materials and methods a case-control study was designed on 91 cases with spontaneous hcv infection clearance and 259 patients with persistent hcv infection as the control group. the rs12979860 snp was assessed as the most common ifnl polymorphism by pcr-rflp method. results distribution of rs12979860 cc genotype in the spontaneous clearance group was around two folds of its distribution in chro...

objective: level of serum homocysteine is remarkably common among patients with moderate to sever renal failure. we assessed whether serum homocysteine concentrations were correlated with proteinuria in overt diabetic nephropathy. materials and methods: a cross-sectional study was carried out on 45 patients (29 males, 16 females) with overt proteinuria. all subjects had type 2 diabetes. data in...

Background: Measurement of absolute or differential renal function using radiotracers plays an important role in the clinical management of various renal diseases. Gamma camera quantitative methods in approximation of renal clearance may potentially be as accurate as plasma clearance methods. However some critical factors such as kidney depth and background counts are still troublesome in...

Cystatin C is a 13 KD basic protein that is a member of the cystatin superfamily of cysteine protease inhibitors. The cystatin C gene seems to be a house keeping gene, which is compatible with a stable production rate of cystatin C by most cells. This protein is freely filtered through the glomerulus and almost completely reabsorbed and catabolized by proximal tubular cells. Because of the...

the effect of positive end expiratory pressure (peep) on the hepatic elimination of low to moderate extraction ratio drugs has not been clearly defined. we prospectively investigated the effect of peep on the clearance of theophylline in 30 (20 males and 10 females) intubated critically ill adult patients with acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ali/ards). the mean (±sd) age ...