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Original Source: Genetics of congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract.
Congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) occur in 1 in 500 births and are a major cause of morbidity in children. Notably, CAKUT account for the most cases of pediatric end-stage renal disease and predispose the individual to hypertension and cardiovascular disease throughout life. Although some forms of CAKUT are a part of a syndrome or are associated with a positive family history, most cases of renal system anomalies are sporadic and isolated to the urinary tract. Broad phenotypic spe...
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Kidney Stones May Be Tied to Later Kidney Problems
FRIDAY, Aug. 31 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that people who have kidney stones -- especially younger women -- are slightly more likely to develop more serious kidney problems later in li...
Tolvaptan improves kidney health in polycystic kidney disease
A vasopressin V2-receptor blocker slows the increase in total kidney volume and decline in kidney function in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, report US researchers.
March Is National Kidney Month. What You Need To Know To Keep Your Kidney's Healthy
With more than 20 million or one in 10 American adults having some level of chronic kidney disease, the need for proper kidney health education is crucial.�According to Dr. Kozin, "Early kidney di...
NIH highlights lifelong impact of acute kidney injury
In observance of World Kidney Day on March 14, the National Institutes of Health is raising awareness of the long term effects of acute kidney injury (AKI) -- a sudden loss of kidney function. Researc...
March Is National Kidney Month. What You Need To Know To Keep Your Kidneys Healthy
With more than 20 million or one in 10 American adults having some level of chronic kidney disease, the need for proper kidney health education is crucial. According to Dr. Kozin, "Early kidney diseas...
Seattle, WA (PRWEB) March 07, 2013 Kidney Diet Secrets is the newly updated program designed by Rachelle Gordon, who promises to give people the kidney disease diet plan to help them get rid of t...
Tech Doc: Chronic kidney disease -- the silent killer
With World Kidney Day celebrated today, this month can be a good opportunity to get to know your kidney health. It is crucial that everyone recognize the increasing occurrence of kidney failure in the...
The Right Diet May Help Prevent Kidney Disease
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Predictors of Kidney Volume Change and Delayed Kidney Function Recovery After Donor Nephrectomy.
PURPOSE: To our knowledge the effects of preoperative kidney volume in living donors on the post-donation change in size and function of the remaining kidney have not been investigated. We studied the...
Progression of polycystic kidney disease in a kidney transplant.
Filtration Markers in Acute Kidney Injury.
Previously, recipients of a simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant versus a kidney transplant alone were thought to have higher fracture risk. Using a large US registry, Nikkel et al. observed lower...
