The present case study is on a 16-year-old woman who was suffering from nephrotic syndrome after recovery from complete type of hydatiform mole. She was admitted in hospital because of proteinurea and hematuria. Then she was showing a generalized edema compatible with neprhotic syndrome. In her past medical history she had a suction curettage for hydatiform mole. After she received 4 courses ch...

We previously isolated a novel tyrosine kinase receptor, Flt-1, now known as VEGF-receptor (VEGFR)-1. The VEGF-VEGFR system plays a pivotal role in not only physiological but also pathological angiogenesis. We examined the role of Flt-1 in carcinogenesis using Flt-1-signal-deficient (Flt-1 TK-/-) mice, and found that this receptor stimulates tumor growth and metastasis most likely via macrophag...

objective: the aim of the present study was to investigate the renal protective effect of adenanthera pavonina (a. pavonina) seed aqueous extract (apsae), in streptozotocin (stz)-induced diabetic rats. materials and methods: the renal protective effect of a. pavonina seed aqueous extract (apsae) was studied in stz-induced diabetic rats. apsae (50, 100 and 200 mg/kg per day) was given daily to d...

A 14-year-old African American adolescent boy presented with a 20-lb weight loss, malaise, and arthralgia. Physical examination was unremarkable. CBC showed pancytopenia with a hemoglobin level of 7.9 g/dL, leukocytes 1.2 3 10/L, and platelets 137 3 10/L. Peripheral smear showed occasional dacrocytes and schistocytes. Other testing showed a creatinine level of 1.3 mg/dL, 11 proteinurea, erythro...

Proteinurea is considered to be major prognostic factor in patients with certain chronic diseases, such as cancer and ESRD. High serum albumin, gamma globulin, beta-2 & alpha-1 microglobulin is common in patients with diabetes mellitus; nevertheless, the relationship between proteinuria and diabetes mellitus prognosis has not been verified. The mean arterial pressure was 30±9%. The mean serum a...

BACKGROUND Placental abruption is one of the leading causes of maternal mortality and morbidity. Many causes predispose an expecting mother to placental abruption, such as trauma, previous history, smoking, ethnicity and hypertension. The present study concentrated on maternal hypertension as a cause of abruption. METHODS All subjects of this comparative study underwent a complete obstetrical...

Objective: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) reside clinically quiet and consequently undetected until an advanced stage is reached. Therefore, the objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of CKD in a primary health care setting in Hail Region, KSA. Methodology: A multi-center cross sectional survey included 5000 Saudi selected from 30 primary health care centers (PHCs) in Hail Region....