Susceptibility genes for renal and urological disorders

Renal transplantation following renal failure due to urological disorders.

BACKGROUND Renal allograft outcome, during an 8 year period (1985-1992), has been assessed in 56 renal transplants performed in 55 patients who had end-stage renal failure as a consequence of urological abnormalities. The abnormalities were: primary vesicoureteric reflux (VUR) or renal dysplasia (26 patients); posterior urethral valves (PUV) (15); neuropathic bladders (6); vesico-ureteric tuber...

Stimulating bioelectronic medicine discovery for urological disorders.

The discovery of susceptibility genes for mental disorders.

R on the genetic basis of mental disorders crossed a major watershed this summer. For the first time, specific genes have been discovered that influence susceptibility to schizophrenia, a psychosis that affects nearly 1% of people throughout the world and accounts for about 2.5% of health-care costs (1). In this issue of PNAS, Chumakov and colleagues (2) describe a new human gene, G72, on chrom...

Search for Susceptibility Genes in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Autism (MIM 209850) is a severe neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by abnormalities in reciprocal social interaction and communication, restricted and stereotyped patterns of interests and activities, and the presence of developmental abnormalities, which are evident by the age of three years. Autism is the most severe form of a broad group of disorders known as pervasive developmental d...

Urological disorders and pregnancy: An overall experience

AIM Pregnancy is an anatomical and physiological altered state and the presence of various urological problems not only aggravates the disease itself, but also results in unfavourable pregnancy outcome. Aim is to highlight obstetric outcome in pregnant women with urological problems. MATERIALS AND METHODS Longitudinal prospective cohort study conducted in tertiary care hospital, IPGME and R, ...