Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Multiple factors have been incriminated in growth retardation in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), such as metabolic acidosis, anemia, vitamin D deficiency with secondary hyperparathyroidism, under-nutrition, renal bone disease. The disease compromises vertical growth with up to one-third children having severe growth delay (below the third percentile for height). Optimal care and nutritional therapy alone, can’t help the children with CKD reach t...