Pandemic H1N1 influenza A viral ...
We report here on a case of a 27-year-old man with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome and diffuse alveolar hemorrhage associated with influenza A H1 ...
Clinical impact of albuminuria ...
Patients suffering from diabetic nephropathy, resulting in end-stage renal failure, are increasing in number. The pathophysiology of diabetic nephro ...
Successful treatment of progres ...
Acute tubulointerstitial nephritis and bilateral uveitis (TINU) syndrome is a rare disease usually occurring in young women. We report the exception ...
Urinary angiotensinogen as a pr ...
Background The intrarenal renin-angiotensinogen system (RAS) plays a major role in the progression of chronic kidney disease. Urinary angiotensinoge ...
Accelerated recovery from Candi ...
A 62-year-old man on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis was transferred to our hospital with recurrent abdominal pain and a cloudy peritoneal ...
Metabolomic profiling of the au ...
Background Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is an inherited systemic disease characterized by renal cyst expansion, resulting in ...
Incidence and risk factors for ...
Background Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) is an effective treatment for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); however, large ...
Dexamethasone increases the pho ...
Background We reported that nephrin is phosphorylated at Y1204 and Y1228 under normal conditions and that the phosphorylation is decreased in puromy ...
The pathogenesis and treatment ...
Henoch–Scho¨nlein purpura (HSP) is a systemic disorder characterized by leukocytoclastic vasculitis involving the capillaries and the deposition of ...
Membranous nephropathy in an HI ...
In ordinary settings, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated nephropathy should be considered when HIV infection is associated with heavy pro ...
Peritonitis is still an importa ...
Background In Japan, the population of patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD) is\4% of the total number of patients with end-stage renal disease. Few ...
Acute systemic hypotension afte ...
We report the case of a 53-year-old hemodialysis patient with severe aortic stenosis, who developed acute systemic hypoperfusion after arteriovenous ...
Significance of past history of ...
Background Clinical information regarding risk factors may be helpful in the detection of various diseases. This cross-sectional study examined the ...
Methicillin-resistant Staphyloc ...
We believe that bacterial-infection-associated glomerulonephritis (GN), so-called methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)-GN, was extermi ...
Transplantation-associated thro ...
Transplantation-associated thrombotic microangiopathy (TA-TMA) is a rare but devastating syndrome that occurs in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell ...
Augmented antihypertensive effe ...
A 38-year-old female patient on peritoneal dialysis (PD) due to type 1 diabetic nephropathy with a wellpreserved residual renal function did not res ...
Acute peritonitis due to Coryne ...
A 55-year-old Japanese woman receiving continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) was admitted to our service with abdominal pain and cloudy p ...
Resolution of clinical and path ...
C1q nephropathy is a rare idiopathic glomerulopathy characterized by mesangial deposition of immunoglobulin and complement with C1q dominance or co ...
Atheroembolic renal disease wit ...
Atheroembolic renal disease is caused by foreign- body reaction to cholesterol crystals flushed from the atherosclerotic plaques into the small-vess ...
Tumoral calcinosis associated w ...
A 56-year-old male with chronic renal failure was admitted to the hospital because of progressive hip pain, appetite loss, general fatigue, and hype ...
The renal cyst infection caused ...
A 40-year-old Japanese man was admitted to our hospital for investigation of fever and right flank pain starting after watery diarrhea. Salmonella e ...
A suspected case of paradoxical ...
We experienced a case of cryptogenic renal infarction in a previously healthy 60-year-old man. He had no systemic atherosclerotic changes. Holter mo ...
Influence of erythropoietin-sti ...
Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) is used to assess glycemic control in diabetic patients. Erythropoietin-stimulating agent (ESA) treatment decreases HbA1 ...
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in a ...
A 68-year-old female in hemodialysis due to autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease underwent resection of cysts in her right kidney via a lapa ...
Natural history of renal cell c ...
A 53-year-old woman presented to our hospital with a non-metastatic 4 cm renal mass in the right kidney. The patient rejected treatment, but consent ...