Uremia

Uremia is a term used to loosely describe the illness accompanying kidney failure . In kidney failure, urea and other waste products, which are normally excreted into the urine, are retained in the blood. Early symptoms include anorexia and lethargy, and late symptoms can include decreased mental acuity and coma. It is usually diagnosed in kidney dialysis patients when the glomerular filtration rate, a measure of kidney function, is below 50% of normal. Azotemia is another word that refers to high levels of urea, but is used primarily when the abnormality can be measured chemically but is not yet so severe as to produce symptoms. Uremia can also result in fibrinous pericarditis. There are many dysfunctions caused by uremia affecting many systems of the body, such as blood , Sex and bones . (From the Wikpedia article Uremia.)

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Recent Publications on Uremia:
Circulating Endothelial Progenitor Cells in Patients with ANCA-Associated Vasculitis. Background/Aims: Bone marrow-derived endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs)...	5th July, 2008	Department of Nephrology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in	Kidney Blood Press Res. 2008 Jul 4;31(4):247-254. DOI Direct Link
Review: Molecular and morphological approach of uremia-induced hyperplastic parathyroid gland following direct maxacalcitol injection. The mechanisms explaining the clinical effects of direct maxacalcitol...	2nd July, 2008	Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jichi Medical	Med Mol Morphol. 2008 Jun;41(2):76-82. Epub 2008 Jul 1. DOI Direct Link
Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonism Attenuates Cardiac Hypertrophy and Prevents Oxidative Stress in Uremic Rats. Chronic renal failure causes left ventricular hypertrophy, but the...	2nd July, 2008	Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Centro Fondo de Investigacion Avanzado	Hypertension. 2008 Jun 30;. DOI Direct Link
Sexual dysfunction in chronic renal failure. Recent studies have shown that testosterone is involved in the...	2nd July, 2008	Division of Nephrology and Dialysis, University of Messina, Policlinico	J Nephrol. 2008 Mar-Apr;21 Suppl 13:S113-7.
Parathyroidectomy improves the quality of sleep in maintenance hemodialysis patients with severe hyperparathyroidism. Sleeping disorders are very common in patients with chronic kidney disease...	2nd July, 2008	Division of Endocrine Surgery, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy.	J Nephrol. 2008 Mar-Apr;21 Suppl 13:S92-6.
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Uremia Clinical Trials:
Uremic Hyperhomocysteinemia -A Folate Trial for Possible Prevention of Cardiovascular Events	Uremia;   Chronic Renal Failure;   Hemodialysis;   Hyperhomocysteinemia;   Cardiovascular Disease
Study on the Prognosis and Effect of Anti-Diabetic Drugs on Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus With Coronary Artery Disease	Type 2 Diabetes;   Coronary Artery Disease
Vitamin D, Insulin Resistance and Inflammation in ESRD	End Stage Renal Disease
Effectiveness of the Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor,Citalopram (Cipralex), in Prurigo Nodularis	Prurigo Nodularis
Correlation of Urinary Kallikrein With Cytokines, Proteinuria and Renal Function in Chronic Renal Disease Patients	Chronic Kidney Disease
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Uremia Patents:
US Patent No.	Title
7306627	Acellular matrix grafts of collagen and elastic fiber
7335656	Medical devices employing triazine compounds and compositions thereof
7335770	Triazine compounds and their analogs, compositions, and methods
7335795	Crosslinked amine polymers
7338951	Pyridine compounds
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