Urological Science, 2017 Objective: To predict the renal function after nephroureterectomy (NUR) for upper urinary tract urothelial cancer (UTUC) based on preoperative technetium-99m mercaptoacetyltriglycine (99mTc-MAG3) renal scintigraphy.
Chan-Jung Liu +2 more
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Chronic renal homograft function. Correlation with histology and lymphocyte antigen matching [PDF]
, 1967 Renal function was studied in twenty-nine of thirty-four surviving renal allograft recipients from an initial group of sixty-four patients two years after transplantation.
Holmes, JH +5 more
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Kidney Dysfunction in Adult Offspring Exposed In Utero to Type 1 Diabetes Is Associated with Alterations in Genome-Wide DNA Methylation. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Fetal exposure to hyperglycemia impacts negatively kidney development and function.Our objective was to determine whether fetal exposure to moderate hyperglycemia is associated with epigenetic alterations in DNA methylation in peripheral blood cells and ...
Jean-François Gautier +16 more
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Kidney & Blood Pressure Research, 2014 Background/Aims: In partial nephrectomy with hilar clamping every minute of ischemia can impair renal function, thus great importance is having the controlled hypotension as a part of zero ischemia technique.
Ester Forastiere +7 more
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Reconstruction of Angular Kinematics From Wrist-Worn Inertial Sensor Data for Smart Home Healthcare
IEEE Access, 2017 This paper tackles the problem of the estimation of simplified human limb kinematics for home health care. Angular kinematics are widely used for gait analysis, for rehabilitation, and more generally for activity recognition.
Emma Villeneuve +4 more
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Growth hormone treatment in growth-retarded adolescents after renal transplant [PDF]
, 1994 Growth failure is a psychosocial problem for many patients who have undergone renal transplantation. 18 adolescents (mean age 15 6, range 11·3-19 5) with severe growth retardation after renal transplantation were treated with biosynthetic growth hormone (
Blum, W.F. (Werner) +9 more
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Free and total insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I), IGF-binding protein-1 (IGFBP-1), and IGFBP-3 and their relationships to the presence of diabetic retinopathy and glomerular hyperfiltration in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus [PDF]
, 1997 The existing literature on serum insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) levels in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) is conflicting. Free IGF-I may have greater physiological and clinical relevance than total IGF-I.
Derkx, F.H.M. (Frans) +5 more
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BMC Medical Genomics, 2008 Background The P-glycoprotein, encoded by the ABCB1 gene, is expressed in human endothelial and mesangial cells, which contribute to control renal plasma flow and glomerular filtration rate.
Elston Robert C +12 more
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Regulation of the renal angiotensin II receptor gene in acute unilateral ureteral obstruction [PDF]
, 1994 Regulation of the renal angiotensin II receptor gene in acute unilateral ureteral obstruction. We have shown that acute (24-hr) unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO) induces the genes encoding for renin, in juxtaglomerular apparatuses and in tubules, for
Pimentel, J. Luis +2 more
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Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 1997 Muscle potassium content and supplementation with potassium gluconate were evaluated in normokalemic cats with chronic renal failure (CRF). Affected cats received standard medical therapy for renal failure and either placebo (sodium gluconate!
Sharon K. Theisen +5 more
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