Katie Wong, David Pitcher, Fiona Braddon, Lewis Downward, Retha Steenkamp, Nicholas Annear, Jonathan Barratt, Coralie Bingham, Constantina Chrysochou, Richard J Coward, David Game, Sian Griffin, Matt Hall, Sally Johnson, Durga Kanigicherla, Fiona Karet Frankl, David Kavanagh, Larissa Kerecuk, Eamonn R Maher, Shabbir Moochhala, Jenny Pinney, John A Sayer, Roslyn Simms, Smeeta Sinha, Shalabh Srivastava, Frederick W K Tam, Andrew Neil Turner, Stephen B Walsh, Aoife Waters, Patricia Wilson, Edwin Wong, Christopher Mark Taylor, Dorothea Nitsch, Moin Saleem, Detlef Bockenhauer, Kate Bramham, Daniel P Gale
BACKGROUND: Individuals with rare kidney diseases account for 5-10% of people with chronic kidney disease, but constitute more than 25% of patients receiving kidney replacement therapy. The National Registry of Rare Kidney Diseases (RaDaR) gathers longitudinal data from patients with these conditions, which we used to study disease progression and outcomes of death and kidney failure. METHODS: People aged 0-96 years living with 28 types of rare kidney diseases were recruited from 108 UK renal care facilities...
March 13, 2024: Lancet