Women and Alport syndrome
Exercise for children with chro ...
It is well known that adults suffering from chronic kidney disease (CKD) experience muscle wasting and excessive fatigue, which results in a reduced ...
Failure to thrive and nephrolit ...
1. Distal (Type I) renal tubular acidosis (RTA). This child had biochemical evidence of hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis with a normal serum anion ...
Hyperammonemia in review: patho ...
Ammonia is an important source of nitrogen and is required for amino acid synthesis. It is also necessary for normal acid-base balance. When present ...
Renal function and kidney lengt ...
Renal injury in early life may lead to hypertension and renal disease in adulthood. In this prospective study, we estimated renal glomerular and tub ...
The demographics and costs of i ...
This study evaluates the impact of vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) on the economy and inpatient healthcare utilization in the USA. A retrospective analy ...
Alpha-tocopherol prevents intra ...
The role of α-tocopherol during nephrogenesis was investigated in rats subjected to maternal undernutrition, which reduces the number of nephrons. α ...
Renal function, renal volume, a ...
Steroids have been used for more than 20 years in preterm infants to induce pulmonary maturity; however, some long-term effects have been reported, ...
Urinary ß2-microglobulin in ver ...
It is important to identify premature infants with prenatal inflammation as it contributes to short- and longterm complications. Our object was to s ...
Iron deficiency in children wit ...
Iron deficiency (ID) contributes to the development of anemia in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The frequency of ID in children with ea ...
The influence of gender and sex ...
It has long been known that the female sex is associated with a better clinical outcome in chronic renal diseases. Although many experimental, clini ...
Hemorrhagic colitis in postdiar ...
Hemorrhagic colitis (HC) is a severe manifestation of the hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). We performed a retrospective analysis of patients with HC ...
Is cellular senescence importan ...
Somatic cellular senescence (SCS) describes the limited ability of cells to divide. Normally, SCS is associated with physiological aging, but eviden ...
A patient with polyuria and hyd ...
A 5-year-old boy was referred for treatment due to a longstanding history of polyuria/polydipsia of more than 3 liters per day and failure-to-thrive ...
A patient with acute urinary re ...
As the mass involved the sacrococcygeal bone and infiltrated the surrounding tissues, parts of the sacrum and coccyx needed to be removed. Histopath ...
Claudins in renal physiology an ...
The tight junction forms the paracellular permeability barrier in all epithelia, including the renal tubule. Claudins are a family of tight junction ...
Glomerular pathology in Alport ...
We have known for some time that mutations in the genes encoding 3 of the 6 type IV collagen chains are the underlying defect responsible for both X ...
Should we consider MMF therapy ...
The management of steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome, especially in patients who have failed to respond to cytotoxic drugs, such as cyclophosphami ...
Parathyroid hormone levels in l ...
Secondary hyperparathyroidism is a common complication of chronic renal failure. Kidney transplantation corrects renal insufficiency and most metabo ...
Comparative clinical outcomes b ...
Published data on the comparative achievement of The Kidney Disease Dialysis Outcome Quality Initative (KDOQI) recommended clinical performance targ ...
Novel developments in thromboti ...
Thrombotic microangiopathies (TMA) represent a spectrum of related disorders associated with newly formed thrombi that block perfusion and thus affe ...
Physiopathology of idiopathic n ...
Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (INS) has been studied for decades in attempt to understand the physiopathological mechanisms explaining the disease. ...
The role of serum myeloid-relat ...
Myeloid-related protein (MRP) 8/14 complex is a marker of monocyte and neutrophil activation. We evaluated whether serum MRP8/14 complex is associat ...
Phenotypic variability of Barde ...
Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a multisystemic developmental disorder diagnosed on the basis of the presence of obesity, retinal defects, polydactyl ...
Microalbuminuria: causes and im ...
Management strategies are increasingly focused on tackling the increasing burden of cardiovascular disease worldwide. Microalbuminuria is a powerful ...
Women and Alport syndrome
X-linked Alport syndrome (XLAS) is caused by mutations in type IV collagen causing sensorineural hearing loss, eye abnormalities, and progressive ki ...