Cognitive disorders in patients with atrial fibrillation by O.A. Yepanchintseva, A.S. Solonovych, O.S. Solonovych

“…It is well known that AF and CI share common risk factors such as age, hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, obstructive sleep apnea, coronary heart disease, heart failure, chronic kidney disease, obesity, etc. The available data show that AF and CI have common pathophysiological factors, which, in addition to stroke, include hypoperfusion, microhemorrhages, brain atrophy, systemic atherosclerotic vascular damage, endothelial dysfunction, and inflammation. …”
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Congenital Glaucoma: a Novel Ocular Manifestation of Hajdu-Cheney Syndrome by L. Swan, G. Gole, V. Sabesan, J. Cardinal, D. Coman

“…Serpentine fibula-polycystic kidney syndrome (SFPKS) is allelic to HCS and commonly associated with missense NOTCH2 mutations. …”
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The Factors That May Predict Response to Rituximab Therapy in Recurrent Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis: A Systematic Review by Carlos E. Araya, Vikas R. Dharnidharka

“…We retrieved all published reports depicting kidney transplant recipients with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) recurrence, treated with rituximab, to determine factors associated with treatment response. …”
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Antibody-Mediated Rejection: Pathogenesis, Prevention, Treatment, and Outcomes by Olivia R. Blume, Sarah E. Yost, Bruce Kaplan

“…Antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) is a major cause of late kidney transplant failure. It is important to have an understanding of human-leukocyte antigen (HLA) typing including well-designed studies to determine anti-MHC-class-I-related chain A (MICA) and antibody rejection pathogenesis. …”
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Response of Bone Resorption Markers to Aristolochia longa Intake by Algerian Breast Cancer Postmenopausal Women by Bachir Benarba, Boumedienne Meddah, Aicha Tir Touil

“…The intake of A. longa roots is detrimental for kidney function and resulted in high bone resorption, maybe due to the reduction in renal function caused by the aristolochic acids contained in the roots.…”
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Wunderlich Syndrome Managed with Angiomyolipoma Embolization – Renal Artery Anatomic Variant Augmenting Safe and Nephron-Sparing Intervention by Tara Prasad Tripathy, Alamelu Alagappan, Ranjan Kumar Patel, Srikant Kumar Behera, Sandip Kumar Panda, Suprava Naik

“…Intratumoral pseudoaneurysm arising from feeders of an accessory renal artery supplying the lower pole of the kidney was selectively embolized. Rarely does a sporadic renal angiomyolipoma develop a giant pseudoaneurysm.Conclusion: Transarterial embolization is imperative to control the bleeding or as a preventative measure to reduce the risk of intralesional pseudoaneurysm rupture. …”
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A Case of Recurrent Renal Aluminum Hydroxide Stone by Basri Cakıroglu, Akif Nuri Dogan, Tuncay Tas, Ramazan Gozukucuk, Bekir Sami Uyanik

“…Aluminum mineral may be considered in the formation of kidney stones as it is widely used in the field of healthcare and cosmetics.…”
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Relapsed Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Presenting as Acute Renal Failure by Ashley Rose, Samuel Slone, Eric Padron

“…Infiltration of kidneys by leukemia cells is common; however a resultant injury only occurs in about 1% of patients, and renal failure is even more rare (Luciano and Brewster, 2014). …”
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Coexistence of Emphysematous Pyelonephritis and Cystitis in a Patient with COVID-19 Complicated with Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum by Ibrahim Boukhannous, Anouar El Moudane, Mehdi Chennoufi, Mohamed Mokhtari, Abdelghani Ouraghi, Hamza Mimouni, Ali Barki

“…We report the first case of a 52-year-old nondiabetic male admitted for management of uremic syndrome associated with emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN), renal and perinephric abscess, and emphysematous cystitis (EC) on a single functional kidney with a large abundance of spontaneous pneumomediastinum (SP) complicating a SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia. …”
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Evaluation of renoprotective effect of Chinese chive extracts on adenine-induced chronic renal failure by Qiang-Ming Li, Jian-Ping Luo, Li-Hua Pan, Xue-Qiang Zha

