Renal histopathology spectrum in children with kidney diseases in Saudi Arabia, 1998-2017

Objectives:

To identify the trends in the diagnostic frequency of glomerular disease subtypes by renal biopsy in children in Saudi Arabia over the last 20 years.

Methods:

In this retrospective observational study, we identified all patients aged <18 years for whom native kidney biopsy was performed between 1998 and 2017. The period during which biopsy was performed (1998-2004, 2005-2011, and 2012-2017) and the demographic...