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Etiologies, Clinical Features, and Outcome of Oxalate Nephropathy
Background: Oxalate nephropathy is a potentially underestimated cause of kidney failure characterized by massive deposition of calcium oxalate crystals in the renal parenchyma.
Benoit Buysschaert +5 more
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Paediatric renal transplantation: Paediatric surgeons' perspective
Abstract Renal transplantation is the most effective treatment for paediatric end‐stage renal disease (ESRD), offering advantages in survival, growth and neurocognitive development that surpass other renal replacement therapies (RRT). The paediatric setting, however, introduces distinct complexities that distinguish it from adult practice.
Adrian Chi‐heng Fung +3 more
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Traditionally, clinical outcomes measuring how a patient feels, functions, or survives are preferred endpoints in clinical trials; however, some may take a long time to manifest in slowly developing diseases. Biomarkers, if properly validated, can serve as surrogate endpoints, acting as substitutes for clinical outcomes.
Renske Johanna Grupstra +4 more
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Hyperoxaluria is a condition in which there is a pathologic abundance of oxalate in the urine through either hepatic overproduction (primary hyperoxaluria [PH]) or excessive enteric absorption of dietary oxalate (enteric hyperoxaluria [EH]). Severity can
Barbara Cellini +14 more
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Metabolic diagnosis and medical prevention of calcium nephrolithiasis and its systemic manifestations: a consensus statement [PDF]
Background: Recently published guidelines on the medical management of renal stone disease did not address relevant topics in the field of idiopathic calcium nephrolithiasis, which are important also for clinical research.
Bartoletti, R. +65 more
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Abstract Carrier screening for genetic conditions performed preconception or during pregnancy allows identification of fetal risk for inherited autosomal recessive and X‐linked conditions. The goal is to identify at‐risk patients/couples and offer them reproductive options such as preimplantation genetic diagnosis, prenatal testing, or targeted newborn
Emily B. Rosenfeld +5 more
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Unusual cause of renal failure in infancy: Primary hyperoxaluria
Background: Primary hyperoxaluria is a rare disease characterized by the excessive production and accumulation of oxalate in the body. Methods: We described the case of an infant with primary hyperoxaluria type who had end-stage renal failure in the ...
Kanchan Channawar, V S V Prasad
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ABSTRACT Background Primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by excessive oxalate production that leads to nephrocalcinosis or nephrolithiasis and progressive kidney failure, associated with systemic oxalosis that is not reversed by dialysis. Pharmacological treatment is limited.
Shameer M. Habeeb +8 more
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Mephrolithiasis as a common urinary system manifestation of inflammatory bowel diseases; a clinical review and meta-analysis [PDF]
The extra-intestinal manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are common and involve other organs or systems for example; urinary system. Evidence Acquisitions: For this review, we used a variety of sources by searching through Web of Science ...
Ganji-Arjenaki, M. +2 more
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Inducing Oxalobacter formigenes Colonization Reduces Urinary Oxalate in Healthy Adults
Introduction: Oxalate-degrading intestinal bacteria, including the oxalate-degrading specialist, Oxalobacter formigenes (O formigenes), have the potential to reduce urinary oxalate excretion in humans, and thus limit the risk of calcium oxalate kidney ...
Sonia Fargue +7 more
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