Inferior vena caval compression by hepatic cysts: an unusual complication of adult polycystic kidney disease.

abstract：:A case of isolated ACTH deficiency with hyporeninemic hypoaldosteronism, presenting severe hyponatremia, is described. A 57-year-old man complaining of nausea, vomiting and fatigability was admitted to our hospital because of hyponatremia (114 mEq/I). The low levels of serum cortisol and urinary 17-OHCS suggested gluc...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Okada K,Takahashi S

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HCV is seen as an emergent problem in Dialysis Units; in fact, the patients of these centers are at high risk for blood-transmitted infections, through coming microepidemies. For this reason and using the same method, we have studied the prevalence of anti-HCV and virus-derived hepatitis in a dialytic population of 10...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Scotto G,Savastano AM,Forcella M,Tantimonaco G,Amato G,Salatino G,Pappani A,Stella I

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytoprotective effect of ulinastatin was studied in LLC-PK1 cells treated with antimycin A, gentamicin, or cisplatin. All of the three agents induced a concentration-dependent increase in the release of lactate dehydrogenase and a decrease in the amount of remaining protein. In the cell injury models treated with ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Ishibashi M,Yamasaki F,Nakakuki M,Shinkawa T,Mizota M

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue fluid and plasma oncotic pressure levels were measured in an unselected group of 13 patients presenting with congestive heart failure. Patients had a mean serum albumin of 3.6 g/dl +/- (SD) 0.35; serum oncotic pressure was 22.23 +/- 1.8 mm Hg; tissue fluid (lower leg) oncotic pressure was 0.985 +/- 0.34 mm Hg. ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Kwan T,Pintea M,Garcia Morino F,Preston RR,Li J,Caruso C,Berlyne SD,Berlyne GM

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Fatigue is a common symptom in patients receiving hemodialysis (HD) and is generally associated with anemia. However, it can be difficult to resolve, even when anemia has been treated using erythropoiesis-stimulating agents and iron replacement therapy. In the present study, we examined the associations...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Yamasaki A,Yoda K,Koyama H,Yamada S,Tsujimoto Y,Okuno S,Okada S,Inaba M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pericardial drainage via percutaneous catheter placement and local nonabsorbable steroid instillation was employed as definitive therapy for uremic patients who had intractable pericardial effusions. Twelve patients are reported. Prior daily dialysis, and in one case systemic steroids, were not curative. 11 of 12 case...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Buselmeier TJ,Simmons RL,Najarian JS,Mauer SM,Matas AJ,Kjellstrand CM

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between markers of tubular function, markers of glycaemic control and erythrocyte sodium-lithium countertransport activity (SLC) in 40 normotensive, normoalbuminuric insulin-dependent diabetic (IDDM) subjects and 11 normal control subjects. Nine IDDM subjects had SL...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Catalano C,Winocour PH,Parlongo S,Gibb I,Gillespie S,Alberti KG

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The glomerular mesangium is an important site of activity in patients with heroin addiction. We studied the effect of morphine, a metabolite of heroin, on the mesangial immunoglobulin G aggregate uptake in a model of specific mesangial cell injury. Isolated specific mesangial cell injury was developed in Lewis rats by...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Singhal PC,Pan CQ,Sagar S,Valderrama E,Stahl RA

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A four-year-old male with steroid refractory nephrotic syndrome was found to have diffuse deposition of alpha 2-macroglobulin (alpha 2M) in the glomeruli which showed diffuse mesangial proliferation and partial hyalinization by light microscopy. Camostat mesylate, a commercially available synthetic proteinase inhibito...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Asami T,Ohsawa S,Tomisawa S,Hashimoto K,Toyabe S,Sakai K

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Enamel-renal syndrome is characterized by nephrocalcinosis, enamel defects, gingival hyperplasia and eruption failures. It has been recently identified that recessive mutations in the FAM20A gene result in amelogenesis imperfecta (AI)-gingival fibromatosis. The aim of this research to determine whether ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Koruyucu M,Seymen F,Gencay G,Gencay K,Tuna EB,Shin TJ,Hyun HK,Kim YJ,Kim JW

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The effect of oral adsorbent, AST-120, on the experimental renal disease induced by adriamycin, uninephrectomy and high protein diet proposed as a model of acquired cystic disease of the kidney was investigated. METHODS:3 mg of adriamycin was injected into the tail vein of rats and 4 weeks later right-side nephre...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Ishikawa I,Araya M,Hayama T,Sugano M,Yamato H,Ise M

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypokalemia and potassium depletion are frequent complications of amphotericin B therapy. Both ischemic and gentamicin-induced renal failure is potentiated by potassium depletion; it is, therefore, possible that amphotericin B nephrotoxicity is similarly influenced. This study evaluated whether the acute nephrotoxic r...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Bernardo JF,Murakami S,Branch RA,Sabra R

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Wistar rats V-U reflux with distilled water and sterile saline of varying osmolar strength produces scars in the perihilar region of the kidneys in 80% of animals. Using Indian ink as a marker, rupture of the forniceal epithelium regularly followed V-U reflux. Intrapelvic pressure rose to 120 mm Hg during the reflu...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Morgan M,Asscher AW,Moffat DB

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 1,026 patients undergoing haemodialysis as the only chronic treatment were studied in all the dialysis units of the Veneto region, Italy. Aluminium was determined in water, dialysis fluids, and patients' serum. Aluminium mean concentration was 9.1 micrograms/l in tap water and 13.3 and 15.7 micrograms/l in ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Piccoli A,Andriani M,Mattiello G,Nordio M,Modena F,Dalla Rosa C

