3 Heredofamilial and Congenital Glomerular Disorders

Aetiology of Paediatric End-stage Renal Failure in Jordan: A Multicentre Study.

Objective The purpose of this study was to find out the aetiology of end-stage renal failure (ESRF) in children in Jordan. Subjects and Methods This was a multicentre retrospective study at five participating hospitals. Data collection included medical record review for age, gender, aetiology of ESRF, modality of renal replacement therapy (RRT) and outcome. End-stage renal failure was defined...

IgA nephropathy in two HLA-identical brothers and acute, diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis in the third, HLA-different brother.

Dr. L. Grčevska, Department of Nephrology, Medical Faculty, Vodnjanska 17, YU-91000 Skopje (Yugoslavia) Dear Sir, Various heredofamilial diseases involve the kidney, but there are also renal diseases in which familial aggregation can occur, such as IgA glomerulopathy, lupus nephritis, membranous nephropathy and vesicoureteral reflux [1-4]. We want to present 3 brothers who developed signs of gl...

Urology.

2–4. Pathology of the urinary system KH Consequences of renal failure. Basic mechanisms of renal failure (prerenal, intrinsic and post-renal), fundamental differences between acute and chronic renal failure. Various categories of renal disease e.g. congenital/inherited, circulatory, toxic, glomerular disease, tubulointerstitial disease, parasitic disease and neoplasia. Lower urinary tract (e.g....

Massive Spontaneous Hemothorax in a Child with Hemophilia

Simultaneous Neuroblastoma and Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in an Infant