Dries Deleersnijder, Wim Laurens, Johan De Meester, Evert Cleenders, Amélie Dendooven, Evelyne Lerut, An S De Vriese, Tom Dejagere, Mark Helbert, Rachel Hellemans, Priyanka Koshy, Bart Maes, Lissa Pipeleers, Amaryllis H Van Craenenbroeck, Steven Van Laecke, Johan Vande Walle, Marie M Couttenye, Gert Meeus, Ben Sprangers
BACKGROUND: The Flemish Collaborative Glomerulonephritis Group (FCGG) registry provides complete population data on kidney disease epidemiology in the region of Flanders (Belgium), as it captures all native kidney biopsies performed in its population of 6.5 million inhabitants. METHODS: From 2017 until 2019, 2054 adult kidney biopsies were included from 26 nephrology centers (one biopsy per patient). Data on nephrotic and nephritic syndrome were available in 1992 and 2026 biopsies, respectively...
January 2023: Clinical Kidney Journal