Fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis in renal transplant recipient with CMV infection: a case report.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the relationship between the expression of E-cadherin (E-CD) and tumor recurrence and progression in patients with high-grade stage T1 urothelial carcinoma of bladder. METHODS:Fifty-two patients who had primary high-grade stage T1 urothelial carcinoma were enrolled to the study. The pathologic sp...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Erdemir F,Ozcan F,Kilicaslan I,Parlaktas BS,Uluocak N,Gokce O

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intravesical prostatic protrusion (IPP) is a type of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) adenoma, and it plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of bladder outlet obstruction in patients with lower urinary tract syndromes (LUTS/BPH). AIMS:The goal of this study was to investigate the effect of a combinatio...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Liu Q,Zhu Y,Liu J,Qi J,Kang J

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In developing countries, renal transplantation is offered to young end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients, while the older ones face limitations due to higher mortality risk. We retrospectively analyzed 225 patients who underwent renal transplantation from living donors, aged 40-60 years (Group A) and >60 years (Grou...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Mohamed Ali AA,Abraham G,Khanna P,Reddy YN,Mehrotra A,Mathew M,Sundararaj S,Jasmine R

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We are presenting a 68-year-old female patient who was diagnosed to have a complete ureteral duplication and adenocarcinoma in the ureter which drained the upper moiety of the right kidney. ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Unsal A,Cimentepe E,Koc A,Akbulut Z,Balbay MD

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The advent of new diagnostic procedures has made it possible for urologists to detect chlamydial presence in genital infections. Many studies have shown chlamydial association with urethritis. However, its presence in prostatitis and epididymitis has not been clearly defined yet. In this study we investigated the pres...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Tekgül S,Aktepe O,Sahin A,Ergen A,Remzi D

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Estimation of the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is required in the assessment of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) in order to provide information regarding the functional status of the kidneys. Current guidelines advocate the use of prediction equations, such as the Cockcroft-Gault (CG) formula ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Agaba EI,Wigwe CM,Agaba PA,Tzamaloukas AH

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphocyte suppressive activity after stimulation with Con A and lymphocyte function as the effectors in the ADCC test had been examined in 68 patients with chronic glomerulonephritis (GN) and in 20 healthy controls. Lymphocyte suppressive activity was lower in patients with chronic GN than in the healthy individuals....

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Szewczyk Z,Klinger M,Kopec W,Penar J,Kruźel E

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relying on their own observations, the authors describe nine patients in whom Fraley's syndrome was diagnosed and treated operatively. In six of them, calycopyeloneostomy was performed. In three of the patients, because of complications, the upper pole of the kidney was excised together with the changed calyx. In nonc...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Fryczkowski M,Zaluczkowski K,Kobierska-Szczepaánska A,Rawski W

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is controversial whether chromophobe renal cell carcinoma (chRCC) or clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is associated with better survival. We conducted a clinical-based cohort study and meta-analysis to evaluate the prognostic role of histology between chRCC and ccRCC. METHODS:A cohort of 1540 pati...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Jiang HM,Wei JH,Zhang ZL,Fang Y,Zhou BF,Chen ZH,Lu J,Liao B,Zhou FJ,Luo JH,Chen W

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study examined whether the laser-capture microdissection (LCM) method can achieve separation of urothelial cells from detrusor cells or superficial urothelial cells from intermediate/basal urothelial cells, using α-smooth muscle actin (SMA) and cytokeratin 20 (CK20). In addition, we investigated the change...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Sugino Y,O'Malley KJ,Wang Z,Tyagi P,Birder LA,Ogawa O,Yoshimura N

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The reported association between individual indicators of socioeconomic status (SES) and mortality in dialysis patients was inconsistent in previous studies. We performed a meta-analysis to identify the association between SES and mortality of dialysis population. METHODS:The meta-analysis was conducted in ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Tao S,Zeng X,Liu J,Fu P

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal arterial embolization and subsequent nephrectomy or nephrectomy alone were performed in 34 patients with renal cell carcinoma. Renal arterial embolization caused a blood pressure elevation concomitant with an increase in plasma renin activity (PRA), urinary aldosterone excretion or urinary prostaglandin (PGE2) e...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Nakada T,Koike H,Katayama T

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Comorbidity has a significant impact on the health status and treatment outcome of a patient. The Charlson comorbidity index (CCI) is a frequently used scoring system, which evaluates the prognosis based on the patient's comorbid conditions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of CCI in predict...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Yalin SF,Bakir A,Trabulus S,Seyahi N,Altiparmak MR

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Bone metabolism disorder is often associated with cardiovascular calcification in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Sclerostin, a novel candidate protein, has been identified to be involved in the bone-vascular axis. The aims of the current investigation were to assess vessel sclerostin expression and...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Zhou H,Yang M,Li M,Cui L

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Authors measured the thickness of the basement membranes of the proximal and distal tubuli in the renal cortex in 20 patients with verified diabetes mellitus. The test group consisted of 20 patients with small abnormalities of glomeruli (or in the range of variable norm), of the same sex and comparable age. Measuremen...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Danis D,Nyitrayová O,Slugen I,Kovác A,Nyulassy S,Orban A