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A reduction in the serum urate concentration in hyperuricemic subjects can be achieved by increasing the renal excretion of uric acid, by inhibiting its synthesis, or by a combination of both modalities. The three most commonly used hypouricemic drugs are probenecid, sulfinpyrazone and allopurinol. Each drug has been ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Kelley WN

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of treatment with 1 alpha-hydroxycholecalciferol (1 alpha-OH-D3) and different diets on uremic arterial disease was studied. Three groups of rabbits with chronic renal failure (CRF) were kept on three diets with a low, medium or high content of calcium and phosphate. Half the rabbits in each group were trea...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Tvedegaard E,Ladefoged O,Nielsen M,Kamstrup O

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of visceral leishmaniasis in a 38-year-old renal transplant recipient living in an endemic country. Antimonial derivatives induced a rapid remission. A review of the literature disclosed 8 cases of this association with a fatal fulminant outcome in 5 cases. We suggest that the specific immunosuppressi...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Moulin B,Ollier J,Bouchouareb D,Purgus R,Olmer M

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two observers, unaware of each other's findings and of the diagnosis, examined red cells in the urine of 109 patients by phase-contrast microscopy. All specimens were examined uncentrifuged by inverted microscopy, and 48 of the 109 were also examined under a light microscope after centrifugation. We were unable to con...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Venkat Raman G,Pead L,Lee HA,Maskell R

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urate deposits within microtophi were found in 8% of unselected autopsies in Brisbane, Australia. Significant association were demonstrated with (a) a history of gouty arthritis and (b) the existence of nitrogen retention and renal disease of apparently primary, but not gouty, origin. However, in 26% of the patients, ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Linnane JW,Burry AF,Emmerson BT

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported that hyperoxalemia can be aggravated by vitamin C supplementation in regular hemodialysis patients. The present study was undertaken to examine the validity of this observation in an experimental setting. Fifty five-sixths nephrectomized rats were divided into two groups: 30 rats were allow...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Ono K,Ono H,Ono T,Kikawa K,Oh Y

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet-activating factor (PAF) belongs to a new class of lipid chemical inflammatory mediators described as acetyl glyceryl ether phosphorylcholine. Although PAF has been implicated in kidney injury, its role in renal immune injury has not been clearly defined yet. We studied the levels of PAF in the plasma and urin...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Iatrou C,Moustakas G,Antonopoulou S,Demopoulos CA,Ziroyiannis P

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Cardiac surgery-associated severe acute kidney injury (SAKI) is associated with high mortality and poor quality of life. A prognostic score for SAKI may enable prevention of complications. METHODS:This observational study of 2,552 patients undergoing cardiac surgery from January 2006 to December 2011 i...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Che M,Wang X,Liu S,Xie B,Xue S,Yan Y,Zhu M,Lu R,Qian J,Ni Z,Zhang W,Wang B

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acute renal hemodynamic changes during induction of passive Heymann nephritis (PHN) may be of importance for the understanding of the pathogenesis of this model. We studied the renal blood flow (RBF) and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) during and after infusion of anti-FxlA into the left renal artery of rats for ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Sekse I,Iversen BM,Matre R,Ofstad J

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Spanish brush goat (Capra hiricus) was studied as an animal model for the anephric state. This rugged animal has a hardy appetite and offers ready blood access for dialysis and sampling. BUN, plasma creatinine and potassium could be brought to normal values by daily hemodialysis. Continual weight loss, severe anem...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Bower JD,Holbert RD,Pearson JE,Jones Q,Bengis R,Berndt WO

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forced migration is on the rise, mainly from the Middle East to western countries, resulting in unprecedented moral, political, and economic challenges for both refugees and host communities. Recent research showed that refugees represent around 1.5% of the dialysis population in several European and Middle Eastern co...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Sekkarie MA,Abdel-Rahman EM

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the patterns of renal images and the diagnostic value as a screening test of the whole-body bone and renal scintigraphy with technetium-99m-methylene diphosphonate (99mTc-MDP) or -pyrophosphate (99mTc-PYP), we performed bone scintigraphy in 6 patients with acute renal failure (ARF) with severe loin pain an...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Han JS,Kim YG,Kim S,Lee MC,Lee JS,Kim SH

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In kidney allografts, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) has been described as recurrent, de novo, or a histological variant of chronic transplant glomerulopathy. We describe a unique case of de novo FSGS in a renal transplant not accompanied by any feature of rejection in a patient who had not been immunosuppr...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Trimarchi HM,Gonzalez JM,Truong LD,Brennan TS,Barrios R,Suki WN

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether there are early renal function parameters (RFP) which can be monitored to rapidly detect nephrotoxicity induced by contrast media (CM), we observed RFP in 16 patients with normal renal function before and after administration of CM. Forty-eight hours after diatrizoate meglumine administration, blo...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Duan SB,Wu HW,Luo JA,Liu FY

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic cyclosporine nephrotoxicity is characterized morphologically by cortical interstitial fibrosis. The most important collagens involved in renal fibrosis are collagen types I and III. In order to estimate the synthesis of type III and type I collagens, we analyzed serum levels of the amino-terminal propeptide of...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Heickendorff L,Frost L,Madsen JK,Pedersen EB

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:Our previous study with prevalent cases suggested that some genetic, immunological and lifestyle-related factors increased the risk of immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN). To confirm this hypothesis, we conducted another case-control study. METHODS:The study included 116 incident cases and 276 sex-, age...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Wakai K,Nakai S,Matsuo S,Kawamura T,Hotta N,Maeda K,Ohno Y,Research Group on IgA Nephropathy.

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00