IPDN-China promotes the development of pediatric dialysis in China.

Background: In mainland China, dialysis for children with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) was not introduced until the 1980s. To describe the development of pediatric dialysis in different regions of China, a national pediatric dialysis network, namely, International Pediatric Dialysis Network-China (IPDN-China) ( www.pedpd.

[Role of short-latency somatosensory evoked potential in the diagnosis of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy].

Objective: To investigate the role of short-latency somatosensory evoked potential (SSEP) in the diagnosis of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP).

Methods: A total of 48 children with a confirmed or suspected CIDP and 40 healthy children were enrolled. Nerve electrophysiological examination and/or SSEP examination was performed (the children in the healthy control group only underwent SSEP examination).

[SRY gene-testing in the diagnosis of disorders of sex development among children].

Objective: To investigate the value of direct sequencing of sex-determining region Y (SRY) gene, as well as peripheral blood karyotype analysis, in the diagnosis of disorders of sex development (DSD) among children and adolescents with ambiguous genitalia.

Methods: The karyotypes of 20 children and adolescents with ambiguous genitalia were determined by conventional G-banding analysis. PCR amplification was used to detect SRY gene in these patients, and direct sequencing was used to judge whether there was SRY gene mutation.