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Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Infants with Grade III, IV, or V Vesicoureteral Reflux by Morello, William, Baskin, Esra, Jankauskiene, Augustina, Yalcinkaya, Fatos, Zurowska, Aleksandra, Puccio, Giuseppe, Serafinelli, Jessica, La Manna, Angela, Krzemień, Grażyna, Pennesi, Marco, La Scola, Claudio, Becherucci, Francesca, Brugnara, Milena, Yuksel, Selcuk, Mekahli, Djalila, Chimenz, Roberto, De Palma, Diego, Zucchetta, Pietro, Vajauskas, Donatas, Drozdz, Dorota, Szczepanska, Maria, Caliskan, Salim, Lombet, Jacques, Minoli, Dario G., Guarino, Stefano, Gulleroglu, Kaan, Ruzgiene, Dovile, Szmigielska, Agnieszka, Barbi, Egidio, Ozcakar, Zeynep B., Kranz, Anna, Pasini, Andrea, Materassi, Marco, De Rechter, Stephanie, Ariceta, Gema, Weber, Lutz T., Marzuillo, Pierluigi, Alberici, Irene, Taranta-Janusz, Katarzyna, Caldas Afonso, Alberto, Tkaczyk, Marcin, Català, Margarita, Cabrera Sevilla, Jose E., Mehls, Otto, Schaefer, Franz, Montini, Giovanni

“…In a trial involving infants with grade III, IV, or V vesicoureteral reflux and no previous UTI, continuous antibiotic prophylaxis for 2 years provided a small…”
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Potential Renal Damage Biomarkers in Alport Syndrome—A Review of the Literature by Gomes, Ana Marta, Lopes, Daniela, Almeida, Clara, Santos, Sofia, Malheiro, Jorge, Lousa, Irina, Caldas Afonso, Alberto, Beirão, Idalina

“…Alport syndrome (AS) is the second most common cause of inherited chronic kidney disease. This disorder is caused by genetic variants on COL4A3, COL4A4 and…”
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Association of Serum Soluble Urokinase Receptor Levels With Progression of Kidney Disease in Children by Schaefer, Franz, Trachtman, Howard, Wühl, Elke, Kirchner, Marietta, Hayek, Salim S, Anarat, Ali, Duzova, Ali, Mir, Sevgi, Paripovic, Dusan, Yilmaz, Alev, Lugani, Francesca, Arbeiter, Klaus, Litwin, Mieczyslaw, Oh, Jun, Matteucci, Maria Chiara, Gellermann, Jutta, Wygoda, Simone, Jankauskiene, Augustina, Klaus, Günter, Dusek, Jiri, Testa, Sara, Zurowska, Aleksandra, Caldas Afonso, Alberto, Tracy, Melissa, Wei, Changli, Sever, Sanja, Smoyer, William, Reiser, Jochen

“…Conventional methods to diagnose and monitor chronic kidney disease (CKD) in children, such as creatinine level and cystatin C-derived estimated glomerular…”
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Strict Blood-Pressure Control and Progression of Renal Failure in Children by Wühl, Elke, Trivelli, Antonella, Picca, Stefano, Litwin, Mieczyslaw, Peco-Antic, Amira, Zurowska, Aleksandra, Testa, Sara, Jankauskiene, Augustina, Emre, Sevinc, Caldas-Afonso, Alberto, Anarat, Ali, Niaudet, Patrick, Mir, Sevgi, Bakkaloglu, Aysin, Enke, Barbara, Montini, Giovanni, Wingen, Ann-Margret, Sallay, Peter, Jeck, Nikola, Berg, Ulla, Caliskan, Salim, Wygoda, Simone, Hohbach-Hohenfellner, Katharina, Dusek, Jiri, Urasinski, Tomasz, Arbeiter, Klaus, Neuhaus, Thomas, Gellermann, Jutta, Drozdz, Dorota, Fischbach, Michel, Möller, Kristina, Wigger, Marianne, Peruzzi, Licia, Mehls, Otto, Schaefer, Franz

“…This study assessed the long-term renoprotective effect of intensified blood-pressure control among children receiving a fixed high dose of an…”
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Uncovering the burden of Influenza in children in Portugal, 2008-2018 by Caldas Afonso, Alberto, Gouveia, Catarina, Januário, Gustavo, Carmo, Mafalda, Lopes, Hugo, Bricout, Hélène, Gomes, Catarina, Froes, Filipe

