Usefulness of skin immunofluore ...
Lupus nephritis (LN) may represent a diagnostic problem, particularly in pediatric patients that present with typical histological lesions but do no ...
Kidney repair and stem cells: a ...
Over the last decade, stem cells have been the topic of much debate and investigation for their regenerative potential in the case of renal injury. ...
Novel multidrug therapy for chi ...
An effective treatment for children with refractory nephrotic syndrome (NS), especially in those with cyclosporine (CsA)-resistant or CsA-intolerant ...
Clinical course and outcome of ...
We conducted a retrospective study on children with primary nephrotic syndrome (NS) to evaluate the clinical course and outcome of children with ste ...
Long-term follow-up after cyclo ...
Cyclophosphamide (CP) has been used for over 40 years in patients with steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome (SSNS) presenting frequent relapses or s ...
Liver fibrosis in recessive mul ...
Cystic renal diseases are characterized by intrarenal cysts of different size and number. Further important diagnostic criteria include, e.g., liver ...
Quality of life of pediatric pa ...
The interest in quality of life (QoL) studies has increased as they are useful instruments to evaluate and compare medical care delivery and the imp ...
Expression and function of the ...
Polyomavirus enhancer activator 3 (Pea3), belonging to the PEA3 subfamily of Ets transcription factors, is essential for certain organogenesis in ma ...
Novel mutations in steroid-resi ...
Steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (NS) remains one of the most intractable causes of end-stage renal disease in the first two decades of life. Se ...
Variable renal phenotype in a f ...
Recent advances in the genetics of glomerular diseases have identified several causative genes of nephrotic syndrome and/or glomerular proteinuria. ...
Kidney and urinary tract develo ...
Development of the mammalian urogenital system requires a balance between survival and programmed cell death. Pro-survival molecules are crucial in ...
Effect of diet, enalapril, or l ...
Proteinuria is the main indicator of renal disease progression in many chronic conditions. There is currently little information available on the ef ...
Clinical outcomes in children w ...
Henoch.Schonlein purpura (HSP) is one of the most common causes of systemic vasculitis in children. The incidence of HSP nephritis (HSPN) among HSP ...
Protective effects of Huang Qi ...
Huang Qi Huai (HQH) granules, a mixture of Chinese herbs, contains trametes robiniophila murr, wolfberry fruit, and Polygonatum. We investigated the ...
Alport syndrome and leiomyomato ...
Alport syndrome (ATS) is a nephropathy characterized by the association of progressive hematuric nephritis with ultrastructural changes of the glome ...
Treatment strategies for Henoch ...
The management of Henoch-Schonlein purpura nephritis (HSPN) is controversial. It has been revealed that some patients develop end-stage renal diseas ...
Four family cases of acute rena ...
Cortinarius poisoning is a rare syndrome that is responsible for a delayed toxic tubulointerstitial nephritis that can induce severe acute or chroni ...
Acute reversible changes of bra ...
Acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis (APSGN) is the most common form of postinfectious nephritis worldwide. The relationship between inflammat ...
An unusual case of gross hematu ...
Acute renal failure (ARF) is a rare but well-known complication of massive gross hematuria and has been reported in immunoglobulin (Ig)A nephropathy ...
Glomerular basement membrane co ...
The glomerular basement membrane (GBM) is an especially thick basement membrane that contributes importantly to the kidney’s filtration barrier. The ...
Nephrotic syndrome in The Nethe ...
Nephrotic syndrome (NS) is a clinical diagnosis with proteinuria, hypoalbuminaemia and oedema. NS is rare in children, and its incidence in The Neth ...
Plasma from a case of recurrent ...
The MYH9 gene encodes a non-muscle myosin IIA heavy chain (NMMHC-IIA) expressed in podocytes. Heterozygous MYH9 mutations cause a set of overlapping ...
HNF1B and PAX2 mutations are a ...
Malformations of the kidney and lower urinary tract are the most frequent cause of end-stage renal disease in children. Mutations in HNF1آ and PAX2 ...
Letter to the Editor regarding ...
This letter is in reference to the article by Di Cesare et al. [1], regarding the association of anorectal malformations (ARMs) and neurospinal dysr ...
Unilateral localized cystic kid ...
ADPKD is the clinical manifestation of a genetic defect that is typically thought to be a bilateral renal cystic disease of adults, since children a ...