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abstract：:Although systemic hypertension is a common clinical condition, hypertensive emergencies are distinctly unusual in clinical practice. There are some situations, however, that qualify as hypertensive emergencies or urgencies. It is important, therefore, to diagnose these conditions because immediate treatment of severe ...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Fenves AZ,Ram CV

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compared with Caucasians, African Americans have lower circulating concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D), the major storage form of vitamin D, leading to the widespread assumption that African Americans are at higher risk of vitamin D deficiency. However, the finding that African Americans maintain better in...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Saxena N,Gutiérrez OM

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is a systemic autoimmune disorder characterized by a combination of arterial and/or venous thrombosis, pregnancy morbidity, and the persistent presence of circulating antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL). APS has been described as primary APS when it occurs in the absence of any featur...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Sciascia S,Baldovino S,Schreiber K,Solfietti L,Roccatello D

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood pressure increases with age in all US population groups that have been studies, but does so faster in African Americans. Evidence from extensive microscopic renal vascular studies at autopsy supports the view that blood pressure increases with age because of progressive fibroplasia of renal interlobular arteries...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Tracy RE

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between increased uric acid (UA) levels and cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been observed and studied for many decades. The value of UA as an independent factor within the metabolic risk profile for prediction of CVD in the normal population remains an issue of ongoing discussion. In turn, increasing ...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Doehner W,Landmesser U

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure is a critically important aspect to consider in the study and management of drug-induced kidney injury. Although blood concentrations of kidney toxicants often may provide a valid surrogate measure of kidney exposure, the kidney has several unique physiological and biochemical properties that lend themselves ...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Li Z,Fisher C,Gardner I,Ghosh A,Litchfield J,Maurer TS

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Red cell production in chronic kidney disease is usually too low to maintain a normal haemoglobin, and thus anaemia develops in a large proportion of patients. The ability to stimulate erythropoiesis in the bone marrow by the use of therapeutic agents has only been possible in the last 20 years, initially with recombi...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Macdougall IC

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human nuclear genome consists of approximately 3 billion nucleotides. Human beings are 99% similar in DNA sequence to each other, but natural genetic variation in approximately 1% of the DNA sequence is responsible for interindividual differences, including determining who will develop disease and who will remain ...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Iyengar SK,Adler SG

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophages have long been regarded as classic mediators of innate immunity because of their production of proinflammatory cytokines and their ability to induce apoptotic cell death. As a result of such activities and the detrimental long-term effect of kidney inflammation, macrophages principally have been regarded a...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Williams TM,Little MH,Ricardo SD

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early diagnosis of acute kidney injury (AKI) is an important step to improve AKI outcome. In Asia, several distinct conditions of this region such as environment (tropical climate), socioeconomic status (high-resource and low-resource settings), process of care (shortage of nephrologists), exposure factors (specific t...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Srisawat N,Lumlertgul N,Kulvichit W,Thamrongsat N,Peerapornratana S,Eiam-Ong S,Tungsanga K

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Premature menopause defined as secondary amenorrhea is common in women with kidney disease. Moreover, the aging population has resulted in increasing numbers of postmenopausal women with kidney disease. Though the pathophysiology is poorly understood, kidney transplantation and more frequent hemodialysis can restore m...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Ahmed SB

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kidney function declines with age in association with the development of age-associated glomerulosclerosis. The well-established structural and functional changes with age are reviewed briefly. The modification of aging pathology by calorie restriction is discussed. The role of the podocyte as a critical cell in the a...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Wiggins J

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy is a ubiquitous intracellular catabolic process that contributes to homeostatic maintenance and regulates the balance between health and disease. Emerging evidence from both the immunology and renal literature suggests that important relationships exist between the immune system and renal autophagy that may ...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Leventhal JS,He JC,Ross MJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebrovascular disease and stroke are very common at all stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD), likely representing both shared risk factors as well as synergy among risk factors. More subtle ischemic brain lesions may be particularly common in the CKD population, with subtle manifestations including cognitive impai...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Dad T,Weiner DE

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Membranous nephropathy (MN), the most common cause of adult-onset nephrotic syndrome (NS) in Caucasians, is associated commonly with the secondary complications of hyperlipidemia and hypercoagulability. These may increase the risk for cardiovascular disease, alter the rate of progression of renal disease, and raise th...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Nickolas TL,Radhakrishnan J,Appel GB

