Classification and Differential Diagnosis of Diabetic Nephropathy by Chenyang Qi, Xing Mao, Zhigang Zhang, Huijuan Wu

“…Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is a major cause of end-stage renal disease throughout the world in both developed and developing countries. …”
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Pilonidal Cyst of the Penis Mimicking Carcinoma by Luigi Cormio, Francesca Sanguedolce, Paolo Massenio, Giuseppe Di Fino, Giuseppe Carrieri

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Anti-VEGF Cancer Therapy in Nephrology Practice by Hassan Izzedine

“…Expanded clinical experience with the antivascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) agents has come with increasing recognition of their renal adverse effects. Although renal histology is rarely sought in antiangiogenic-treated cancer patients, kidney damage related to anti-VEGF is now established. …”
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Urinary System Manifestation of IgG4-Related Disease: Clinical, Laboratory, Radiological, and Pathological Spectra of a Chinese Single-Centre Study by Fei Teng, Hui Lu, Ke Zheng, Gang Chen, Yubing Wen, Zheng Liu, Linyi Peng, Li Huo, Xiaofeng Zeng, Wen Zhang, Xuemei Li

“…IgG4-TIN patients presented with renal dysfunction, and 94.3% had low serum complement C3 and IgG4-GN presented with nephrotic syndrome, while renal pelvis and ureter involvement had normal renal function and urinalysis. …”
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Acute Kidney Injury after Major Abdominal Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis by Catarina Teixeira, Rosário Rosa, Natacha Rodrigues, Inês Mendes, Lígia Peixoto, Sofia Dias, Maria João Melo, Marta Pereira, Henrique Bicha Castelo, José António Lopes

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Incidence Of Acute Kidney Injury In Mild, Moderate And Severe Cases Of Coronavirus Disease by Mahvesh Mahmud, Ashok Kumar, Khurram Baqai

“…Long-term follow-up for COVID-19 patients should be done to evaluate its influence on renal outcome, and larger samples are required to elucidate the association between COVID-19 and renal damage. …”
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Breastfeeding impact on kidney health : updated evidence by Hakim RAHMOUNE, Nada BOUTRID, Hala BOUTRID

“…The findings consistently demonstrate that breastfeeding is associated with enhanced renal growth, improved kidney function, and a diminished risk of various renal pathologies. …”
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Prevalence of Microalbuminuria in Adult Patients with Sickle Cell Disease in Eastern Saudi Arabia by Ahmed M. Alkhunaizi, Adil A. Al-Khatti, Mansour A. Alkhunaizi

“…Proteinuria is a common feature of sickle cell nephropathy (SCN) that can progress to renal insufficiency and end stage renal disease. …”
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Hybrid Percutaneous Brachiofemoral Shunt and Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair in a Kidney Transplant Recipient by Javad Salimi, Sayed Alimohammad Sadat, Mohammad Javad Yavari Barhaghtalab, Hormat Rahimzadeh

“…As a result, various techniques have been described for protection of the renal allograft during AAA repair including temporary shunt, extracorporeal bypass, cold renal perfusion, endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR), and operation without renal allograft protection. …”
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Lactobacillus acidophilus Endocarditis Complicated by Pauci-Immune Necrotizing Glomerulonephritis by Vivian O. Chukwurah, Comfort Takang, Chinelo Uche, David B. Thomas, Waguih El Masry, Hakan R. Toka

“…Infective endocarditis (IE) is more common in patients with predisposing cardiac lesions and has many potential complications, including stroke and arterial thromboembolisms. Renal manifestations have an estimated prevalence of ∼20%. …”
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Association of preoperative ultrasonographic parameters of the contralateral kidney with long-term serum creatinine in cats treated for unilateral ureteral obstruction by Diego Pulido Vega, Jérémie Ficheroulle, Jérémie Ficheroulle, Mathieu Manassero, Jeremy Mortier, Christelle Maurey

“…In addition, US parameters of both the renal collecting system and the renal parenchyma have been identified in human medicine as prognostic factors in the case of UO but have not been described in veterinary medicine. …”
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Tc99m-DTPA Study to Validate an Experimental Model of Ureteral Obstruction in Rabbits: Preliminary Results by Marcelo Lopes de Lima, Rodolfo Bertti, Juliano César Moro, Fábio Coltro Neto, Ricardo Miyaoka, Adriano Fregonesi, Mariana da Cunha Lopes de Lima, Celso Darío Ramos

“…To create a ureteral obstruction experimental model that can be proved through Tc99m-DTPA renal scintigraphy and histopathological studies, without causing total renal function loss. …”
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A Study on the Safety and Efficacy of an Innovative Hydrophilic Dialysis Membrane by Francisco Maduell, Victor Joaquín Escudero-Saiz, Elena Cuadrado-Payán, Maria Rodriguez-Garcia, Miquel Gómez, Lida María Rodas, Néstor Fontseré, Maria del Carmen Salgado, Gregori Casals, Nayra Rico, José Jesús Broseta

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Kidney in systemic diseases by Marta Patricia Casanova González, David Rodríguez Zamora, Aldo Luis González Pérez

“…A review of the renal function alterant in congestive cardiac insufficiency and chronic liver diseases is carried out in this bibliographical revision. …”
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PREGNANCY IN WOMАN ON DIAL YSIS by T. V. Bondarenko, L. Y. Morgunov

“…The last few years, advances in our knowledge about the interaction of pregnancy and renal function resulted in the improvement of fetal outcome in patients with chronic renal failure and also in the management of pregnant women with end-stage renal disease maintained on dialysis.…”
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Treatment of Shiga-Toxin Hus with Severe Neurologic Features with Eculizumab by Jacob H. Umscheid, Collin Nevil, Rhythm Vasudeva, Mohammed Farhan Ali, Nisha Agasthya

“…Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) is a constellation of microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and acute renal failure. Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli- (STEC-) mediated HUS is a common cause of acute renal failure in children and can rarely result in severe neurological complications such as encephalopathy, seizures, cerebrovascular accidents, and coma. …”
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Bilateral Malrotation and a Congenital Pelvic Kidney with Varied Vasculature and Altered Hilar Anatomy by J. Singh, N. Singh, K. Kapoor, M. Sharma

“…The left kidney showed a pelvic position in front of sacral promontory with three renal arteries retaining its embryological aortoiliac branches and two renal veins draining into right common iliac vein. …”
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Lymphoma-Associated Monoclonal Cryoglobulinemic Glomerulonephritis and Relationship with Hepatitis C Virus Infection: A Case Report by Sangeeta Mutnuri, Hania Kassem, John Badalamenti, You-Wen Qian, Christopher Marquez, Marjan Afrouzian

“…We report a case of type I cryoglobulinemic glomerulonephritis in a patient with chronic hepatitis C who presented with acute renal failure. The renal biopsy revealed membranoproliferative GN (MPGN) due to cryoglobulinemia with unexpected monoclonal Kappa restriction on immunofluorescence microscopy, suggesting an underlying hematopoietic malignancy. …”
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Hypertension in Chronic Kidney Disease: Navigating the Evidence by F. M. Tedla, A. Brar, R. Browne, C. Brown

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Prognostic Value of Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Catheterization for Coronary Artery Disease by Hidekatsu Fukuta, Nobuyuki Ohte, Kazuaki Wakami, Toshihiko Goto, Tomomitsu Tani, Genjiro Kimura

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