Transplantation: Disproportionate stunting in children with ESRD

Nature Reviews Nephrology 11, 2 (2015). doi:10.1038/nrneph.2014.213 Children with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) exhibit marked disproportionate stunting, according to a new study. A low average body height, but high average sitting height index during early childhood was identified in a cohort of 389 paediatric renal transplant recipients, as compared with reference data.
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