nephSAP: Volume 4
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The recurrence of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) in human renal allografts has remained an enigma ever since the first report of three patients with rapid recurrence of FSGS after transplantation was published by Hoyer et al. (1).
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Volume 4, Number 1, January 2005
Transplantation
William M. Bennett, MD and John P. Vella, MD
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The recurrence of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) in human renal allografts has remained an enigma ever since the first report of three patients with rapid recurrence of FSGS after transplantation was published by Hoyer et al. (1)....
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What health problem is responsible for the greatest number of human deaths today? AIDS? Malnutrition or its opposite, obesity? The great infectious diseases like tuberculosis or malaria? Smoking? Surprisingly, it is none of these.
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Volume 4, Number 2, March 2005
Hypertension
George L. Bakris, MD and Stephen C. Textor, MD
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What health problem is responsible for the greatest number of human deaths today? AIDS? Malnutrition or its opposite, obesity? The great infectious diseases like tuberculosis or malaria? Smoking? Surprisingly, it is none of these....
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The postulated mechanisms of glomerular filtration and tubular reabsorption of proteins in physiologic and pathologic conditions have been extensively investigated over the past several decades (1). Briefly, two major mechanisms appear to be responsible f
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Volume 4, Number 3, May 2005
Glomerular, Vascular, and Tubulointerstitual Diseases
Gerald B. Appel, MD and Richard J. Glassock, MD
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The postulated mechanisms of glomerular filtration and tubular reabsorption of proteins in physiologic and pathologic conditions have been extensively investigated over the past several decades (1). Briefly, two major mechanisms appear to be responsible f...
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Nephrology has been a recognized scientific discipline for nearly 40 years (1). During the first 20 years, hereditary conditions in this field of study would have more properly been classified as "Dangerfield's Disorders," because they, like famous lateni
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Volume 4, Number 4, July 2005
Genetic Diseases of the Kidney
Lisa M. Guay-Woodford, MD and Vicente E. Torres, MD
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Nephrology has been a recognized scientific discipline for nearly 40 years (1). During the first 20 years, hereditary conditions in this field of study would have more properly been classified as "Dangerfield's Disorders," because they, like famous lateni...
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Secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) is common among patients with chronic kidney disease. It is an almost invariable consequence of progressive renal insufficiency in untreated patients, and it affects a substantial proportion of patients managed by dial
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Volume 4, Number 5, September 2005
Renal Osteodystrophy, Disorders of Divalent Ions, and Nephrolithiasis
Stanley Goldfarb, MD
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Secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) is common among patients with chronic kidney disease. It is an almost invariable consequence of progressive renal insufficiency in untreated patients, and it affects a substantial proportion of patients managed by dial...
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Diabetes mellitus was the assigned cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in 45% of the 99,057 newly diagnosed adult cases in the United States in 2002 (1). ESRD risk is three times higher among persons with diabetes mellitus compared to the general popu
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Volume 4, Number 6, November 2005
End-Stage Renal Disease and Dialysis
Thomas A. Depner, MD and John M. Burkart, MD
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Diabetes mellitus was the assigned cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in 45% of the 99,057 newly diagnosed adult cases in the United States in 2002 (1). ESRD risk is three times higher among persons with diabetes mellitus compared to the general popu...
