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Kidneys Structure - Articles
Stem cell transplants help kidney damage
by
David Granovsky
Posted
Sun 13 Feb 2011 12:00am
“Transplanting autologous renal progenitor cells (RPCs), (kidney stem cells derived from self-donors), into rat models with kidney damage from pyelonephritis – a type of urinary infection that has reached the kidney – has been found to improve kidney structure and function.”
Stem cell transplants help kidney damage
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Kids' Urinary Infections Usually Not a Kidney Risk
by
Poh Tin Tan
Posted
Fri 21 Oct 2011 11:33pm
From Reuters Health InformationBy Amy NortonNEW YORK (Reuters Health) Oct 12 - Most children with recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs) are not at increased risk of chronic kidney disease later in life, a new meta-analysis suggests."If there is no structural abnormalities in the kidney ultrasound after the first UTI, the parents should not be ...
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My first "Annual" Kidney Exam
by
Nathan M.
Posted
Sun 24 Aug 2008 11:31pm
Good evening everyone!
I had my one-year post-transplant Glofil appointment on Tuesday. My score was 81. For those of you keeping track, I was 86.1 right after the transplant, 82 at the six-month mark. I asked the doctor (physician's assistant), and she said that the "normal" range for a post-transplant patient was between 40 and 60, ...
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Genetics Home Reference: dense deposit disease
by
nih.gov
Posted
Mon 07 Feb 2011 1:29pm
On this page:
Description
Genetic changes
Inheritance
Treatment
Additional information
Other names
Glossary definitions
Reviewed February 2011
What is dense deposit disease?
Dense deposit disease is a condition that primarily af ...
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Kidney Care – what you told us
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Dr. Donal O'Donoghue
Posted
Thu 28 May 2009 12:22am
Kidney Care is a new NHS organisation that has been established to help deliver the goals of the NSF for Renal Services. I am sure I don’t need to remind readers of this blog that our NSF covers adults and children and aims to improve the experience and outcomes for all people at all stages of kidney disease.
The NSF has set a high bar in a ...
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Kidney care pathways
by
Dr. Donal O'Donoghue
Posted
Thu 28 May 2009 12:22am
Eighteen week pathways are being developed with the aim of transforming service delivery. The start, stop and pause rules are important but not the biggest issue. A good test of the rules is do they make sense to the man on the proverbial Clapham omnibus? Let me give you an example – someone with normal excretory kidney function but with proteinu ...
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Renal Papillary Necrosis and Sickle Cell
by
Tosin Ola
Posted
Sun 14 Nov 2010 3:28am
Written by Sickle Cell Warrior on 14 November 2010
What is Renal Papillary Necrosis?
Renal papillary necrosis is a disorder of the kidneys in which all or part of the renal papillae die. The renal papillae are ducts that collect urine from the renal lobes and then transfer the urine to ...
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Kidney Stones can be prevented with herbal formula Renalis
by
franklinb
Posted
Sun 04 Oct 2009 11:11pm
Renalis Herbal Formula for Kidney Stone Prevention
Approximately twelve out of every 100 people, or 12% of the population, will develop a kidney stone at some point in their lives. This conditions prevalence begins to increase as we reach around 40 years of age, and chances of stone formation continues to climb well into our 70s. Kidney ston ...
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Health Comprehensive atlas of kidney genome created
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Dr. J. Mariano Anto Bruno M.
Posted
Tue 10 Feb 2009 10:57am
Sydney: A comprehensive genome-based atlas, created by researchers, would help shed light on healthy and abnormal kidney development and disease.
The atlas shows how the entire genome is regulated to produce thousands of specific genes that are mixed and re-mixed to form genetic teams.
It is the joint outcome of the work by Cincinnat ...
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Bilateral coronary and renal artery stenosis in a case with limited scleroderma
by
Jan
Posted
Wed 10 Nov 2010 6:23pm
Keywords
ACE inhibitors;renal artery stenosisl;scleroderma
Abstract
A 65-year-old woman with long-standing limited scleroderma over 15 years presented in January 2004 with scleroderma renal crisis with rising blood pressure, worsening of renal function and non-ST segment acute coronary syndrome. The patient's renal function deteriorated ...
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