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Spontaneous rupture of renal pelvis as a rare complication of ureteral lithiasis

Urology Research and Practice, 2019
Spontaneous rupture of renal pelvis with urine extravasation is a rare condition and usually associated with obstructing ureteric calculus. It poses diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas, while a stepwise approach for the confirmation of diagnosis ...
Paraskevas Kalomoiris, Orestis Porfyris, Elena Apostolidi, Andromachi Mpampali   +3 more
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Matrix Remodeling-Associated Protein 5 in Urinary Exosomes as a Potential Novel Marker of Obstructive Nephropathy in Children With Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2020
Recent investigations have described the use of urinary matrix remodeling-associated protein 5 (MXRA5) as a novel biomarker of kidney impairment in the setting of chronic kidney disease.
Qi Wang, Zhengzhou Shi, Xiaoyu Xing, Yiting Deng, Wenjie Li, Tianwei Xie, Dapeng Jiang   +6 more
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Development and characterization of a pseudo multiple reaction monitoring method for the quantification of human uromodulin in urine. [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Uromodulin is the most abundant protein in healthy human urine. Recently it has been suggested as a specific biomarker of renal tubular damage.
Hammond, Thomas G., Moes, Suzette, Devuyst, Olivier, Jenö, Paul, Hammond, Thomas G, Jennings, Paul, Odermatt, Alex, Youhanna, Sonia   +7 more
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Renal impairment in a rural African antiretroviral programme [PDF]

, 2009
Background: There is little knowledge regarding the prevalence and nature of renal impairment in African populations initiating antiretroviral treatment, nor evidence to inform the most cost effective methods of screening for renal impairment.
Till Barnighausen, Cooke, GS, Barnighausen, Till, Cara Franey, Lessells, RJ, Newell, Marie-Louise, Knott, Deborah, Franey, C, Dedicoat Martin, Dedicoat, Martin, Newell Marie-Louise, Adam, A, Deborah Knott, Martin Dedicoat, Knott, D, Adam, Ahmed, Ahmed Adam, Newell, M-L, Franey, Cara, Lessells Richard J, Adam Ahmed, Richard J Lessells, Cooke Graham S, Marie-Louise Newell, Cooke, Graham S, Barnighausen Till, Lessells, Richard J, Dedicoat, M, Graham S Cooke, Knott Deborah, Barnighausen, T, Franey Cara   +31 more
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A surgical case of high-grade urothelial carcinoma of the renal pelvis complicated with giant hydronephrosis, giving rise to diagnostic difficulties on a cytological examination

Diagnostic Pathology, 2022
Background We report a surgical case of urothelial carcinoma of the renal pelvis, resulting in diagnostic difficulties on cytological examination. Case presentation A man in his late 70s underwent nephrectomy for giant hydronephrosis and renal cysts ...
Mao Takata, Motona Kumagai, Yumi Tsubata, Yoshiiku Okanemasa, Michiho Takenaka, Toshie Terauchi, Manabu Yamashita, Akihiro Shioya, Sohsuke Yamada   +8 more
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Aquaporin Expression Contributes to Human Transurothelial Permeability In Vitro and Is Modulated by NaCl [PDF]

, 2012
It is generally considered that the bladder is impervious and stores urine in unmodified form on account of the barrier imposed by the highly-specialised uro-epithelial lining.
Lisa A Kirkwood, Kirkwood Lisa A., Rubenwolf, Peter C., Jennifer Southgate, Georgopoulos, Nikolaos T., Georgopoulos Nikolaos T., Rubenwolf Peter C., Kirkwood, Lisa A., Baker Simon C., Peter C Rubenwolf, Southgate, Jennifer, Southgate Jennifer, Baker, Simon C., Simon C Baker, Nikolaos T Georgopoulos   +14 more
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Clinical Analysis of Renal Failure Caused by Malakoplakia: A Case Report and Literature Review

Frontiers in Medicine, 2022
BackgroundA 52-year-old middle-aged woman developed fatigue, poor appetite and elevated CRE levels 6 months ago without known causes of these symptoms.
Zhenting Wang, Jiannan Ren
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Lithium treatment reduces the renal kallikrein excretion rate [PDF]

, 1990
Lithium treatment reduces the renal kallikrein excretion rate. Lithium salts are widely used agents for the prophylactic treatment of affective disorders. Lithium salts may be associated with distal nephron dysfunction.
Marin-Grez, Marcos, Sauer, Heinrich, Gross, Peter, Reinhard, Caroline, Fink, Edwin   +4 more
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Non-invasive monitoring of renal transplant recipients: Urinary excretion of soluble adhesion molecules and of the complement-split product C4d [PDF]

, 2003
Background: The number of inducible adhesion molecules known to be involved in cell-mediated allograft rejection is still increasing. In addition, recent data describe complement activation during acute humoral allograft rejection.
Lederer, Stephan R., Sitter, Thomas, Regenbogen, C., Getto, R., Toepfer, Marcel, Friedrich, N.   +5 more
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Revisiting the morphology of pelvicalyceal system in human cadaveric kidneys with a systematic review of literature

Asian Journal of Urology, 2019
Objective: Renal collecting system macroscopically consists of minor calyx, major calyx, renal pelvis and ureter. Stone in renal collecting system is a common presentation in everyday urological practice. The prevalence of renal calculi ranges from 4% to
Kusum Rajendra Gandhi, Sushama Chavan
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