Published SPNSG Studies

A.     IgA Nephropathy (IgAN)

Southwest Pediatric Nephrology Study Group: A multicenter study of IgA nephropathy in children. Kidney Int 22:643‑652, 1982.

Southwest Pediatric Nephrology Study Group: Association of IgA nephropathy with steroid‑responsive nephrotic syndrome. Am J Kidney Dis 3:157‑164, 1985.

Hogg RJ, Silva FG, Wyatt RJ, Reisch JS, Argyle JC, Savino D: Prognostic indicators in children with IgA nephropathy–A report of the Southwest Pediatric Nephrology Study Group. Pediatr Nephrol 8:15-20, 1994.

Hogg RJ for the SPNSG: A randomized, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial evaluating a) alternate day prednisone b) fish oil supplements in young patients with IgA nephropathy. Am J Kidney Dis 26:792-6, 1995.

B.     Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS)

Southwest Pediatric Nephrology Study Group: Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in children with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome. Kidney Int 27:442-449, 1985.

C.     Membranous GN (MGN)

Southwest Pediatric Nephrology Study Group: Hepatitis B surface antigenemia in North American children with membranous glomerulo­nephropathy. J Pediatr 106:571‑578, 1985.

Southwest Pediatric Nephrology Study Group: Comparison of idiopathic and systemic lupus erythematosus associated membranous glomerulonephropathy in children. Am J Kidney Dis 7:115‑124, 1986.

D.     Membrano-proliferative GN Type 2 (MPGN Type 2)

Southwest Pediatric Nephrology Study Group: Dense deposit disease in children: prognostive value of clinical and pathologic indicators. Am J Kidney Dis 6:161‑169, 1985.

E.     Diffuse mesangial hypercellularity (DMH)

Southwest Pediatric Nephrology Study Group: Childhood nephrotic syndrome associated with diffuse mesangial hypercellularity. Kidney Int 23:87‑94, 1983.

F.     Crescentic Glomerulonephritis (CrGN)

Southwest Pediatric Nephrology Study Group: A clinico‑pathologic study of crescentic glomerulonephritis in 50 children. Kidney Int 27:450‑458, 1985.

G.     Tubulo-interstitial nephrititis (TIN)

Hawkins EP, Berry PL, Silva FG for the Southwest Pediatric Nephrology Study Group: Acute tubulointerstitial nephritis in children: clinical, morphologic, and lectin studies. Am J Kidney Dis 14:466-471, 1989.

H.     Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome (HUS)

Argyle JC, Hogg RJ, Pysher TJ, Silva FG, Siegler RL: A clinicopathologic study of 24 children with hemolytic uremic syndrome: A report of the Southwest Pediatric Nephrology Study Group. Pediatr Nephrol 4:52-58, 1990.

I.     Nephrotic Syndrome (NS)

Hogg RJ, Silva FG, Berry PH, Wenzl JE: Glomerular lesions in adolescents with gross hematuria or the nephrotic syndrome. A report of the Southwest Pediatric Nephrology Study Group. Pediatr Nephrol 7:27-31, 1993.

J.     Polycystic kidney disease (PKD)

Cole BR, Conley SB, Stapleton FB for the Southwest Pediatric Nephrology Study Group: Polycystic kidney disease in the first year of life. J Pediatr 111:693-699, 1987.

Verani R, Walker P, Silva FG for the Southwest Pediatric Nephrology Study Group: Renal cystic disease of infancy. Results of histochemical studies. Pediatr Nephrol 3:37-42, 1989.

K.     Anemia of chronic renal failure (CRF)

Beckman BS, Brookins JW, Shadduck RK, Mangan KF, Deftos LD, Fisher JW: Effect of different modes of dialysis on serum erythropoietin levels in children. A report of the Southwest Pediatric Nephrology Study Group. Pediatr Nephrol 2:436-441, 1988.

Beckman BS, Brookins J, Fisher JW: Measurement of erythropoietin in anephric children. A report of the Southwest Pediatric Nephrology Study Group. Pediatr Nephrol 3:75-79, 1989.

L.     Growth failure in CRF

Uauy R, Hogg RJ, Holliday M: Protein-energy requirements of children with chronic renal insufficiency: report from the Southwest Pediatric Nephrology Study Group and the Infant Diet Protein Study Group. Sem Nephrol 9:24-30, 1989.