountered were infections in four patients, early steroid-responsive acute rejection in one patient, and mild biopsy-proven chronic rejection in another patient; the latter probably due to poor compliance. No urological complications were encountered. Our study, despite involving a small number of patients with a relatively short duration of follow-up, suggests that the results of pediatric renal transplant at our center are encouraging.
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- Mohamed Bassam A Saeed
- Pediatric Nephrology Department, Surgical Kidney Hospital, Ibn Alnafis Medical Complex, Damascus, Syria
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Saeed MBA. The major causes of chronic renal insufficiency in Syrian children: a one-year, single-center experience. Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl 2005; 16:84-8. [PMID: 18209463 DOI: pmid/18209463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a world-wide public health problem, the causes of which differ in children from that reported in adult patients. There is an increased incidence of congenital and hereditary diseases causing chronic renal failure in the pediatric age-group and virtually no diabetic nephropathy. To determine the major causes, clinical expression, course, and outcomes of CKD in Syrian children we conducted a prospective study from February 2002 to February 2003 in the pediatric nephrology department at the Kidney Hospital in Damascus, Syria. Fifty-five patients with varying degrees of renal impairment were involved in the analysis. A total of 31 children (56%) had obstructive nephropathy (ON) as the cause of chronic renal insufficiency and 24 children (44%) had non-obstructive nephropathy (Non-ON). Neurogenic bladder was the commonest cause of ON, seen in 15 patients (27%), nephrolithiasis was seen in 10 patients (18%), urethral stenosis in three (5%), Uretro-Pelvie Junction (UPJ) stenosis in two (3%), and posterior urethral valves in one case (2%). Chronic glomerulonephritis and renal hypoplasia were the commonest causes of non-ON seen in six patients each (11%). Reflux nephropathy was seen in four patients (7%), hereditary nephritis in three (5%), polycystic kidney, nephrocalcinosis and Prune Belly syndrome in one case each (2%), and the cause was unknown in two patients (3%). The study is still ongoing and will be reviewed after two years with a bigger sample and possibly more reliable results.
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Humbert H, Guest G, Said MB, Cabiac MD, Gagnadoux MF, Niaudet P, Broyer M. Steady-state pharmacokinetics of cyclosporine in renal transplant patients: does an influence of age or body weight exist? Transplant Proc 1994; 26:2791-7. [PMID: 7940879 DOI: pmid/7940879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- H Humbert
- Sandoz Pharma, Ltd, Rueil-Malmaison, France
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