Fanconi–Bickel syndrome in a 3- ...
Fanconi–Bickel syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by hepatorenal glycogen accumulation, proximal renal tubular dysfunctio ...
Long-term beneficial effects of ...
Background There are few reports analyzing the effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) and/ or angiotensin receptor blockers (AR ...
Successful therapy with tonsill ...
Henoch–Scho¨nlein purpura (HSP) is a systemic disorder characterized by leukocytoclastic vasculitis involving the capillaries and the deposition of ...
Rituximab and minimal change ne ...
Minimal change nephrotic syndrome (MCNS) usually responds to steroids but frequently relapses, requiring additional treatment with immunosuppressive ...
Anaerobic clavicular osteomyeli ...
Patients on dialysis are immunocompromised and are therefore susceptible to both common and unusual infectious complications. These infections are o ...
A case of MPO-ANCA-positive pol ...
In December 2008, a 69-year-old Japanese woman was admitted to the Department of Otorhinolaryngology because of hearing impairment due to bilateral ...
Roles of organic anion/cation t ...
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) and blood– cerebrospinal fluid barrier (BCSFB) play key roles in the influx and efflux transport of endogenous substra ...
Evidence-based statin prescript ...
Dyslipidemia is a well-known risk factor for cardiovascular disease in the general population, and the cardioprotective role of statins is well esta ...
Protective effect of beta-gluca ...
Background It has been shown that beta-glucan (BG), which has antioxidant and immunomodulatory effects, attenuats renal ischemia–reperfusion injury. ...
A rare case of reversible acqui ...
Lymphatic filariasis is a major health problem in India with a large number of patients tending to be asymptomatic. In the Southeast and South Asian ...
Progressive renal failure despi ...
A 37-year-old Japanese man affected by Fabry disease secondary to a novel mutation of Leu311Arg (L311R) in a-galactosidase demonstrated progressive ...
Measurements of serum cystatin ...
Background In our clinical experience, cystatin C (CysC) concentrations are not as high as expected in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) an ...
Age, gender, and body length ef ...
Background Enzymatic methods have recently been used to measure creatinine (Cr) instead of the Jaffe method. Therefore, it is necessary to determine ...
Acquired resistance to rechalle ...
Background Rats that recovered from mild proximal tubule (PT) injury without renal dysfunction by subtoxic insult, developed partial resistance to s ...
Kidney function, albuminuria an ...
Background Mortality and renal or cardiovascular prognosis in living kidney donors (LKDs) has been reported to be as same as the general population; ...
Obesity and chronic kidney dise ...
Background Obesity and decreased kidney function have been shown to be prevalent in Western patients with heart failure; however, whether this pheno ...
Predictors of acute kidney inju ...
Objective To investigate the incidence, implicating factors and outcome of acute kidney injury (AKI) after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) in patients ...
Anti-glomerular basement membra ...
Background Anti-glomerular basement membrane (anti- GBM) disease is thought to be distinct from vasculitis. In contrast, there have been several pap ...
Role of chronic kidney disease ...
The incidence and prevalence of chronic dialysis patients in Japan is increasing linearly and is currently as high as 300 and 2300 per million popul ...
A patient undergoing chronic di ...
A 62-year-old female dialysis patient with chronic glomerulonephritis had been receiving hemodialysis therapy for 32 years. In 1985 she underwent a ...
Morphological and functional an ...
Renal dysplasia associated with urinary tract obstruction comprises two distinct phenotypes, i.e., multicystic dysplastic kidney (MCDK) and obstruct ...
Population pharmacokinetics of ...
Background The aim of the present study was to estimate the population pharmacokinetic parameters of mizoribine in adult recipients of renal transpl ...
Japan Renal Biopsy Registry: th ...
Background The Committee for the Standardization of Renal Pathological Diagnosis and the Working Group for Renal Biopsy Database of the Japanese Soc ...
Renal failure caused by plasma ...
We report on a case of severe renal failure in a 61-year-old female with multiple myeloma (MM). Two months prior to admission, the patient was diagn ...
A novel compound heterozygous R ...
Bartter syndrome (BS) is a rare renal tubular disorder presenting with hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis, which is classified into five types. KCNJ1 m ...