Prevalence of Hypertension in Children with Early-Stage ADPKD


Massella L., Mekahli D., Paripovic D., Prikhodina L., Godefroid N., Niemirska A., ...More

CLINICAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY, vol.13, no.6, pp.874-883, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

Abstract

Background and objectives Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease is the most common inheritable kidney disease, frequently thought to become symptomatic in adulthood. However, patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease may develop signs or symptoms during childhood, in particular hypertension. Although ambulatory BP monitoring is the preferred method to diagnose hypertension in pediatrics, data in children with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease are limited.