Hyperreninemia and secondary hyperaldosteronism in a patient with pheochromocytoma and von Hippel-Lindau disease.

abstract：:We measured peritoneal losses of the active vitamin D metabolites 1,25(OH)2D3 and 24,25(OH)2D3 in patients receiving continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). The serum concentration of 24,25(OH)2D3 was considerably lower than in hemodialysis patients. The serum concentration of 1,25(OH)2D3 was undetectable an...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Shany S,Rapoport J,Goligorsky M,Yankowitz N,Zuili I,Chaimovitz C

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study aimed to evaluate the behavior of alpha-glutathione S-transferase (alpha-GST) in the serum of hemodialysis patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection following treatment with high-dose IFN-alpha-2b. Ten patients with detected anti-HCV antibodies and HCV RNA by RT-PCR were selected and treated with high-...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Boran M,Cetin S

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma levels of granulocyte lactoferrin, granulocyte myeloperoxidase and granulocyte elastase in complex with alpha 1-proteinase inhibitor were investigated during hemodialysis in oliguric patients following cadaveric renal transplantation (CRT). The results were compared with those of patients undergoing regular hem...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Riegel W,Leverenz K,Schollmeyer P,Wilms H,Hörl WH

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nephrotic range proteinuria occurred in a 60-year-old woman with renal artery stenosis and marked hyperreninemia. Treatment by nephrectomy produced resolution of both proteinuria and hypertension. The gradual resolution of the proteinuria postoperatively suggested the proteinuria, at least in part, came from the contr...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Eiser AR,Katz SM,Swartz C

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been assumed, but not documented, that hypercalcemia induces an appreciable reduction in the serum anion gap (AG) because it represents an increase in the level of unmeasured cations. To test this question, we retrospectively compared the data of 59 hypercalcemic patients with malignancy [group 1, serum Ca 13.3...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Oster JR,Gutierrez R,Schlessinger FB,Taylor A,Federman DG,Vaamonde CA

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate autonomic mechanisms underlying persistent hypotension in long-term hemodialysis patients, high-frequency (HF, > 0.15 Hz) and low-frequency (LF, 0.04-0.15 Hz) components of heart rate variability and plasma noradrenaline were analyzed in 10 persistently hypotensive hemodialysis patients (group H), 11 no...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Takahashi H,Matsuo S,Toriyama T,Kawahara H,Hayano J

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) reduce proteinuria and slow renal disease progression more effectively than other therapies in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, differences regarding efficacy and safety between these therapies rem...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Silvariño R,Rios P,Baldovinos G,Chichet MA,Perg N,Sola L,Saona G,De Souza N,Lamadrid V,Gadola L

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

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：:The recent experience of six large trials of antihypertensive therapy has not clearly demonstrated any beneficial effect on the prevention of coronary heart disease (CHD). The data from the HDFP study have been analyzed by three cholesterol strata at baseline. The higher the baseline cholesterol levels, the greater th...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Schneider KA,Heyden S,Ford C

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have evaluated the effect of the antihyperlipidemic agent probucol on hyperlipidemia in patients with nephrotic syndrome. Twelve patients with long-standing nephrotic syndrome received 500 mg of probucol daily for 12 weeks. Serum total cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL-cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol were significantl...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Iida H,Izumino K,Asaka M,Fujita M,Nishino A,Sasayama S

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective analysis of renal vein renin results has been done in 96 patients with renal artery stenosis and hypertension studied in two Italian centers (Sassari and Pisa) with respect to the outcome of either surgery or percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA). In all patients the renal vein renin ratio and th...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Rappelli A,Glorioso N,Madeddu P,Dessì-Fulgheri P,Leoni C,Fiori C,Manca GB,Sanna G,Arzilli F,Pedrinelli R

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circumstantial evidence that pIgA has a key role in glomerular injury of IgAN is now strong. Although the answers to the questions posed in this review are necessarily incomplete, they do indicate that (1) pIgA is a major component of mesangial IgA. (2) circulating pIgA is increased and this pIgA is particularly enhan...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Harper SJ,Feehally J

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:Interleukin (IL)-17 is a newly discovered cytokine that is secreted by activated memory CD4+ T cells and modulated the early stage of immune response. To elucidate the pathophysiology of minimal-change nephrotic syndrome (MCNS), we focused on IL-17, which is one of the key factors in regulating an inflam...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Matsumoto K,Kanmatsuse K

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-eight previously untreated adults with minimal-change nephrotic syndrome (MCNS), who had a mean follow-up period of 35.8 months, were studied with regard to their response to alternate-day steroid therapy. The nephrotic syndrome in 54 patients (93%) remitted by 12 weeks and patients continued to be in remission ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Nair RB,Date A,Kirubakaran MG,Shastry JC

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifteen patients with advanced renal failure (creatinine clearance less than 25 ml/mn) and with severe albuminuria (greater than 1.5 g/24 h) were put on a low-protein (0.3 g/kg body weight), low-phosphorus (5-7 mg/kg body weight) diet supplemented with essential amino acids and ketoanalogues. During the 6-month follow...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Aparicio M,Bouchet JL,Gin H,Potaux L,Morel D,de Precigout V,Lifermann F,Gonzalez R

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 92 renal transplant recipients, serum or plasma levels of neopterin were significantly elevated during pretransplant uremia, rejection, cyclosporin A induced nephrotoxicity and cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections. In patients with normal serum creatinine (less than 115 mumol/l) 71% had elevated serum neopterin levels....

