Yishay Ben-Moshe, Omer Shlomovitz, Danit Atias-Varon, Orly Haskin, Efrat Ben-Shalom, Hadas Shasha Lavsky, Oded Volovelsky, Shrikant Mane, Dror Ben-Ruby, Guy Chowers, Karl Skorecki, Yael Borovitz, Maayan Kagan, Nofar Mor, Yulia Khavkin, Shimrit Tzvi-Behr, Shirley Pollack, Moran Plonsky Toder, Michael Geylis, Aviad Schnapp, Rachel Becker-Cohen, Irith Weissman, Ruth Schreiber, Miriam Davidovits, Yaacov Frishberg, Daniella Magen, Ortal Barel, Asaf Vivante
INTRODUCTION: Genetic etiologies are estimated to account for a large portion of chronic kidney diseases (CKD) in children. However, data are lacking regarding the true prevalence of monogenic etiologies stemming from an unselected population screen of children with advanced CKD. METHODS: We conducted a national multicenter prospective study of all Israeli pediatric dialysis units to provide comprehensive "real-world" evidence for the genetic basis of childhood kidney failure in Israel...
October 2023: KI Reports