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Given the academic spirit of Colombia Médica, let us make some comments on the article «Unilateral renal agenesis: case review of ambulatory pediatric nephrology clinics in Cali, by Dr. Consuelo Restrepo de Rovetto et al. As for the assertion «There are no national or local statistics in Colombia to know the frequency, clinical aspects and complications of this anomaly» even when it is true that in our country there is little information on the epidemiological behavior of this type of pathology, we have found in the literature two articles: one published by Zarante et al. in Biomédica in 2010 (published online since 01.09.09), which mentions a prevalence of unilateral renal agenesis of 0.94 per 10,000, in the evaluation of 52,744 births in four Colombian cities. Another article published by García et al. in the same journal in 2003, reported a prevalence of unilateral agenesis or kidney dysplasia of 1.76 per 10,000 births in the evaluation of 5686 births in Bogotá.

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Vol. 41 Núm.2. Abril-Junio 2010 Pags. 194-195. Colomb Med 2010; 41(2)