Samar Abd ElHafeez, Anneke Kramer, Mustafa Arici, Miha Arnol, Anders Åsberg, Samira Bell, Julie Belliere, Carmen Díaz Corte, Gema Fernández Fresnedo, Marc Hemmelder, Line Heylen, Kristine Hommel, Julia Kerschbaum, Radomir Naumović, Dorothea Nitsch, Rafael Santamaria, Patrik Finne, Runolfur Palsson, Maria Pippias, Halima Resic, Mai Rosenberg, Carmen Santiuste de Pablos, Mårten Segelmark, Søren Schwartz Sørensen, Maria Jose Soler, Enrico Vidal, Kitty J Jager, Alberto Ortiz, Vianda S Stel
BACKGROUND AND HYPOTHESIS: Primary glomerular disease (PGD) is a major cause of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) leading to kidney replacement therapy (KRT). We aimed to describe incidence (trends) in individuals starting KRT for ESKD due to PGD and to examine their survival and causes of death. METHODS: We used data from the European Renal Association (ERA) Registry on 69 854 patients who started KRT for ESKD due to PGD between 2000 and 2019. ERA primary renal disease codes were used to define six PGD subgroups...
February 7, 2024: Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation