TY - BOOK AU - Abdallah Mohammed Elsayed Bekhet AU - Fatina Ibrahim Fadel , AU - Mohammed Hesham Safouh , AU - Rasha Essam Eldin Abdelaziz , TI - Causes of chronic kidney disease in Egyptian children / PY - 2013/// CY - Cairo : PB - Abdallah Mohammed Elsayed Bekhet , KW - Chronic kidney disease KW - End - stage renal disease KW - Etiology N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics; Issued also as CD N2 - Chronic kidney disease ( CKD ) is an insidious and irreversible condition that eventually progresses to end stage renal failure . It is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in children worldwide . There are very few published reports on the causes of CKD in Egyptian children and especially no multicenter studies . This study is intended to survey the causes of CKD in various pediatric nephrology centers of the University Hospitals in Egypt to come up with a nationwide understanding of the etiology as well as a staging of the patients in these centers UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -