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Chronic kidney disease is characterized by the progressive loss of functional nephrons. This loss means that the remaining nephrons are put under stress and are forced to adapt in order to maintain kidney function. Over the time, the strains imposed by these adaptations result in a vicious circle in which the loss of damaged nephrons results in the...
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Cryoglobulins are circulating immunoglobulins that precipitate with cold temperature and dissolve with rewarming. Type 1 cryoglobulinemia is composed of a single monoclonal immunoglobulin and is associated with renal involvement in up to 40% of cases. Type 1 cryoglobulinemia is related to an underlying B-cell haematological malignancy in 60% of pat...
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Acute clinical antibody-mediated rejection is currently defined by (1), an acute renal failure occurring during the first months following transplantation, (2), at least a microcirculation inflammation (glomerulitis and peritubular capillaritis) on kidney biopsy and (3), the presence in peripheral blood of donor specific antibodies, mostly anti-hum...
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Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most frequent Mendelian inherited disorder. It covers 6.1% of incident ESRD patients in France in 2011. Long left untreated, this disease will soon benefit from targeted therapies currently under evaluation. Several molecules have already reached the stage of clinical trials: the evaluatio...
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When seen, some habits of calcium oxalate monohydrate crystals (whewellite) are so typical of ethylene glycol intoxication that they may be helpful for its diagnosis when circumstances are not clearly established.
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Renal involvement in Takayasu's arteritis is frequent and worsens the progression of the disease. This is primarily a renal artery stenosis causing renovascular hypertension. The glomerular disease is exceptional. This study was undertaken to determine the clinical, radiological, biological features and therapeutic response in patients with kidney ...
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Acquired Fanconi syndrome can occur in patients with monoclonal gammopathy or after exposure to heavy metals or drug agents such as ifosfamide, and some antiretroviral therapies. Fanconi syndrome is characterized by a dysfunctional of the proximal tubular responsible in its complete form for polyuria, hypokalemia, glycosuria, hypophosphatemia and l...
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This work proves the feasibility of the creation of AVF in Rwanda, thus allowing to preclude the various complications that arise with the prolonged use of a catheter. This experience was made possible by the pooling of the resources of 4 of Rwanda's leading hospitals. In an early future, the development of vascular surgery will assure the permanen...
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The number of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) with its associated complications has increased dramatically worldwide in recent years. Therefore, many experimental and clinical studies have examined over the last decade the mechanisms involved, in order to explain the sharp increase in cardiovascular mortality. Hyperphosphatemia is a majo...
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Our results indicate that sclerostin levels are elevated in CKD patients and are associated with inflammation, vascular lesions, uremia and (potentially) mortality.
