About the Authors

Marjolein Bonthuis

Affiliation European Society for Pediatric Nephrology/European Renal Association - European Dialysis and Transplant Association Registry, Department of Medical Informatics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Karlijn J. van Stralen

k.j.vanstralen@amc.uva.nl

Affiliation European Society for Pediatric Nephrology/European Renal Association - European Dialysis and Transplant Association Registry, Department of Medical Informatics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Enrico Verrina

Affiliation Gaslini Children’s Hospital, Genoa, Italy

Alberto Edefonti

Affiliation Fondazione Ca’ Granda IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy

Elena A. Molchanova

Affiliation Department of Kidney Transplantation, Russian Children’s Clinical Hospital, Moscow, Russia

Anita C. S. Hokken-Koelega

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Subdivision of Endocrinology, Erasmus University Medical Center/Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Franz Schaefer

Affiliation University Children’s Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany

Kitty J. Jager

Affiliation European Society for Pediatric Nephrology/European Renal Association - European Dialysis and Transplant Association 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 KVS EV FS KJ. Performed the experiments: MB KVS. Analyzed the data: MB KVS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MB KVS EV FS KJ. Wrote the paper: MB KVS EV AE EM AH-K FS KJ.