About the Authors

Marjolein Bonthuis

Affiliation European Registry for Paediatric Nephrology/ERA-EDTA Registry, Department of Medical Informatics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Kitty J. Jager

Affiliations European Registry for Paediatric Nephrology/ERA-EDTA Registry, Department of Medical Informatics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Medical Informatics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Ameen Abu-Hanna

Affiliation Department of Medical Informatics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Enrico Verrina

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Gaslini Children’s Hospital, Genoa, Italy

Franz Schaefer

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Nephrology, University Children’s Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany

Karlijn J. van Stralen

K.J.vanStralen@amc.uva.nl

Affiliation European Registry for Paediatric Nephrology/ERA-EDTA Registry, Department of Medical Informatics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

Amgen awarded a € 10,000 grant to the European Society for Pediatric Nephrology (ESPN) to assist the start of the ESPN/ERA-EDTA Registry. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MB KJ AAH EV FS KVS. Performed the experiments: MB KVS. Analyzed the data: MB KVS. Wrote the manuscript: MB KJ AAH EV FS KVS.