Current perspectives on congeni ...
Congenital obstructive nephropathy is the leading cause of chronic renal disease in children. As a result, it represents a tremendous societal burde ...
Maternal smoking during pregnan ...
An adverse fetal environment leads to smaller kidneys, with fewer nephrons, which might predispose an individual to the development of kidney diseas ...
Elevated systolic blood pressur ...
Preterm, very-low-birth-weight neonates (.1500 gm, VLBW) exhibit elevated systolic blood pressures (SBP) in adolescence and adulthood; however, the ...
Results of medical treatment an ...
Data on conservative treatment in children with urolithiasis are limited. The aim of the study was to determine the metabolic etiology and results o ...
Implications for kidney disease ...
Increasing attention has been focused on the implications of obesity in adults on the development of kidney disease, but data on the obese pediatric ...
Long-term risk of chronic kidne ...
The clinical spectrum of renal dysplasia includes the non-functioning multicystic dysplastic kidney (MCDK). We report our experience of the outcome ...
Membranoproliferative glomerulo ...
The development of membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) is associated with uncontrolled activation of the complement alternative pathway. ...
Urinary biomarkers to detect ac ...
We conducted a prospective study in pediatric patients presenting to an emergency center (EC) to (1) test the ability of urinary acute kidney injury ...
Increased risk of death in pedi ...
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystem autoimmune disease that can cause significant kidney disease. Our goal was to assess the relativ ...
Regulation of kidney developmen ...
There is accumulating evidence that gene expression can be regulated independently of DNA sequence changes, also called epigenetic modifications. Hi ...
Hepatoblastoma and prune belly ...
Prune belly syndrome (PBS) is a congenital anomaly characterized by the clinical triad of lax abdominal musculature, bilateral cryptorchidism, and a ...
Cyclophosphamide in steroid-dep ...
In order to determine the long-term effects of cyclophosphamide (CPO) and to identify parameters associated with sustained remission, we retrospecti ...
Urinary levels of TGF â-1 and o ...
This study aimed to identify noninvasive biomarkers of clinically significant nephrouropathies in patients with antenatal renal and/or urinary tract ...
Bone assessment in children wit ...
Bone damage in children with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a challenge for pediatric nephrologists. Areal measurements of bone mineral density (BM ...
Cyclosporin A therapy for Henoc ...
To evaluate the therapeutic role of cyclosporin A (CyA) for the treatment of Henoch–Schِnlein nephritis (HSN), 29 patients (18 boys, 11 girls) with ...
Additive effect of PPAR-م agoni ...
Our recent in vitro study demonstrated peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-م (PPAR.م) agonist potentiated the anti-inflammatory effect of ang ...
A 25-year experience with pedia ...
Anti-glomerular basement membrane (anti-GBM) disease, which is extremely uncommon in children, is characterized by rapidly progressive glomeruloneph ...
Uncharted waters: nephrogenesis ...
The major functions of the vertebrate kidney are the removal of metabolic waste and the balance of salt and water. These roles are fulfilled by neph ...
Urinary MMP-9/NGAL complex in c ...
The matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) and neutrophil gelatinase associated lipocalin (NGAL) are shown to increase in an inflammatory situation. Bas ...
Assessment of long-term renal c ...
We assessed the long-term renal complications in a regional cohort of extremely low birth weight (ELBW) children born in 2002–2004. The study group, ...
Henoch-Schِnlein purpura nephri ...
Nephritis develops in 18–81% of Henoch- Schِnlein purpura patients, and the long-term outcomes of this nephritis show great variation. A nephrotic s ...
Rituximab for refractory cases ...
Rituximab has been used over the last decade as a rescue therapy for refractory cases of nephrotic syndrome (NS). Here we report the use of rituxima ...
KIM-1 and NGAL: new markers of ...
Congenital obstructive nephropathy is the primary cause of chronic renal failure in children. Rapid diagnosis and initiation of the treatment are vi ...
Markers of childhood lupus neph ...
Current treatment regimens for childhood lupus nephritis (LN) are associated with significant side-effects and toxicity in vulnerable phases of grow ...
Antioxidant status of children ...
The production of free radicals can cause renal injury and play an important role in the pathogenesis of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome. Markers of r ...