Development of uveitis during s ...
Sirs, We read with interest the article of Jahnukainen and colleagues [1] who presented 26 patients with tubulointerstitial nephritis. Twelve patie ...
Children with chronic kidney di ...
Dear Editor, In most developing countries, and in some developed countries such as the United States, the inability to access health care due to a ...
Suggested revision of the Natio ...
In 2007, the updated 4th report of the National High Blood Pressure Education Program was published [1] (http://www. nhlbi.nih.gov/health/prof/heart ...
Renal failure induced by Cortin ...
Sirs, We thank Dr Kirchmair and Dr Pِder for their comment [1]. An unfortunate error was made concerning the picture shown in our Clinical Quiz [2] ...
Hemolytic uremic syndrome assoc ...
Sirs, During 2009, a pandemic influenza A H1N1 virus emerged end spread all over the world [1]. Renal involvement in influenza A virus infection is ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Collapsing glomerulopathy in a ...
Collapsing glomerulopathy has increasingly been recognised in patients with conditions other than HIV. The non-HIV form of collapsing glomerulopathy ...
Autosomal dominant polycystic k ...
Sirs, Nephrotic syndrome (NS) associated with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is observed only occasionally in adults [1, 2], ...
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 ...
Atypical hemolytic uremic syndr ...
Sirs, Atypical nonfamilial HUS can be caused by infections, medications, systemic diseases, malignancy, and pregnancy [1]. Infection with influenza ...
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 ...
Sotos syndrome, infantile hyper ...
Sotos syndrome is characterized by overgrowth, a typical facial appearance, and learning difficulties. It is caused by heterozygous mutations, inclu ...
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 ...
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 ...