Crescentic glomerulonephritis in a patient with heterozygous Fabry's disease.

abstract：:A 64-year-old woman presenting with a history of increasing oedema was found to have nephrotic syndrome with a 24-hour urinary protein excretion of 20.7 g and renal impairment with an initial serum creatinine level of 197 mumol/l (2.16 mg/dl). A renal tumour was demonstrated by ultrasound scanning and subsequent nephr...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Woodrow G,Innes A,Ansell ID,Burden RP

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As with many other amino acids the transport of cystine across the tubular epithelium is coupled to a parallel transport of sodium. We have studied the effect of a sodium-restricted diet on the urinary excretion of cystine in 13 patients with cystinuria, 7 of whom were treated with the SH compound tiopronin (2-mercapt...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Lindell A,Denneberg T,Edholm E,Jeppsson JO

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a worldwide public health problem associated with a high prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and impaired quality of life. Previous research for preventing loss of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) has focused on reducing blood pressure (BP) and proteinuria. Angiotensin converting...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Ahmed A,Jorna T,Bhandari S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 51-year-old man with diabetes mellitus and the nephrotic syndrome on renal biopsy was found to have diabetic glomerulosclerosis, amyloidosis and membranous glomerulopathy. The presence of three distinct glomerular diseases in the same patient is unique. Possible factors involved in their pathogenesis are discussed a...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Bertani T,Olesnicky L,Abu-Regiaba S,Glasberg S,Pirani CL

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The local cutaneous inflammatory response to DMCB sensitization was positive in only 35% of 20 uremic patients, and the delayed skin reaction was positive in only 15%. The reaction to DMCB challenge was markedly delayed in some patients. Improved response to DNCB re-challenge followed levamisole administration in only...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Modai D,Sagi DB,Maor J

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic nephropathy (DN), a distinct manifestation of diabetic kidney disease, affects approximately 30% of patients with diabetes. While most attention has been focused on glomerular changes related to DN, there is growing evidence that tubulopathy is a key feature in the pathogenesis of this disease. The renal prox...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Hinden L,Tam J

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following successful kidney transplantation, renal anemia is gradually corrected during the first 3-4 months. Serum erythropoietin (EPO) levels are increased after the first postoperative day following grafting. In this study, the serum EPO levels in the early posttransplant phase were investigated in 8 living-donor a...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Goch J,Birgegård G,Wikström B,Tufveson G,Danielson BG

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glomerulonephritis as well as kidney injury secondary to fulminant intravascular hemolysis are rare extrapulmonary manifestations of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. We describe a 50-year-old female diagnosed with M. pneumoniae infection-associated hemolytic anemia, characterized by negative cold agglutinin tests but ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Carrara C,Abbate M,Sabadini E,Remuzzi G

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of each of several tannins purified from Rhei Rhizoma on serum constituents were investigated in rats with adenine-induced renal failure. Blood levels of urea nitrogen, methylguanidine (MG), and guanidinosuccinic acid (GSA) were significantly decreased in rats given (-)-epicatechin 3-O-gallate at a dose of...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Yokozawa T,Fujioka K,Oura H,Nonaka G,Nishioka I

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma and urine beta-2-microglobulin (B2m) were measured in 37 renal transplant recipients and 34 healthy subjects. Serum B2m was found to be a more sensitive index of renal function than serum creatinine. Renal transplant recipients had significantly higher urine B2m when compared with normal controls. Normal subjec...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Woo KT,Lee EJ,Lau YK,Lim CH

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidermal nevus syndrome is an unusual neurocutaneous disorder in which epidermal nevi are associated with abnormalities of the skeleton and central nervous system, including the eyes and somtimes the cardiovascular system. We treated a patient in whom the latter included renal artery stenosis. An 18-year-old man with...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Aizawa K,Nakamura T,Ohyama Y,Saito Y,Hoshino J,Kanda T,Sumino H,Nagai R

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 37-year-old female presented with acute onset of glomerulonephritis 10 days following an upper respiratory infection. Serum complement components were depressed and proteinuria exceeded 3.0 g daily. Renal biopsy revealed granular staining of IgG and C3 along the basement membrane as well as small amounts of IgA in a...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Yoshizawa N,McClung JA,Ohshima S,Takahashi K,Treser G

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mysterious deaths of archeologists after opening Egyptian tombs have been suspected to be secondary to inhalation of mycotoxin, however, the hypothesis has never been verified. Recently, we observed a case of acute renal failure (ARF) undeniably due to inhalation of ochratoxin of Aspergillus ochraceus. After spending ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Di Paolo N,Guarnieri A,Loi F,Sacchi G,Mangiarotti AM,Di Paolo M

