background: calciphylaxis is a serious disorder often observed in dialysis patients and less frequently in chronic renal failure patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism. mortality rate increases following the development of calciphylaxis, immediate application of parathyroidectomy along with other treatment options may be lifesaving. case presentation: a 44-year-old male patient had been on...

duplication anomalies are quite common with ureteral duplication anomalies being the most frequent. despite the relatively frequent incidence of a horseshoe kidney and duplication anomalies in any individual patient, the combination of horseshoe kidney and bilateral ureteric duplication is a very rare entity and very few cases have been reported to date. we present a case of a patient with nove...

introduction: the prevalence of rare bleeding disorders, including combined factor v+viii deficiency are higher in iran than in developed countries. there are only a few reports which have been written concerning kidney transplantation in the patients suffering from these disorders. case report: a 22-year old girl, with a known case of combined factor v+viii deficiency, a history of bladder sto...

background: betaine has been shown to be antioxidantand methyl donor effects in our recent studies. objectives: inthe present study, the antioxidant and methyl donor properties ofbetaine in levodopa/benserazide-mediated hyperhomocysteinemiaand levodopa-induced oxidative stress in rat's kidney wereexamined. methods: sprague-dawley male rats were dividedinto levodopa (ld), betaine (bet.), levodop...

objectives: nigella sativa (n. sativa) is an amazing herb which is used in traditional medicine for a wide range of illnesses including bronchial asthma, dysentery, gastrointestinal problems, as well as beneficial effect on blood lipids, lowering blood pressure, serum cholesterol, and triglycerides level. this study aimed to determine the toxic effect of n. sativa powder on the kidney function ...

between april 5, 1988 and sept. 3, 1992, 204 cases of kidney transplantation were performed using modified licht's implantation technique and from sept. 4, 1992 to sept. 3, 1993, 57 cases were done with barry's method. age ranged from 11 to 60 years and in both groups had nearly similar distribution. kidneys were provided from live donors. immunosuppressive therapy was similar in all ...

in this assay, edible cattle tissues from local markets of ardabil, a province of iran, were examined for residues of tetracycline antibiotics (tetracycline, oxytetracycline and chlortetracycline). in total, 110 samples of triceps, gluteal muscle, diaphragm, kidney and liver were randomly obtained from the local markets of the city of ardabil. solid-phase extraction (spe) and high-performance l...

conclusions regular aerobic exercise could increase plasma klotho levels, and this could be an explanation for exercise-related anti-aging effects. background klotho is an anti-aging protein that is predominantly secreted by the kidneys. objectives the aim of the study was to measure and compare the circulating klotho levels in the serum of trained athletes and in healthy, non-athlete controls....

patients and methods this retrospective cohort study included 405 renal transplant patients from kerman university of medical sciences hospital, kerman, iran from 2004 to 2010. kaplan-meier method was used to estimate survival rates of patients, and time-dependent cox regression was used to examine the effect of allograft failure on patient survival. results during 4.06 years (median) of follow...