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Our aim was to compare the different characteristics and outcomes of the Amplatz sheaths and single-step metallic dilators which were used for mini-PCNL procedure in a single institution. METHODS:Retrospective medical records of 236 patients who underwent mini-PCNL were reviewed and divided into Amplatz (n = 1...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Arslan B,Akbulut MF,Onuk O,Küçüktopçu O,Çilesiz NC,Ozkan A,Yazıcı G

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have documented the data of squamous metaplasia of the bladder in 14 patients who had undergone cystoscopies for different reasons. In two biopsies, there were marked keratinization and cellular atypia. One of these two subjects was diagnosed as squamous carcinoma of the prostate and transitional cell carcinoma of ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Ozbey I,Aksoy Y,Polat O,Biçgi O,Demirel A

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Progression of the cell cycle is regulated by the interactions of cyclins, cyclin dependent kinases (CDKs) and CDK inhibitors (CDKIs). p27 is a member of the universal cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor family. The level of p27 protein expression decreases during tumor development and progression in some epit...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Doganay L,Altaner S,Bilgi S,Kaya E,Ekuklu G,Kutlu K

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute kidney injury (AKI) secondary to acute tubular necrosis (ATN) is common in critically ill patients, and causes significant morbidity and mortality. The underlying etiology of ATN can be divided into pure ischemic, pure nephrotoxic, and mixed causes. This post-hoc analysis of a prospective cohort study ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Schiffl H,Fischer R

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) is an adverse consequence of contrast media use that results in significant morbidity and mortality and adds significant costs to diagnostic and interventional cardiology procedures. Various pathophysiological mechanisms have been proposed for CIN and various agents have be...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Firouzi A,Eshraghi A,Shakerian F,Sanati HR,Salehi N,Zahedmehr A,Kiani R,Madani M,Pedarzadeh A

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:General and spinal anesthesia are currently in widespread use during transurethral bladder tumor resection. However, local anesthetic methods are claimed to provide sufficient intra-operative analgesia and satisfactory post-operative pain management. We evaluated whether local levobupivacaine infiltration of...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Stravodimos KG,Mitropoulos D,Salvari A,Lampadariou A,Kapetanakis T,Zervas A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Fungal peritonitis is a rare but serious complication in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD). We aimed to analyze the predisposing factors, clinical aspects, etiological agents, and treatment of fungal peritonitis in patients with PD in our hospital. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The data of all pat...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Unal A,Kocyigit I,Sipahioglu MH,Tokgoz B,Oymak O,Utas C

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To share our 7-year experiences of a safe and effective method for tract creation in percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL). METHODS:A total of 143 patients had received this kind of method for renal stone disease at our institute from May 2010 to December 2016. Finally, 130 patients with complete data were inclu...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Chang YL,Chiang PH

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of a modified technique for peritoneal dialysis catheter placement in the right lower quadrant with respect to catheter tip migration. METHODS:This retrospective study included 237 patients with end-stage renal disease who underwent implantation of a two-cuff...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Lan L,Jiang J,Wang P,Ren W,Hu Z

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact of magnesium (Mg) on the evolution of arterial calcifications in hemodialysis patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Seventy-two stable hemodialysis patients were randomly allocated to two groups: 36 administered a regimen containing magnesium carbonate plus calcium a...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Tzanakis IP,Stamataki EE,Papadaki AN,Giannakis N,Damianakis NE,Oreopoulos DG

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum concentrations of carboxyterminal propeptide of type I procollagen (PICP) and carboxyterminal parathyroid hormone (C-PTH) were measured in 33 haemodialysis patients. Serum levels of PICP and C-PTH in the haemodialysis group were significantly higher than those in the controls. Although there was no correlation b...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Sawamura T,Sasagawa I,Kubota Y,Ishigooka M,Nakada T,Adachi M,Yamaguchi T

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deoxyribonuclease (DNase) activity and metal ion concentrations in lymphocytes of patients with chronic renal failure and in healthy controls were studied. The data suggest that T and B lymphocyte nuclei of patients with renal failure show increased DNase activity when compared to their healthy counterparts. It is sug...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Adamiec R,Szewczyk Z,Szopa J

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hemodynamic response to ephedrine sulphate were studied in a patient on maintenance hemodialysis therapy with chronic renal failure due to renal amyloidosis. The evaluation (including cardiac catheterization studies) and estimation of responses to Valsalva maneuvers before and after ephedrine administration docume...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Hirszel P,Martin RH,Mizell MW,Nolph KD

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty patients in Stages I and II of benign prostatic hyperplasia were treated with Peponen capsule. Out of them 26 took the drug for 10 months, 22 for at least 7, and 12 for at least 4 months. The daily dosage was 3 x 2 capsules in the first month and 3 x 1 capsule for the rest of the time. On the ground of urodynami...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Hamvas A,Corradi G,Hegedüs M,Frang D

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is widely used as a marker of inflammation and an indicator of cardiovascular outcomes in patients with coronary artery disease. However, its prognostic value in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients is still unknown. METHODS:We studied 138 newly started PD patients and 60 h...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： An X,Mao HP,Wei X,Chen JH,Yang X,Li ZB,Yu XQ,Li ZJ

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00