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase deficiency is a hereditary disorder of lipid metabolism. Lipid material is deposited in the kidneys, the glomerular capillary basement membrane is irregularly thickened, detachment and even loss of endothelial cells are seen in the glomeruli. Proteinuria was present in 8 o...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Myhre E,Gjone E,Flatmark A,Hovig T

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum leptin concentrations in normal humans have been reported to correlate with the body mass index (BMI) as well as with the body fat mass. In this study, we measured serum leptin concentrations in 107 patients on hemodialysis, 30 of whom had diabetes mellitus as the cause, and examined the clinical significance. F...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Nakazono H,Nagake Y,Ichikawa H,Makino H

更新日期：1998-09-01 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 activation is commonly monitored with a battery of monoclonal antibodies against different platelet epitopes with controversial results. The transient expression of platelet markers and their role mediating interactions with other cells could easily explain these discrepancies. The present study has evaluated...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Hernández MR,Galán AM,Lozano M,Bozzo J,Cases A,Escolar G,Calls J,Ordinas A

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied complexes composed of C1q and beta 2-microglobulin (C1q.beta 2M) or serum amyloid P-component (C1q.SAP) in the sera of 38 patients receiving hemodialysis (HD) and 20 healthy control subjects using an enzyme-linked immunoassay. We also compared complex levels in HD patients with and without symptoms of HD-as...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Hasegawa M,Kawashima S,Shikano M,Kojima K,Yanai T,Hassegawa H,Tomita M,Murakami K,Kawamura N,Katsumata H

更新日期：1995-01-01 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：:Clearance techniques were used to evaluate renal tubular sodium and water excretion in 4 patients with antibiotic-induced acute renal failure (ARF). Creatinine clearances and maximal urine flow rates of patients with ARF (22.6 and 5.23 ml/min, respectively) were significantly lower than control values during hypotonic...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Hsu CH,Maletz RM,Rozas VV,Kurtz TW

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess the psychosocial effects of exercise training on hemodialysis (HD) patients. Thirty-one uremic patients, aged 50.6+/-11.6 years, on maintenance HD were studied. Twenty patients were selected at random for a 6-month exercise renal rehabilitation program (ERRP) consisting of 3 weekly ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Kouidi E,Iacovides A,Iordanidis P,Vassiliou S,Deligiannis A,Ierodiakonou C,Tourkantonis A

更新日期：1997-01-01 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：:A 62-year-old white male suffering from plasmacytosis with monoclonal gammopathy developed gastrointestinal bleeding, microscopic hematuria, proteinuria and progressive azotemia. A renal biopsy demonstrated capillary wall thickening, mesangial hyperplasia, crescent formation and subepithelial humps. Serum immunoglobul...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Dhar SK,Smith EC,Fresco R

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum specimens from 99 selected renal patients were examined over a 3-year period by both a hemagglutination technique (HA) and an indirect immunofluorescent (IIF) method for the presence of circulating antibody against tubular basement membrane (TBM). 11 patients were found with anti-TBM antibodies. 6 of them also h...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Cattran DC

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accumulation in blood plasma and efficiency of hemodialysis of pyrimidine compounds (orotic acid, orotidine, pseudouridine, uridine, thymine) as well as uric acid and creatinine in 23 patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) was investigated. As a reference, the analysis of the above metabolites in the plasma of ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Daniewska-Michalska D,Motyl T,Gellert R,Kukulska W,Podgurniak M,Opechowska-Pacocha E,Ostrowski K

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic nephropathy is the leading cause of kidney failure. Treatments with drugs that block the renin-angiotensin system have proven beneficial in slowing kidney disease progression among those with diabetes; their benefit is limited and they do not stop disease progression. Despite multiple clinical trials of vario...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Toto RD

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of mast cells in the skin was evaluated in 25 patients with end-stage renal failure on different treatment modality (conservative, hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis). According to the presence of pruritus, uremic patients were divided into two groups: group A, 13 patients with diffuse pruritus, and group...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Dimković N,Djukanović L,Radmilović A,Bojić P,Juloski T

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is recognised to be a strong risk factor for causing cardiovascular disease (CVD) and chronic kidney disease (CKD), independent of the presence of diabetes mellitus. The association of NAFLD with outcomes in patients with diabetic kidney disease (DKD) has been v...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Chinnadurai R,Chrysochou C,Kalra PA

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preeclampsia (PE) represents an important cause of acute kidney injury during pregnancy with a high rate of both maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. The presence of endothelial dysfunction is the main cause of PE development; however, the pathogenic mechanisms are not still fully elucidated. A plethora of harm...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Pagani F,Cantaluppi V

更新日期：2019-01-01 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