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Antiphospholipid syndrome: A disease of protean face [PDF]

Journal of Nephropathology, 2013
Background: Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is a systemic disorder characterizes by recurrent arterial and venous thrombosis and/or pregnancy miscarriages and positive test for antiphospholipid antibodies.
Mohammadreza Ardalan, Amir Vahedi
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Efficacy of rituximab therapy in children with nephrotic syndrome: a 10-year experience from an Iranian pediatric hospital

BMC Pediatrics, 2022
Background There are controversy results in the optimal management of children with steroid-dependent and steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (SDNS, SRNS).
Behnaz Bazargani, Zahra Noparast, Leila Khedmat, Daryoosh Fahimi, Seyed Taher Esfahani, Mastaneh Moghtaderi, Arash Abbasi, Azadeh Afshin, Sayed Yousef Mojtahedi   +8 more
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The prevalence and identification of chronic kidney disease in Switzerland [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is characterized by a gradual loss of kidney function. Patients in early CKD stages are often asymptomatic or show non-specific symptoms.
Tomonaga, Yuki
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Synergistic effect between the KCNQ1 haplotype and alcohol consumption on the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Korean cohorts

Scientific Reports, 2021
Potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily Q member 1 (KCNQ1) is one of the strongest susceptibility genes for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Association studies between KCNQ1 genetic variants and T2DM have been reported. The multifactorial disease T2DM
Ji Young Park, Min-Gyu Yoo, Ji Ho Yun, Hye-Ja Lee, Sang Ick Park   +4 more
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Mechanisms of calcineurin inhibitor nephrotoxicity in chronic allograft injury [PDF]

, 2012
The first successful transplantation of a human kidney was performed more than 50 years ago by Murray and colleagues in 1954 between identical twins. The success of this transplantation was due to the fact that no significant rejection occurs between ...
Ryan, Michael P., Johnston, Olwyn, Hilary Cassidy, Michael P. Ryan, Slattery, Craig, Tara McMorrow, Cassidy, Hilary, Craig Slattery, Olwyn Johnston, Michael P., McMorrow, Tara   +10 more
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Is “chronic kidney disease” a disease? [PDF]

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 2018
AbstractSeveral philosophers of medicine have attempted to answer the question “what is disease?” In current clinical practice, an umbrella term “chronic kidney disease” (CKD) encompasses a wide range of kidney health states from commonly prevalent subclinical, asymptomatic disease to rare end‐stage renal disease requiring transplant or dialysis to ...
Smart, B, Stevens, R, Verbakel, J
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The cost of implementing UK guidelines for the management of chronic kidney disease [PDF]

, 2007
Background. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major public health problem. In the UK, guidelines have been developed to facilitate case identification and management.
B. Klebe, Stevens, PE, H. Hobbs, Lamb, EJ, Cooley, R, Hobbs, Helen, Irving, J, John, Ian, Hobbs, H, D. J. O'Donoghue, Farmer, CKT, J. New, Klebe, Bernhard, Middleton, R, S. de Lusignan, Klebe, B, Middleton, Rachel, J. Irving, O'Donoghue, DJ, John, I, R. Middleton, I. John, Stevens, Paul E., P. E. Stevens, New, John, Cooley, Roger, Lamb, Edmund J., R. Cooley, O'Donoghue, Donal J., Farmer, Chris, de Lusignan, S, New, J, Irving, Jean, de Lusignan, Simon, C. K.T. Farmer, E. J. Lamb   +35 more
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Kidney disease management in UK primary care: guidelines, incentives and Information Technology [PDF]

, 2007
The last few years have seen new developments to understand and tackle the significant public health issue posed by chronic kidney disease (CKD). Established renal disease currently consumes 2% of the UK National Health Service budget and predictions are
O'Donoghue, Donal J., Middleton, Rachel, Newport, John, Farmer, Chris, de Lusignan, Simon, Klebe, Bernhard, Stevens, Paul E., Cooley, Roger   +7 more
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The Podocyte in Diabetic Kidney Disease

The Scientific World Journal, 2009
Approaching epidemic levels, diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is now the leading cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Microalbuminuria is an early clinical marker of DKD that results from damage to the glomerular filtration barrier at the level of the ...
Erin Stitt-Cavanagh, Laura MacLoed, Chris R.J. Kennedy   +2 more
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Global Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease – A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

PLoS ONE, 2016
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a global health burden with a high economic cost to health systems and is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD).
N. Hill, Samuel T. Fatoba, J. Oke, J. Hirst, C. O'Callaghan, D. Lasserson, F. R. Hobbs   +6 more
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