Normalization of Pulmonary Vasc ...
A 3-month-old infant with perimembranous ventricular septal defect (VSD) and pulmonary hypertension presented at our center. Cardiac catheterization ...
Treatment of Plastic Bronchitis ...
This case illustrates the successful use of orthotopic heart transplantation for the treatment of plastic bronchitis in a 6-year-old boy with hypopl ...
Intrapericardial and Retrocardi ...
A 6-year-old girl with type 3 long QT syndrome was safely and successfully implanted with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) system. Pr ...
Different factor H-related prot ...
Sirs, The classification of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) according to the presence of prodromal diarrhea due to infection by Shiga-like toxin-pr ...
Hox genes and kidney developmen ...
The adult mammalian kidney is generated by the differentiation and integration of several distinct cell types, including the nephrogenic mesenchyme, ...
Prevention of large-vessel sten ...
The oldest of three sisters, two of whom are monozygous twins, presenting all with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) associated with a CFH m ...
Taking the pulse of a sick kidn ...
Arterial stiffness is an increasingly recognized independent predictor of cardiovascular morbidity. Vessel volume and wall texture are the main dete ...
World Kidney Day 2011: Protect ...
March 10, 2011, will mark the celebration of the 6th World Kidney Day (WKD), an annual event jointly sponsored by the International Society of Nephr ...
Adverse consequences of acceler ...
Epidemiological and experimental studies show that the risk of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases at adulthood is inversely related to the weight ...
Steroid-resistant acute allogra ...
Steroid-resistant rejection after pediatric renal transplantation forms a rare but severe complication with a guarded prognosis particularly if this ...
Renal artery stenosis: is angio ...
Renovascular hypertension (RVH) is an unusual cause of hypertension in children that is important to diagnose as it is potentially curable with angi ...
Pathogenesis and therapy of foc ...
Focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is an important cause of steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome in adults and children. It is responsibl ...
Formation of Ventricular Aneury ...
A 3-year-old previously healthy girl was admitted with fever, leg pain, and refusal to ambulate after minor leg trauma. Her blood culture results at ...
11th International Workshop in ...
This special issue of Pediatric Nephrology is devoted to manuscripts that demonstrate cutting-edge research in the field of developmental nephrology ...
Pandemic H1N1 influenza A infec ...
Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) is caused by mutations resulting in an exceedingly active alternative complement pathway. While today more ...
Post-streptococcal acute glomer ...
Post-streptococcal acute glomerulonephritis (PSAGN) is one of the most important and intriguing conditions in the discipline of pediatric nephrology ...
Residual renal function assessm ...
Su Jin Kim and coworkers from Korea published an important study on the relationship of residual renal function (RRF) and cystatin in pediatric peri ...
“Virtual Pediatric Renal Grand ...
Sirs, With the availability of the newer web tools in Web 3.0, such as Blogs, Wikis, Twitter and Podcasts, physicians are able to interact and diss ...
Acute kidney injury in childhoo ...
While emerging evidence indicates that the incidence of both acute kidney injury (AKI) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) in children is rising and th ...
The primary cilium in different ...
Primary cilia are specialized organelles consisting of an axoneme anchored to the plasma membrane through the basal body consisting of two centriole ...
Clinical and Molecular Insights ...
Patients with tuberous sclerosis complex are at great risk of developing renal lesions as part of their disease. These lesions include renal cysts a ...
Genetic susceptibility to renal ...
Identifying patients who may develop renal scarring after urinary tract infections (UTI) remains challenging, as clinical determinants explain only ...
Problems with 'focal segme ...
The term 'focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS)' has been applied to many different conditions. All classifications of 'FSGS', including those d ...
Control of mammalian kidney dev ...
The kidney is the most common site of congenital malformations that result in impaired renal function. Yet, the molecular mechanisms that control re ...
Vitamin D, chronic kidney disea ...
It is now about 40 years ago that the mechanism of renal 1-ل-hydroxylation of vitamin D was discovered and characterized. After this seminal observa ...