conclusions fasting in the month of ramadan in two consecutive years, and during the hottest months, in riyadh, saudi arabia, did not adversely affect kidney graft function. objectives to investigate the effect of repeated ramadan fasting during the hottest months of the year on renal graft functions. patients and methods this was a prospective cohort study comparing two groups of renal transpl...

background when using brain dead donors for organ donation, assessment of kidney function before the procedure is essential. objectives it would be ideal to find an early marker of viability of donor kidneys that is more accurate than creatinine. patients and methods the present study was conducted from march of 2011 to march of 2012, included 52 deceased donors. serum and urinary neutrophil ge...

background chronic renal failure is an important and common complication of diabetes mellitus; hence, renal transplantation is a frequent and the acceptable treatment in patients with diabetic nephropathy requiring renal replacement therapy. on the other hand, renal transplantation and its conventional treatment can lead to increased diabetes outbreak in normoglycemic recipients. also, uncontro...

background:cystitis and pyelonephnitis in ruminants mostoften result from ascending urinary tract infection (uti).objectives: investigating the prevalence of urine infection andits relationship with histopathological findings of bladder andkidney. methods: this study was carried out on 353 slaughteredbuffalos (143 female and 210 male) at ahvaz abattoir, southwest ofiran. after slaughter, urinar...

primitive neuroectodermal tumor (penets) is an uncommon malignancy of bone and soft tissue witch rarely occurs in the kidney. in more than 90% of the cases, the tumor cells relieves a balanced translocation (11; 22) (q24; q12). immunohistochemical staining may be required for diagnosis of penet. the cells of tumor express cd99, vimentin, nse, fl1 but do not express ck, lca, myogenin, and wt1. w...

objectives: medicinal plants played an important role in human health. the kidney is a major organ for elimination the additional materials of body. some of metabolic waste products are excreted through the kidneys, give us useful information about kidney health. therefore, the aim of this research was to study the effects of a. deserti flowering tips extract on kidney. materials and methods: t...

objective: present study investigated the effects of parsley extract on pregnant rat kidneys which have undergone clinical abortion using prostaglandins. the renal protective effect of parsley extract was evaluated in pregnant rats which had an abortion. parsley was used due to its antioxidant properties. materials and methods:  fifty-four female rats were divided in 9 groups of 6: control preg...

oral mucosa can be affected in many systemic diseases such as chronic renal failure (crf). many metabolic and hematologic disorders develop in patients with crf which can also affect oral cavity. oral mucosa, teeth, salivary glands and jaw bones are affected. although hemodialysis can improve many of systemic features but the best treatment is renal transplantation. in addition to previous feat...

ultrasonographic examination of urinary system (kidney and urinary bladder) was conducted in new zealand white rabbit [nzwr] and tolai hare (lepus tolai). ultrasound images of the kidney and urinary bladder were evaluated on fifteen healthy rabbits of new zealand white rabbit and another fifteen tolai hares. the healthy rabbits were 8-12 months old (mean = 9.3 months), of both sexes and weighed...