Teenagers and young adults with a past of allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation are at significant risk of chronic kidney disease

ConclusionsIn conclusion, our study shows that CKD represents an important long-term sequela for children and adolescents who undergo aHSCT for malignant hemopathies, either with glomerular dysfunction or with the more insidious tubular dysfunction which could potentially impact growth. These patients could benefit from specialized long-term nephrology follow-up.Graphical abstractA higher resolution version of the Graphical abstract is available as Supplementary information.
Source: Pediatric Nephrology - Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: research