*Corresponding author: Prof. Hamid Nasri, Department of Nephrology, Division of Nephropathology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. Tel: +98 311 220 8081, Fax: +98 311 223 5043, E-mail: [email protected] Last year, the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) and the International Federation of Kidney Foundations (IFKF), focused the World Kidney Day (WKD) of 2013 on acut...

Chronic kidney disease is a very real and growing problem, as indicated by demographic trends. The total number of treated patients has markedly increased during the last 30 years, and chronic kidney disease currently affects approximately 19 million adult Americans, with an incidence that is still increasing (Snyder & Pendergraph, 2005). This trend is caused by a growing percentage of elderly ...

Introduction: Monoclonal Gammopathy of Renal Significance (MGRS) is an immunoglobulin proliferative disorder that leads to the destruction of the renal glomerular basement membrane and progression to end-stage renal disease. The pathogenesis of MGRS is similar to that of multiple myeloma and chronic lymphocytic lymphoma but lacks criteria for either disease. This inability to characterize the d...

results bw was lower for the 5/6 nx group rats after the operations compared with the bw of those in the sham operation group. furthermore, the 5/6 nx group showed elevations in blood pressure, cr, bun, alt, and ast levels compared with the sham group over the course of time. conclusions in summary, ckd induced by the 5/6 nx model caused hypertension and increased serum levels of cr, bun, alt, ...

Background: Ewing's sarcoma/Primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) is a group of tumors with small round cells that originate from nerve stem cells. They are generally more common in children and often occur in the soft or bony tissues of the limbs, trunk, head, and neck. Ewing's sarcoma is a rare disease in the kidney and its tumor thrombosis into Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) is assumed as a very ...

OBJECTIVE To quantify associations of chronic kidney disease stages with major cardiovascular disease and non-vascular mortality in the general adult population. DESIGN Prospective population based cohort study. SETTING Reykjavik, Iceland. PARTICIPANTS 16 958 people aged 33-81 years without manifest vascular disease and with available information on stage of chronic kidney disease (define...

Sickle cell nephropathy is a common presentation in patients with sickle cell disease. End-stage kidney disease is the most severe presentation of sickle cell nephropathy in terms of morbidity and mortality. Sickle cell disease patients with end-stage kidney disease are amenable to renal replacement therapy including kidney transplant. Kidney transplant in these patients has been associated wit...