“…Despite their higher risk of developing severe disease, little is known about the burden of influenza in Portugal in children aged < 5 years old. This study…”
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Renal Transplant in Pediatric Patients With Congenital Abnormalities of the Lower Urinary Tract by Figueiredo, Rafael, Meireles, Daniel, Costa, Teresa, Mota, Conceição, Caldas Afonso, Alberto

“…Congenital abnormalities of the lower urinary tract can result in end-stage renal disease and are responsible for a significant number of renal transplants…”
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Sex-Specific Mediating Role of Insulin Resistance and Inflammation in the Effect of Adiposity on Blood Pressure of Prepubertal Children by Correia-Costa, Liane, Santos, Ana Cristina, Severo, Milton, Guerra, António, Schaefer, Franz, Caldas Afonso, Alberto, Barros, Henrique, Azevedo, Ana

“…To evaluate the association between obesity indices and blood pressure (BP) at 4 years of age, in each sex, and to quantify to which extent this association is…”
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Association between proinflammatory cytokines and arterial stiffness in type 1 diabetic adolescents by Reis, Mónica, Teixeira, Ana, Cardoso, Juliana, Borges, Teresa, Caldas Afonso, Alberto, Correia-Costa, Liane

“…Type 1 diabetes mellitus is considered a state of chronic low-grade inflammation and activation of the innate immune system, which is regulated by several…”
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Spectrum of steroid-resistant and congenital nephrotic syndrome in children: the PodoNet registry cohort by Trautmann, Agnes, Bodria, Monica, Ozaltin, Fatih, Gheisari, Alaleh, Melk, Anette, Azocar, Marta, Anarat, Ali, Caliskan, Salim, Emma, Francesco, Gellermann, Jutta, Oh, Jun, Baskin, Esra, Ksiazek, Joanna, Remuzzi, Giuseppe, Erdogan, Ozlem, Akman, Sema, Dusek, Jiri, Davitaia, Tinatin, Özkaya, Ozan, Papachristou, Fotios, Firszt-Adamczyk, Agnieszka, Urasinski, Tomasz, Testa, Sara, Krmar, Rafael T, Hyla-Klekot, Lidia, Pasini, Andrea, Özcakar, Z Birsin, Sallay, Peter, Cakar, Nilgun, Galanti, Monica, Terzic, Joelle, Aoun, Bilal, Caldas Afonso, Alberto, Szymanik-Grzelak, Hanna, Lipska, Beata S, Schnaidt, Sven, Schaefer, Franz

“…Steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome is a rare kidney disease involving either immune-mediated or genetic alterations of podocyte structure and function. The…”
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Considerable variations in growth hormone policy and prescription in paediatric end-stage renal disease across European countries-a report from the ESPN/ERA-EDTA registry by van Huis, M, Bonthuis, M, Sahpazova, E, Mencarelli, F, Spasojević, B, Reusz, G, Caldas-Afonso, A, Bjerre, A, Baiko, S, Vondrak, K, Molchanova, E A, Kolvek, G, Zaikova, N, Böhm, M, Ariceta, G, Jager, K J, Schaefer, F, van Stralen, K J, Groothoff, J W

“…Growth retardation in paediatric end-stage renal disease (ESRD) has a serious impact on adult life. It is potentially treatable with recombinant growth hormone…”
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Dedicated Pediatricians in Emergency Department: Shorter Waiting Times and Lower Costs by Melo, Manuel Rocha, Ferreira-Magalhães, Manuel, Flor-Lima, Filipa, Rodrigues, Mariana, Severo, Milton, Almeida-Santos, Luis, Caldas-Afonso, Alberto, Barros, Pedro Pita, Ferreira, António

“…Dedicated pediatricians in emergency departments (EDs) may be beneficial, though no previous studies have assessed the related costs and benefits/harms. We…”
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Elicitation of expert prior opinion: application to the MYPAN trial in childhood polyarteritis nodosa by Hampson, Lisa V, Whitehead, John, Eleftheriou, Despina, Tudur-Smith, Catrin, Jones, Rachel, Jayne, David, Hickey, Helen, Beresford, Michael W, Bracaglia, Claudia, Caldas, Afonso, Cimaz, Rolando, Dehoorne, Joke, Dolezalova, Pavla, Friswell, Mark, Jelusic, Marija, Marks, Stephen D, Martin, Neil, McMahon, Anne-Marie, Peitz, Joachim, van Royen-Kerkhof, Annet, Soylemezoglu, Oguz, Brogan, Paul A

