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ReviewPediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany)2006

Primary hyperoxaluria type 1: still challenging!

Pierre Cochat, Aurélia Liutkus, Sonia Fargue, Odile Basmaison, Bruno Ranchin, Marie-Odile Rolland

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Review in Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany), 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers.

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51citing papers in PubMed
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

51 citing papers in PubMed, 146 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Hyperoxaluria: Diagnosis and Treatment.The Urologic clinics of North America · 2025
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  14. Posttransplant recurrence of calcium oxalate crystals in patients with primary hyperoxaluria: Incidence, risk factors, and effect on renal allograft function.American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2022
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  15. Dysfunctional peroxisomal lipid metabolisms and their ocular manifestations.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2022
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  20. Liver involvement in kidney disease and vice versa.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pierre CochatCentre de Référence des Maladies Rénales Héréditaires, Hôpital Edouard-Herriot, Lyon, France. pierre.cochat@chu-lyon.fr
Aurélia Liutkus
Sonia Fargue
Odile Basmaison
Bruno Ranchin
Marie-Odile Rolland
Hôpital Edouard Herriot · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary hyperoxaluria type 1, the most common form of primary hyperoxaluria, is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by a deficiency of the liver-specific enzyme alanine: glyoxylate aminotransferase (AGT). This results in increased synthesis and subsequent urinary excretion of the metabolic end product oxalate and the deposition of insoluble calcium oxalate in the kidney and urinary tract. As glomerular filtration rate (GFR) decreases due to progressive renal involvement, oxalate accumulates and results in systemic oxalosis. Diagnosis is still often delayed. It may be established on the basis of clinical and sonographic findings, urinary oxalate +/- glycolate assessment, DNA analysis and, sometimes, direct AGT activity measurement in liver biopsy tissue. The initiation of conservative measures, based on hydration, citrate and/or phosphate, and pyridoxine, in responsive cases at an early stage to minimize oxalate crystal formation will help to maintain renal function in compliant subjects. Patients with established urolithiasis may benefit from extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy and/or JJ stent insertion. Correction of the enzyme defect by liver transplantation should be planned, before systemic oxalosis develops, to optimize outcomes and may be either sequential (biochemical benefit) or simultaneous (immunological benefit) liver-kidney transplantation, depending on facilities and access to cadaveric or living donors. Aggressive dialysis therapies are required to avoid progressive oxalate deposition in established end-stage renal disease (ESRD), and minimization of the time on dialysis will improve both the patient's quality of life and survival.

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ChildHumansHyperoxaluria, Primary

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