“…These results indicated CCWE could improve the kidney function of CRF mice via enhancing antioxidant ability and inhibiting inflammation, and was the main renoprotective fraction of Chinese chive. …”
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Grover's Disease after Heart Transplantation: A Case Report by Giovanbattista Ippoliti, Marco Paulli, Marco Lucioni, Andrea Maria D'Armini, Marinella Lauriola, Rany Mahrous Haleem Saaleb

“…Histologically characterized by an acantholytic pattern, it has been associated with numerous disorders, including hematologic malignancies, chronic renal failure, and HIV infection, as well as with chemotherapy and bone marrow and/or kidney transplant. Evaluation of followup and treatment is often complicated by spontaneous remission and the occasionally fluctuant course of the disease. …”
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Adalimumab (TNFα Inhibitor) Therapy Exacerbates IgA Glomerulonephritis Acute Renal Injury and Induces Lupus Autoantibodies in a Psoriasis Patient by S. S. Wei, R. Sinniah

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Factors Affecting the Digestibility of Beef and Consequences for Designing Meat-Centric Meals by Mustafa M. Farouk, Guojie Wu, Deborah A. Frost, Maryann Staincliffe, Scott O. Knowles

“…Results indicate that beef is more digestible from older compared to younger cattle; prerigor compared to postrigor meat; higher compared to lower ultimate pH meat; cuts with lower compared to higher collagen contents; finely compared to coarsely minced/ground meat; and organ (liver and kidney) compared to muscle meat. Beef digestibility is enhanced when cooked with mushroom and pumpkin and reduced with starchy foods such as rice and potatoes. …”
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The effectiveness of inactive arcanobacterium pyogenes vaccines in mice by Hasan Hüseyin Hadimli*, Zafer Sayın, Yasemin Pınarkara, Aslı Sakmanoğlu, M. Seyyide Temimhan, Osman Erganiş

“…Death animals were necropsied and microbiological examination were made from internal organs (liver, spleen, lungs, heart and kidney). Blood samples were collected before vaccination and at 15th day after vaccination. …”
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Hydrolethalus Syndrome: A Case of a Rare Congenital Disorder by Valerica Belengeanu, Diana Marian, Horia Ademir Stana, Carolina Cojocariu, Cristina Popescu, Ioana Elena Lile

“…The newborn’s phenotype is characterized by a combination of serious anatomical abnormalities such as open-book cerebral hemispheres, defective lobulation of the lungs (one lobe on the left, two on the right), a smaller right kidney, a smooth cerebral surface, and a specific keyhole-shaped defect in the skull base, primarily associated with hydrocephalus.…”
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Bacteremia and Urinary Tract Infection Caused by Chromobacterium violaceum: Case Reports from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal by Narayan Dutt Pant, Subhash Prasad Acharya, Raju Bhandari, Uday Narayan Yadav, Dil Bahadur Saru, Manisha Sharma

“…Here, we reported a case of urinary tract infection caused by Chromobacterium violaceum in a 84-year-old male, who was a kidney patient, and another case of bacteremia caused by the same bacterium in a road traffic accident patient (22-year-old male), both of which were managed with the timely suitable treatment.…”
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The Mammary Gland Carcinogens: The Role of Metal Compounds and Organic Solvents by Stephen Juma Mulware

“…On the other hand, most organic solvents are highly lipophilic and are biotransformed mainly in the liver and the kidney through a series of oxidative and reductive reactions, some of which result in bioactivation. …”
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Progress in Pathogenesis of Proteinuria by Aihua Zhang, Songming Huang

“…Proteinuria not only is a sign of kidney damage, but also is involved in the progression of renal diseases as an independent pathologic factor. …”
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Hepatic Disorders and COVID-19: From Pathophysiology to Treatment Strategy by Parisa Shiri Aghbash, Hamed Ebrahimzadeh Leylabadlo, Hamidreza Fathi, Mohaddeseh Bahmani, Rojin Chegini, Hossein Bannazadeh Baghi

“…Following the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak and the subsequent development of the COVID-19 pandemic, organs such as the lungs, kidneys, liver, heart, and brain have been identified as priority organs. …”
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Primary Renal Synovial Sarcoma by Mehmet Gulum, Ercan Yeni, Murat Savas, Ilyas Ozardali, Ismail Ozdemir, Dilek Mil, Adem Altunkol, Halil Ciftci

“…Synovial sarcoma originating from the kidney is extremely rare and the histogenesis is uncertain. …”
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