OBJECTIVE Congenital hypothyroidism (CH) increases the prevalence of kidney and urogenital malformations. There are limited studies considering different aspects of kidney function in well-controlled CH patients. We evaluated some features of kidney function in euthyroid children with CH who have been receiving thyroxine hormone since early life. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conduct...

renal actinomycosis is a rare infection, and actinomycosis mostly acts as a normal flora in mouth, colon and vagina. we present a case of 56 years old man, who referred to our center for renal transplantation with kidney stone and diagnosed  with renal actinomycosis.  this case has risen possibility of rare infection that can be considered in the setting of renal transplantation.

Excessive protein excretion in human urine is an early and sensitive marker of diabetic nephropathy, primary secondary renal disease. Kidney problems, particularly chronic kidney disease, remain among the few growing causes mortality world. Therefore, it important to develop efficient, expressive, low-cost method for determination. Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) methods are potentia...

We tested the hypothesis that endothelium-dependent afferent arteriolar vasodilation is impaired in the nonclipped kidney of two-kidney, one clip Goldblatt hypertensive rats relative to sham-operated controls. Five to six weeks after positioning of a 0.25-mm clip on the left renal artery, systolic pressure averaged 173 +/- 10 mm Hg in Goldblatt rats and 118 +/- 4 mm Hg in controls (p less than ...

In 1978, Chvátal and Thomassen proved that every 2-edge-connected graph with diameter 2 has an orientation with diameter at most 6. They also gave general bounds on the smallest value f(d) such that every 2-edge-connected graph G with diameter d has an orientation with diameter at most f(d). For d = 3, their general bounds reduce to 8 ≤ f(3) ≤ 24. We improve these bounds to 9 ≤ f(3) ≤ 11.

Sodium ferrocyanide was used to measure the intrarenal distribution of single nephron glomerular filtration rate (SNGFR) in remaining kidneys of dogs, 10 d after contralateral nephrectomy. It was first demonstrated that the renal function of both kidneys in situ was comparable. Following right nephrectomy, the urine volume, p-aminohippuric acid clearance, creatine clearance, osmolar clearance, ...

Nineteen sedated healthy pet dwarf rabbits were used to describe the radiographic abdominal anatomy along with some useful parameters of abdominal viscera. Moreover, kidney-to-fifth lumbar vertebral (L5) length ratio was calculated and compared to kidney-to-second lumbar vertebral (L2) length ratio in view of anatomical or pathological changes that could affect L2 in rabbits. The lateral and ve...

NINOMIYA, ISHIO, AYA IRISAWA, AND NAOKO NISIMARU. Nonuniformity of sympathetic nerve activity to the skin and kidney. Am. J. Physiol. 224(Z) : 256-264. 1973.-The effects of baroceptor reflex on the sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) to the skin and kidney were compared in anesthetized cats. Grouped SNA synchronous with cardiac cycle and respiration was not the major pattern in the skin nerve. Wit...