The 2020 Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Clinical Practice Guideline
on the Evaluation and Management of Candidates for Kidney Transplantation is intended to …

It is unclear if the bones of overweight children are appropriately adapted to increased loads.
The objective of this study was to compare bone geometry in 40 overweight (body mass …

Background— Left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy (LVH) in children is widely defined as a left
ventricular mass index (LVMI, g/m 2.7 ) >95th percentile. However, LVMI increases with …

Objectives: To validate a scoring system to assess the severity of renal lesions and to
correlate histology with clinical findings. We also examined the efficacy of treatment with …

Importance Most children with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) are treated with dialysis
prior to transplant. It is not known whether their outcomes have changed in recent years. …

Background Glucocorticoids suppress bone formation, impair growth, and induce obesity. We
determined the effects of long-term treatment with glucocorticoids on bone mineral content …

Background. Age at transplant and graft failure risk are associated in young kidney transplant
recipients. The risk of graft failure may also vary by current age, irrespective of age at …

… Author links open overlay panel Bethany J. Foster 1 2 3 , Ahna LH Pai 4 5 , Nataliya
Zelikovsky 6 , Sandra Amaral 6 7 , Lorraine Bell 1 2 , Vikas R. Dharnidharka 8 , Diane Hebert 9 , …

Background: Crohn disease (CD) in children is associated with low body mass index (BMI),
poor growth, and delayed maturation; alterations in lean and fat mass, however, are poorly …

Emerging adulthood, defined as the interval between 18 and 25 years of age, is a socially-defined
developmental stage. Although people in this age group appear physically mature, …