ISSN 1662-4009 (online)

ey0015.9-10 | Growth, growth hormone and puberty in chronic diseases: novel insights from clinical practice | ESPEYB15

9.10 Pubertal development in children with chronic kidney disease

D Haffner , M Zivicnjak

To read the full abstract: Pediatr Nephrol. 2017;32:949-964This is a comprehensive review on growth and sexual maturation during puberty in children with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Despite attention to preserve growth potential during pre-puberty and the availability of recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH), the achievement of normal pubertal height gain remains a challenge in CKD. In pr...

ey0019.4-3 | Important for clinical practice | ESPEYB19

4.3. Growth hormone treatment in the pre-transplant period is associated with superior outcome after pediatric kidney transplantation

C Jagodzinski , S Mueller , R Kluck , K Froede , L Pavicic , J Gellermann , D Mueller , U Querfeld , D Haffner , M Zivicnjak

Pediatr Nephrol, 2022. 37(4): p. 859-869 PMID: 34542703Brief Summary: This prospective observational cohort study investigated growth rate after kidney transplant in children with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and growth failure, who received or did not receive rhGH treatment before transplantation. Patients pre-treated with rhGH showed better growth rates with taller height SDS at 7 years after transplantation. Positive effects of pre-transplant...

ey0016.5-12 | Clinical Guidance | ESPEYB16

5.12. Clinical practice recommendations for the diagnosis and management of X-linked hypophosphataemia

D Haffner , F Emma , DM Eastwood , MB Duplan , J Bacchetta , D Schnabel , P Wicart , D Bockenhauer , F Santos , E Levtchenko , P Harvengt , M Kirchhoff , F Di Rocco , C Chaussain , ML Brandi , L Savendahl , K Briot , P Kamenicky , L Rejnmark , A Linglart

Nat Rev Nephrol. 2019 May 8. doi: 10.1038/s41581-019-0152-5. [PMID: 31068690].Abstract: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?termZ31068690In brief: In this Evidence-Based Guideline on X-linked hypophosphataemia, the authors identify the criteria for diagnosis of this disease, provide guidance for medi...