Hypertension, Chronic Kidney Disease, and Renal Pathology in a Child with Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome

Correlation between the Level of Creatinine, Serum Cardiac Troponines and Left Ventricle Function Tests in Patients with Chronic Renal Diseases without Acute Coronary Syndrome

Background and Objectives:  The aim of this study was to survey the relationship between the level of  creatinine,cardiac troponins serum and the function of  the left ventricle in patients with  kidney insufficiency,without acute coronary syndrome. Materialsand Methods:The sample  was150 patients with nondialysis chronic kidney disease without  acute  coronary  syndrome,  hospitalized  at  I...

A Novel Splice Site Mutation in HPS1 Gene is Associated with Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome-1 (HPS1) in an Iranian Family

Resistive Index as a Marker of Renal Pathology in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease; Is It Useful?

Background Chronic kidney disease is a global health concern, its detection and diagnosis in earlier stages is also a great challenge that can alleviate this burden. Kidney biopsy is important to establish histopathological patterns. But, it is invasive. We aimedto evaluate the correlation of renal resistive index (RI) measured by Doppler ultrasound with the prog...

Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome complicated by pulmonary fibrosis.

A 45-year-old woman from Puerto Rico presented to the emergency department with progressively worsening dyspnea over a 3to 4-day period. She had been diagnosed with type 1 Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome complicated by pulmonary fi brosis 4 years earlier. Previous renal biopsy demonstrated nephrosclerosis secondary to HermanskyPudlak syndrome. A brother also had Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome complicated ...

concordance of the tuberculin skin test and quantiferon in child with kidney disease who candidate for immunosuppressive drugs in 1392-94 in aliasghar hospital

Introduction: Considering that prevoius investigation has included more adult age range, this study aimed to evaluate the agreement between TST and Quantiferon in kidney disease children who are candidate for immunosuppressive medications. Methods: In this cross sectional study, 31 children with renal disease including nephrotic syndrome and renal transplant candidates nominated for immunosu...