“…Definitive sample sizes for clinical trials in rare diseases are usually infeasible. Bayesian methodology can be used to maximise what is learnt from clinical…”
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Modelling metabolic performance in paediatric obstructive sleep disordered breathing: A case-control study by de Sousa, Francisco Alves, Rios Pinho, Marta, Nóbrega Pinto, Ana, Coutinho, Miguel Bebiano, Caldas Afonso, Alberto, Magalhães, Manuel Ferreira

“…Paediatric obstructive sleep disordered breathing (OSDB) has a considerable impact on cardiovascular physiology, but the consequences on children's basal…”
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Impact of physical activity on redox status and nitric oxide bioavailability in nonoverweight and overweight/obese prepubertal children by Leite-Almeida, Laura, Morato, Manuela, Cosme, Dina, Afonso, Joana, Areias, José C., Guerra, António, Caldas Afonso, Alberto, Albino-Teixeira, António, Sousa, Teresa, Correia-Costa, Liane

“…Nutritional status might contribute to variations induced by physical activity (PA) in redox status biomarkers. We investigated the influence of PA on redox…”
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Acute and chronic malnutrition and their predictors in children aged 0–5 years in São Tomé: a cross-sectional, population-based study by Valente, A, Silva, D, Neves, E, Almeida, F, Cruz, J.L, Dias, C.C, da Costa-Pereira, A, Caldas-Afonso, A, Guerra, A

“…Abstract Objective Undernutrition is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in infants and children worldwide. The aim of this study was to evaluate the…”
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Decreased renal function in overweight and obese prepubertal children by Correia-Costa, Liane, Afonso, Alberto Caldas, Schaefer, Franz, Guimarães, João Tiago, Bustorff, Manuela, Guerra, António, Barros, Henrique, Azevedo, Ana

“…Background: Obesity is a potentially modifiable risk factor for the development and progression of kidney disease, both in adults and children. We aim to study…”
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Prenatal alcohol exposure affects renal function in overweight schoolchildren: birth cohort analysis by Correia-Costa, Liane, Schaefer, Franz, Afonso, Alberto Caldas, Correia, Sofia, Guimarães, João Tiago, Guerra, António, Barros, Henrique, Azevedo, Ana

“…Background Prenatal ethanol exposure has been shown to reduce nephron endowment in animal models, but the effect of alcohol during human pregnancy on postnatal…”
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Determinants of carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity in prepubertal children by Costa, Ana Luísa, Correia-Costa, Liane, Afonso, Alberto Caldas, Schaefer, Franz, Guerra, António, Moura, Cláudia, Mota, Cláudia, Barros, Henrique, Areias, José Carlos, Azevedo, Ana

“…Abstract Background Pulse wave velocity (PWV) is a noninvasive technique to evaluate arterial stiffness, a dynamic property of the vessels, reflecting their…”
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Urinary excretion of endothelin-1 (ET-1), transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF165) in paediatric chronic kidney diseases: results of the ESCAPE trial by Grenda, Ryszard, Wühl, Elke, Litwin, Mieczysław, Janas, Roman, Śladowska, Joanna, Arbeiter, Klaus, Berg, Ulla, Caldas-Afonso, Alberto, Fischbach, Michel, Mehls, Otto, Sallay, Peter, Schaefer, Franz

“…The severity and dynamics of renal tissue damage in chronic kidney disease (CKD) may be reflected by the urinary excretion of vasoactive and growth factors…”
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Relationship between the mothers' nutritional status with that of a child population from São Tomé Principe, "Africa" by Silva, Diana e, Valente, Ana, Borges, Andreia, Dias, Cláudia, Almeida, Feliciana, Cruz, José Luís, Neves, Edgar, Afonso, Caldas, Guerra, António

“…Abstract Objectives: analyse the relation between the nutritional status of children with 0 to 60 months in São Tome and Principe (STP) and their mothers…”
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