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Worldwide, more than 250,000 individuals who have received a liver, heart, lung, or intestinal transplant are living longer. Twenty percent to 25% of these recipients experience perioperative acute renal failure, with 10% to 15% requiring renal replacement therapy. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is also highly prevalent...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Ojo AO

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective monitoring of chronic hemodialysis patients treated with recombinant human erythropoietin (r-HuEPO; EPOGEN [epoetin alfa], AMGEN Inc, Thousand Oaks, CA) includes an initial evaluation of the patient, the patient's anemia, and the patient's iron stores. Assessment of iron stores includes obtaining hematocrit ...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Ogden DA

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In humans, idiopathic hypercalciuria is associated with stone formation. To study the mechanisms that are responsible for the excess urine calcium excretion in ways that are difficult to impossible in humans, we have developed a rat model of idiopathic hypercalciuria. Hypercalciuric rats were successively inbred for m...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Bushinsky DA

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A complex pathophysiology, cardio-renal syndrome (CRS), has been redefined in recent years. One subtype is acute renocardiac CRS, or CRS type 3. This syndrome is intended to comprise situations in which acute kidney injury (AKI) results in acute cardiac injury or dysfunction. The pathophysiology of CRS type 3 is not w...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Chuasuwan A,Kellum JA

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic kidney disease-mineral and bone disorder (CKD-MBD) is characterized by bone abnormalities, vascular calcification, and an array of laboratory abnormalities. The latter classically include disturbances in the parathyroid hormone/vitamin D axis. More recently, fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) and klotho also ...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Evenepoel P,Rodriguez M,Ketteler M

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The renal biopsy provides critical diagnostic and prognostic information to clinicians including cases of acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease, and allograft dysfunction. Today, biopsy specimens are read using a combination of light microscopy, electron microscopy, and indirect immunofluorescence, with a limite...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Malone AF,Wu H,Humphreys BD

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is increasing in incidence and one third of newly diagnosed cases already are metastatic. The metastatic spread of solid tumors renders RCC incurable by surgical resection and consequently more difficult to treat. New molecular-targeted therapies have played a pivotal role in RCC treatment. ...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Yang DC,Chen CH

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Necrosis is the predominant form of regulated cell death in acute kidney injury (AKI) and represents results in the formation of casts that appear in the urine sedimentation, referred to as muddy brown casts, which are part of the diagnosis of AKI. Pathologists referred to this typical feature as acute tubular necrosi...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Kers J,Leemans JC,Linkermann A

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal involvement is common in leptospirosis. Clinical manifestations vary from urinary sediment changes to acute renal failure. Renal failure is observed in 44% to 67% of patients. Hypokalemia frequently occurs. Severe hypotension is an important warning sign for the later development of renal and pulmonary complicat...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Sitprija V,Losuwanrak K,Kanjanabuch T

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In most countries the prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients is lower than in hemodialysis (HD) patients. Besides a history of blood transfusions, previous HD is an important risk factor for developing HCV infection in PD patients. Many HCV-posi...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Puttinger H,Vychytil A

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At present the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy remains unresolved. Clearly lack of insulin, with its associated disorders of carbohydrate, protein, and/or lipid metabolism, initiates the process which eventually leads to the characteristic histologic picture of diabetic nephropathy. The disturbance in cellular me...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Castellino P,Shohat J,DeFronzo RA

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The renal tubular epithelium maintains different sets of transport proteins in plasma membrane domains facing the lumenal and mucosal fluids and limits diffusion between these two compartments. This asymmetry is generated by directing transporters to the appropriate membrane domain, a process that requires both an int...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： van Adelsberg J

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Projected requirements for nephrology physicians indicate a need for an increase in the number of nephrology trainees. In addition, government regulations are creating the climate to diminish the entry of international medical graduates into all residency programs. To meet the needs of renal patients, especially those...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Levison SP

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Membranous nephropathy remains the most common cause of the nephrotic syndrome in adults. Most patients do well with long-term natural history studies reporting a 10-year renal survival of 70% to 90% but the remainder progress to end stage renal failure. This plus the associated morbidity of those with persistent high...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Geddes CC,Cattran DC

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kidney plays a critical role in regulating water homeostasis through specific proteins highly expressed in the kidney, called aquaporins, allowing water permeation at a high rate. This brief review focuses on some nephropathies associated with impaired urinary concentrating ability and in particular analyzes the r...

journal_title：Seminars in nephrology

authors： Procino G,Mastrofrancesco L,Mira A,Tamma G,Carmosino M,Emma F,Svelto M,Valenti G

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00