Leuven University Hospital

Department of Pediatric Nephrology
University Hospital Leuven
Herestraat 49. 3000 Leuven, Belgium

The Department

The university hospital of Leuven house the Department of Paediatric Nephrology, which has a tradition of treating children with diverse renal disorders, in particular, congenital nephropathies/tubulopathies, expertise in renal cystic diseases and have a pediatric unit of dialysis and renal transplantation. With the laboratory of Paediatrics and PKD research group, it forms a translational team with expertise in renal physiology/pathology, congenital renal disorders, renal tubular transport and renal cell culture.

Public link: http://www.uzleuven.be/nl/specialisatie/Kindernefrologen

The Team

Detlef Bockenhauer

Paediatric Nephrologist. Head of department

Leuven University Hospital is involved in the following projects of the ESCAPE Network: