background: royal jelly has been shown to have antioxidant and antidiabetic effects. the objective of this study was to evaluate the protective effect of rj against kidney damage in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats. methods: thirty two male wistar rats were divided randomly into four groups (n=8 per group). normal control and diabetic control groups received 1cc/day distilled water, normal ...

PURPOSE To compare the detection of urinary stones using standard gray scale ultrasound for diagnostic accuracy using the color Doppler "twinkling sign". MATERIALS AND METHODS Our study population consisted of forty-one patients who demonstrated at least one urinary stone on unenhanced CT evaluation of the kidneys or ureters. Each patient was evaluated using gray scale ultrasound and color Do...

teratomas are rare germline tumors that originate from one or more embryonic germ cell layers. teratoma of the kidney is extremely rare, and less than 30 cases of primary intrarenal teratomas have been published to date. we report the main radiologic features of an unusual case of mature cystic teratoma arising from the left kidney in a two-year-old boy. a left-sided abdominal mass was detected...

the aim of this study was the investigation of absorbed dose to the kidneys, spleen, and liver during technetium-99 m ethylene dicysteine and technetium-99 m diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (99mtc-ec and 99mtc-dtpa) kidney scan. patients who had been prepared for the kidney scan, were divided into two groups (groups 1 and 2). the first group (group 1) and the second group (group 2) received ...

background: acetaminophen (apap) overdose causes renal and hepatic injury. it is ‎also believed that oxidative stress has a pivotal role in apap-induced renal injury. ‎therefore, protective effects of different antioxidants have been examined in apap-‎induced renal and hepatic toxicity models. stevia rebadiana is a plant with a high ‎degree of natural antioxidant activity in its leaf extract. t...

hypertension is a common complication of kidney transplantation with the prevalence of 80%. studies in adults have shown a high prevalence of hypertension (htn) in the first three months of transplantation while this rate is reduced to 50- 60% at the end of the first year. htn remains as a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, lower graft survival rates and poor function of transplante...

in this syudy a continuous bovine kidney cell line derived from a primary bovine kidney cells was established for the first time in iran. the cells were originating from two-day-old normal male calf of holstein breed. the cell cultures were continuously passaged following complete proliferation of primary cells. the specific properties or characteristics of the cell were defined using cytogene...

conclusions dyslipidemia is a common finding after kidney transplantation and has no correlation with csa level. according to conflicting data on the precise effect of different factors in inducing dyslipidemia, prospective large sample size studies should consider better control of dyslipidemia. results mean age of 1391studied population was 38.7 ± 15 years old. hypercholesterolemia and hypert...

introduction: autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (adpkd) is one of the most common genetic kidney disorders with the incidence of 1 in 1,000 births. adpkd is genetically heterogeneous with two genes identified: pkd1 (16p13.3, 46 exons) and pkd2 (4q21, 15 exons). eighty five percent of the patients with adpkd have at least one mutation in the pkd1 gene. genetic studies have demonstrate...