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Bäckman L,Ringdén O,Björkhem I

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we have shown that insulin binding (IB) to erythrocytes was decreased in uremic patients and that hemodialysis corrected the receptor defect. In the present study cross-incubation experiments were performed using uremic and control erythrocytes and plasma. Incubation of control erythrocytes with uremic pla...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Milutinović S,Breyer D,Janković N,Molnar V,Stefović A,Rocić B

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was aimed to determine the effect of caffeine on the development of renal hypertension. Two-kidney, 1-clip (2K1C) hypertension and deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA, 200 mg/kg, subcutaneous implantation)-salt (0.9% NaCl drinking) hypertension were instituted in Sprague-Dawley rats. They were then gro...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Choi KC,Lee J,Moon KH,Park KK,Kim SW,Kim NH

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:There is a trend toward deferring the initiation of chronic dialysis until absolutely indicated. This strategy, however, might lead to increased uncertainties in the timing of dialysis access creation prior to dialysis onset for patients approaching end-stage renal disease (ESRD), and the impact of which on hard e...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Chen YM,Wang YC,Hwang SJ,Lin SH,Wu KD

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To test the hypothesis that acute angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition might predict the postoperative blood pressure outcome, a single oral dose of captopril ranging from 12.5 to 100 mg, was given to 26 patients with renovascular disease and its hypotensive effect was compared with that of surgery (21 patie...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Salvetti A,Arzilli F,Nuccorini A,Simonini N,Glorioso N,Dessì-Fulgheri P,Madeddu P,Rappelli A

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to assess the effects of sodium depletion on tubular Na and H2O transport in man, renal clearance studies were performed under control conditions and after sodium depletion in 7 normal subjects. The control diet contained 250 mEq of Na daily. Sodium depletion was induced by placing subjects on a 20-mEq/day na...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： DiScala VA,Stein RM

更新日期：1982-01-01 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：:Norepinephrine (NE) content, release and uptake by brain synaptosomes are reduced in chronic renal failure (CRF), and this has been attributed to the state of secondary hyperparathyroidism. The decrease in NE content in CRF could not be explained by changes in NE uptake or release since in normal circumstances, NE con...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Islam A,Smorgorzewski M,Zayed MA,Massry SG

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After successful renal transplantation there is continuing malabsorption of calcium and phosphorus. This is due in part to impaired glomerular filtration rate, and in part to the action of steroid on calcium and phosphorus absorption. The effect of steroids is most marked over the first 18 months after transplantation...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Walker GS,Peacock M,Marshall DH,Giles GR,Davison AM

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether the chelation of aluminium enhances the haemopoietic response to recombinant human erythropoietin (r-HuEPO), desferrioxamine (DFO) at a dose of 20-30 mg/kg was given to 7 of 17 transfusion-dependent haemodialysis patients treated with r-HuEPO (40 units/kg/dialysis i.v.). The two randomly allocated...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Roger SD,Stewart JH,Harris DC

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1991, to assess the risk of occupational exposure to blood or other body fluids in health-care workers (HCWs) working in the dialysis setting, properly trained interviewers used standardized questionnaires asking the 583 HCWs employed in 19 Italian dialysis units to recall exposures sustained in the previous year. ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Ippolito G,Petrosillo N,Puro V,Arici C,Jagger J

更新日期：1995-01-01 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：:Cardiovascular disease is the major complication and cause of mortality in the dialysis population, accounting for about 40% of deaths. Oxidative stress has been strongly implicated in the pathogenesis of these events. As patients in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) are in a state of elevated free radical activity, the ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Wang NP,Lim PS,Chen TT,Thien LM,Wang TH,Hsu WM

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-transplant cure tubular necrosis (ATN) represents the most frequent cause of delayed graft function in the immediate post-transplant period. Several causes have been associated with the development of post-transplant ATN such as donor and recipient ages, cold-warm ischemia times, HLA mismatches, and postoperative...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Torregrosa JV,Campistol JM,Fenollosa B,Montesinos M,Romar A,Martinez de Osaba MJ

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The three-dimensional ultrastructure of glomerular basement membrane (GBM) in surgically resected human kidneys was observed by the quick-freezing and deep-etching method. In three layers of human GBM, the middle layer exhibited polygonal meshwork structures, which were composed of fine fibrils. In addition, the outer...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Moriya T,Ohno S,Yajima Y

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00