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Growth failure in children with end-stage renal disease remains a difficult problem. A 2.5-month-old baby in renal failure due to primary hyperoxaluria type I received intensive dialysis aimed at decreasing oxalate tissue accretion. Over 5.5 months, while awaiting transplantation, his growth velocity was 29 cm/year compared with an average 4 cm/year in infants on hemodialysis and 22 cm/year in normal infants of this age. This remarkable growth rate, which could have represented catch-up growth, is hypothesized to be related to the delivered dialysis dose. It is suggested that this relationship be evaluated in a prospective randomized trial.
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Received: 2 June 1999 / Revised: 14 October 1999 / Accepted: 20 October 1999
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Katz, A., Bock, G. & Mauer, M. Improved growth velocity with intensive dialysis. Consequence or coincidence?. Pediatr Nephrol 14, 710–712 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00013422
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00013422