Hypertensive crisis in children
Hypertensive crisis is rare in children and is usually secondary to an underlying disease. There is strong evidence that the renin-angiotensin syste ...
Evaluation of the highly sensit ...
The immune response against alloantigens involves the production of antibodies and development of T-cell immunity. Recipients sensitized to HLA anti ...
A 10-year-old with proteinuria ...
The seat of ultra filtration of all the fluid in the human body is the glomerulus. The normal glomerular basement membrane is composed of a triple h ...
Urinary calcium and uric acid e ...
Urolithiasis is relatively common in children, and identifiable predisposing factors for stone formation, including metabolic and structural derange ...
CKD-MBD after kidney transplant ...
Successful kidney transplantation corrects many of the metabolic abnormalities associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD); however, skeletal and c ...
New developments in the treatme ...
A large number of new studies on the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have recently been or are about to be published. Unfortunately, ...
Renal FMD may not confer a fami ...
Renal fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) can cause hypertension, and previous reports suggest that FMD is familial. We hypothesized that, in families con ...
Urine IL-8 concentrations in in ...
Urine IL-8 concentrations are known to be elevated in urinary tract infection (UTI), as well as in vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) even in the absence o ...
Cyclosporine A vs. methylpredni ...
Knowledge about how to treat severe Henoch– Schِnlein nephritis (HSN) is scarce. The aimof our study is to compare cyclosporine A (CyA) and methylpr ...
Optimizing treatment strategies ...
The letter by Davin and colleagues in this issue of Pediatric Nephrology on the long-term efficacy of plasma therapy (PT) in atypical haemolytic ura ...
Surgical management of vesicour ...
Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) is the most common uropathy affecting children. Compared to children without VUR, those with VUR have a higher rate of p ...
Bilateral renal artery stenosis ...
Epidermal nevus syndrome is a rare congenital sporadic neuro-ectodermic disorder, characterized by the presence of epidermal nevi in association wit ...
Longitudinal study of bone mine ...
Children with idiopathic hypercalciuria (IH) may have a reduced bone mineral density (BMD), which could impact on bone health in adulthood. There is ...
Can bisphosphonates play a role ...
In patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) renal osteodystrophy, in the form of either low- or highturnover bone disease, is quite common. While ...
Adiponectin, cardiovascular dis ...
Over the past decade, adiponectin has been a subject of interest in many fields of medicine. The effect of adiponectin in metabolism and inflammatio ...
Community-acquired enterococcal ...
The objectives of this study were to characterize community-acquired (CA) enterococcal urinary tract infections (UTIs) in a tertiary pediatric cente ...
Hepcidin in anemia of chronic k ...
Anemia coincident with hyporesponsiveness to erythropoiesis-stimulating agents is an ongoing and prevalent problem in children with chronic kidney d ...
Kidney transplantation in child ...
Our objective was to assess the mental health and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in children and their parents after renal transplantation ( ...
Elevated plasma advanced oxidat ...
Henoch–Schonlein purpura (HSP) is a systemic vasculitis characterized by involvement of skin, joints, gastrointestinal tract (GIT), and kidney; its ...
Integrins in renal development
The kidney develops from direct interactions between the ureteric bud and the metanephric mesenchyme. The ureteric bud gives rise to the collecting ...
Intensive hemodialysis for card ...
Heart and kidney dysfunction often coexist, and increasing evidence supports the interaction of these two organs, as demonstrated by the clinical co ...
An unusual DMSA scan—Question
A 4-year-old boy presented at the age of 2 with a urinary tract infection (UTI) associated with a febrile illness. Urine culture grew Escherichia co ...
Investigating mechanisms of chr ...
Animal models of chronic kidney disease (CKD) are important experimental tools that are used to investigate novel mechanistic pathways and to valida ...
The influence of EPO and hypoth ...
The aim of this study was to determine the effects of erythropoietin (EPO), moderate hypothermia, and a combination thereof on the kidneys of newbor ...
Renal transplantation in infant ...
There are still concerns about renal transplantation in small children. The aim of this study was to identify prenatal data, underlying diseases, pa ...