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Microalbuminuria as Predictor of Early Glomerular Injury in Children and Adolescents with Sickle Cell Anaemia at Muhimbili National Hospital Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 2012 [PDF]

, 2012
Microalbuminuria (MA) is the earliest marker of various diseases affecting the renal system. Its relevance in children and adolescents with sickle cell anaemia (SCA), who are known to be prone to renal complications, has not been fully explored in our ...
Christopher, Richard
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The Pathogenesis of Nephrotic Syndrome: A Perspective from B Cells

Kidney Diseases
Background: Nephrotic syndrome is a special type of chronic kidney disease, the specific pathogenesis of which remains unclear. An increasing number of studies have suggested that B cells play an important role in the pathogenesis of nephrotic syndrome ...
Shifan Zhu, Jiayu Zhang, Langping Gao, Qing Ye, Jianhua Mao   +4 more
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A Report of Three Cases with Coincident Nephrotic Syndrome and Hypothyroidism and Outcome of Treatment with Levothyroxin

Journal of Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, 2013
Thyroid hormones play an important role in the growth and function of the kidneys. Hypothyroidism has known role in kidney filtration system disorders.
Bahman Bashardoust, Bahram Bashardoust, Neda Ghaemian   +2 more
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Management of the Nephrotic Syndrome [PDF]

, 1978
The nephrotic syndrome represents one of the major clinical problems in nephrology. It is usually defined as the constellation of clinical findings which includes edema, massive proteinuria, low serum albumin, high serum cholesterol, and the presence of ...
Landwehr, Douglas M.
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An integrated approach to cause-of-death analysis: cause-deleted life tables and decompositions of life expectancy [PDF]

This article integrates two methods that analyze the implications of various causes of death for life expectancy. One of the methods attributes changes in life expectancy to various causes of death; the other method examines the effect of removing deaths
Hiram Beltran-Sanchez, Samuel Preston, Vladimir Canudas-Romo   +2 more
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Primary care for diabetes in HIV-infected patients [PDF]

, 2007
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common disorder affecting individuals of all ages. Similar to general population, DM can also be seen in HIV infected cases.
Wiwanitkit, Viroj
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NEPHROTIC CRISIS — AN URGENT CONDITION IN PATIENTS WITH NEPHROTIC SYNDROME

Терапевтический архив, 2012
The lecture considers mechanisms of potassium and water retention underlying nephrotic syndrome, clinical differences between hypo- and hypervolemic variants of nephrotic syndrome, risk factors of nephrotic crisis and its clinical symptoms, current ...
L V Kozlovskaya, I N Bobkova, N V Chebotareva, V V Fomin, S V Roschupkina   +4 more
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Nephrotic Syndrome Without Nephrotic Range Proteinuria

Cureus
Nephrotic syndrome in adults is defined as nephrotic-range (≥3.5g/24h) proteinuria with low serum albumin, usually associated with edema, hyperlipidemia, and lipiduria. The 3.5g/24h threshold was selected arbitrarily and might not be reached in certain cases despite severe defects in glomerular permeability.
Sheikh, Jibran A, Syed, Usheem, Osama, Sayed M   +2 more
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Hypertension and its complications in a young man with autoimmune disease [PDF]

, 2017
Basile, Jan N., Batlle, Daniel C., Dhaun, Neeraj, Dominiczak, Anna F., Elijovich, Fernando, Jennings, Garry L.R., Laffer, Cheryl L., Miller-Hodges, Eve, Oliveras, Anna, Oparil, Suzanne   +9 more
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Collapsing glomerulopathy: A 30-year perspective and single, large center experience [PDF]

, 2017
Cossey, Nicholas, Larsen, Christopher P, Liapis, Helen   +2 more
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