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Neurological side effects of dialysis and cognitive development in children with end-stage renal disease

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Pediatric Dialysis

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Whereas the literature regarding the neurological of uremia and its treatment in children is scarce, a large body of published literature indicates delayed neuro-development in infants with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The biochemical abnormalities underlying central nervous system dysfunction have been reviewed1. Regarding the neurodevelopmental outcome of young children on dialysis we refer to the recent study by Warady et al. 2. The effect of renal transplantation on cognitive outcomes was recently discussed by Qvist et al. 3.

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  1. Children’s Mercy Hospital, University of Missouri, Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO, USA

    Bradley A. Warady

  2. University Children’s Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany

    Franz S. Schaefer

  3. Health Science Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, USA

    Richard N. Fine

  4. Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford, Stanford University, School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA

    Steven R. Alexander

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Schröder, C.H., Hulstijn-Dirkmaat, G.M. (2004). Neurological side effects of dialysis and cognitive development in children with end-stage renal disease. In: Warady, B.A., Schaefer, F.S., Fine, R.N., Alexander, S.R. (eds) Pediatric Dialysis. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1031-3_26

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