Risk of macrovascular disease s ...
Background Although a high prevalence of macrovascular disease (MVD) has been reported in patients with stage 3 chronic kidney disease (CKD), few st ...
Elevated serum levels of interl ...
Background Interleukin-18 (IL-18), a pro-inflammatory cytokine, is a predictor of cardiovascular and renal disease in diabetic patients. Postprandia ...
Primed monocytes: putative culp ...
Background End-stage renal disease patients are known to be in a state of chronic low-grade inflammation and to have high infection-related morbidit ...
The association of plasma prore ...
Background Circulating prorenin contributes to the pathogenesis of tissue damage leading to cardiovascular disease (CVD) in hypertension and diabeti ...
Effects of renal dysfunction on ...
Background This study investigated the relation between renal dysfunction and cardiovascular events in patients from the Challenge-DM Study (a large ...
Usefulness of 3-month protocol ...
Background Theoretically, an early protocol biopsy (PB) serves to detect subclinical rejection (SCR), allowing early treatment and prevention of acu ...
Environmental factors influenci ...
Background There have been few investigations into the effects of environmental factors on the outcome of end-stage renal disease. Methods We inves ...
Methylprednisolone pulse therap ...
Background The long-term prognosis of immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) is reportedly poor. In Japan, tonsillectomy-steroid pulse therapy has freq ...
A case of atypical hemolytic ur ...
9-year-old boy with pallor and macrohematuria showed hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia and renal failure. There was no history of diarrhea and the ...
Nephrotic syndrome developing d ...
This report is the first to document minimal change nephrotic syndrome occurring during induction chemotherapy for childhood acute lymphoblastic leu ...
Renoprotective effects of clari ...
Background Recent studies have shown the involvement of microinflammation in the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy. We previously demonstrated th ...
Children with posterior reversi ...
Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a reversible, predominantly posterior, leukoencephalopathy associated with renal insufficienc ...
A case of femoral hemorrhage in ...
We present the case of a 67-year-old female with femoral hemorrhage accompanied by microscopic polyangiitis. She was admitted to our hospital with sym ...
Membranoproliferative pattern o ...
Background Arg95Stop mutation of exon 4 in complement component 9 (C9) gene is common in individuals in Japan with C9 deficiency (C9D); however, und ...
An autopsy-proven case of myelo ...
An 80-year-old woman positive for myeloperoxidase- antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (MPOANCA) was admitted with a 3-month history of fever, gene ...
A Japanese case of proteinase 3 ...
A 74-year-old male without recent medical treatment visited our hospital complaining of fever and lack of appetite. Upon examination severe azotemia ...
Association between plasma homo ...
Background Microalbuminuria and plasma homocysteine levels are both considered to be markers of endothelial dysfunction and shown to be predictors o ...
Doubling of serum creatinine: i ...
Background The evaluation of the progression of renal insufficiency, or decline in glomerular filtration rate (GFR), has been approached more simply ...
Clinical improvement of membran ...
A-52-year-old man presented to our hospital with nephrotic syndrome caused by membranous nephropathy. Early gastric adenocarcinoma confined to the s ...
Corticosteroid treatment of kid ...
Familial lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) deficiency (FLD) is a rare genetic disorder of lipid metabolism, characterised by low plasma HD ...
Hereditary renal tubular disord ...
Background The Turkish Renal Tubular Disorders Working Group aimed to form a patient registry database and gathered demographic, clinical, and labor ...
Steroid treatment in patients w ...
Although the clinical benefits of antiviral treatment in the management of membranous nephropathy (MN) in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (H ...
A case of slowly progressive sc ...
A rapidly progressive renal deterioration accompanied by acute-onset/uncontrolled hypertension characterizes scleroderma renal crisis (SRC), a life- ...
Resistive index predicts renal ...
Background While the clinical validity of Doppler ultrasonography in chronic kidney disease (CKD) is still controversial, we have shown in a 2-year ...
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage in ...
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) is a rare but fatal complication in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We describe a case of a 74-y ...