Vesico-ureteric reflux: using m ...
Vesico-ureteric reflux (VUR) is a common congenital urinary tract defect in which urine flows retrogradely from the bladder to the kidneys because o ...
Pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 200 ...
Sirs, Influenza A virus-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) has been very rarely recognized in children and only five patients have been rep ...
Unexplained hypothermia and bra ...
Sirs, We report remarkable symptoms of Wegener’s granulomatosis (WG), which might occur more often than reported so far. Two patients (13 and 16 ye ...
Single daily high-dose mizoribi ...
Although cyclosporine (CsA) therapy is effective in the management of children with steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome (SDNS), a recent study has ...
En-bloc pediatric kidney transp ...
There is a continuing debate about the techniques of kidney transplantation from small donors because of the high vascular thromboses and ureteric l ...
Nutcracker syndrome manifesting ...
Nutcracker syndrome (NS) refers to compression of the left renal vein between the aorta and the superior mesenteric artery which results in left ren ...
Hydatid disease and tubulointer ...
Hydatid disease of the kidney is rare, particularly in the isolated form, and tubulointerstitial nephritis is an extremely uncommon manifestation of ...
Sotos syndrome, infantile hyper ...
Sotos syndrome is characterized by overgrowth, a typical facial appearance, and learning difficulties. It is caused by heterozygous mutations, inclu ...
The role of proton transporters ...
The planar cell polarity (PCP) pathway polarizes epithelia in the plane of a tissue. It regulates form and function of tissues and manifests itself ...
Atypical hemolytic uremic syndr ...
Sirs, Atypical nonfamilial HUS can be caused by infections, medications, systemic diseases, malignancy, and pregnancy [1]. Infection with influenza ...
Early identification of steroid ...
Sirs, We read with great interest the article titled “Early age at debut is a predictor of steroid-dependent and frequent relapsing nephrotic syndr ...
Autosomal dominant polycystic k ...
Sirs, Nephrotic syndrome (NS) associated with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is observed only occasionally in adults [1, 2], ...
Collapsing glomerulopathy in a ...
Collapsing glomerulopathy has increasingly been recognised in patients with conditions other than HIV. The non-HIV form of collapsing glomerulopathy ...
Pauci-immune crescentic glomeru ...
We read with great interest the article by Jung SK et al. on mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis and IgA deposits in a child with Sjِgren's s ...
A case of psoriasis with ANCA-n ...
Sirs, Renal involvement in psoriasis is rare. However, the term psoriatic nephropathy has been debated several times. Mesangioproliferative glomeru ...
Natural history of adolescent-o ...
Cystinosis is a rare autosomal recessive disease caused by mutations of the CTNS gene in which cystine accumulates throughout the body as a result o ...
Human nephron number: implicati ...
Several studies have shown that total nephron (glomerular) number varies widely in normal human kidneys. Whereas the studies agree that average neph ...
Hemolytic uremic syndrome trigg ...
Sirs, In April 2009, a new strain of human influenza A (H1N1) virus causing human disease was identified. Based on evidence of community transmissi ...
Fatal renal failure caused by C ...
Sirs, With interest we read the “Clinical Quiz” recently published in Pediatric Nephrology in which Talmud et al. [1] reported on severe mushroom p ...
Minimal change disease: a “two- ...
Minimal change disease (MCD) is the most common nephrotic syndrome in children and is commonly thought to be a T-cell disorder mediated by a circula ...
Antithymocyte treatment of ster ...
To evaluate the outcome of early (ER <3 months) and late (LR >3 months) episodes of corticosteroid resistant acute allograft rejection (CRR) treated ...
Pericardial tamponade in a chil ...
Sirs, As pericardial effusion and tamponade is an extremely rare but serious complication of nephrotic syndrome we would like to report on case tha ...
Morphine and hyperkalaemia in a ...
Sirs, We report a 14-year-old boy who presented with a vasoocclusive pain crisis. He had a history of homozygous SS sickle cell disease (SCD). He w ...
Acetyl salicylic acid treatment ...
Sirs, We report a case of Bartter syndrome that was diagnosed in the neonatal period and successfully treated with acetyl salicylic acid. A 30-week ...
Wilms tumor—a renal stem cell m ...
Wilms’ tumor (WT; nephroblastoma) is the most common pediatric renal malignancy and rated fourth in overall incidence among childhood cancers. It is ...