Perinephric hematoma following renal biopsy: A case report and literature review
Saudi Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences, 2015 The risks associated with performing a percutaneous renal biopsy have substantially decreased in the past two decades because of technical advances in the method.
Girish P Vakrani +2 more
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Tacrolimus rescue therapy for renal allograft rejection - Five-year experience [PDF]
, 1997 Over the 5 year period from 7/14/1989 until 5/24/1994, we have attempted graft salvage with tacrolimus conversion in a total of 169 patients (median age 33 years, range 2-75 years) with ongoing rejection on baseline CsA immunosuppression after failure of
Demetris, AJ +12 more
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Noninvasive Urinary Monitoring of Progression in IgA Nephropathy. [PDF]
, 2019 Standard methods for detecting and monitoring of IgA nephropathy (IgAN) have conventionally required kidney biopsies or suffer from poor sensitivity and specificity.
Fervenza, Fernando C +4 more
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RENAL BIOPSY PRACTICE IN IRAQ: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
The Iraqi Journal of Medical Sciences, 2017 Background: Renal biopsy is an indispensable tool for the accurate diagnosis and treatment of different forms of renal disease. Many advances have improved the utility and safety of renal biopsy procedure.
Ala Sh. Ali, Ali J. Al-Saedi
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Transjugular renal biopsy in high-risk patients: an American case series
BMC Nephrology, 2002 Background In the United States, transjugular renal biopsies using the Quickcore™ side cut needle system have previously been described primarily for transjugular renal biopsy in patients with concurrent liver and kidney disease.
Lomis Nick N +5 more
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Clinical trial of FK 506 immunosuppression in adult cardiac transplantation [PDF]
, 1992 The new immunosuppressive agent FK 506 was used as primary immunotherapy in conjunction with low-dose steroids and azathioprine in 72 patients subsequent to orthotopic cardiac transplantation.
Armitage +17 more
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Real world outcomes of biopsy‐proven oncocytic neoplasm of the kidney managed by surveillance
BJUI Compass, 2022 Objectives To evaluate outcomes of patients diagnosed with oncocytic renal neoplasms on routine renal mass biopsy and to describe the natural history of these tumours when managed with surveillance as opposed to immediate intervention.
Flora E. Rodger +9 more
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Human Pathology, 1991 AbstractContext.—The first renal biopsy was carried out more than a century ago, but its widespread introduction into clinical use, beginning in the 1950s, helped develop nephrology into the powerful subspecialty of internal medicine that it is today. In the past 25 years, the use of the spring-loaded biopsy gun, in combination with newer visualization
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A Case of Henoch-Schonlein Purpura Associated with Rotavirus Infection in an Elderly Asian Male and Review of the Literature. [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP), a small vessel vasculitis mediated by deposition of immune-complexes containing IgA in the skin, gut, and glomeruli, often presents with abdominal pain, purpuric rash in the lower extremities and buttocks, joint
Adderley +13 more
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Preimplantation biopsy predicts delayed graft function, glomerular filtration rate and long-term graft survival of transplanted kidneys [PDF]
, 2016 Background The predictive value of preimplantation biopsies for long-term graft function is often limited by conflicting results. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of time-zero graft biopsy histological scores on early and late graft ...
Bianchi, Valentina +10 more
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