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  1. Low birth weight (LBW) is associated with end-stage kidney disease and hypertension and is considered to be a surrogate marker of low nephron number. Low nephron number is hypothesized to contribute to glomeru...

    Authors: Yuriko Shiozaki, Tomoyuki Fujikura, Shinsuke Isobe, Ibuki Takatsuka, Taichi Sato, Daiki Goto, Sayaka Ishigaki, Naro Ohashi and Hideo Yasuda
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:75
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  2. Karyomegalic interstitial nephritis (KIN) is a rare hereditary cause of chronic kidney disease. It typically causes progressive renal impairment with haemoproteinuria requiring renal replacement therapy before...

    Authors: Steven Law, Julian Gillmore, Janet A. Gilbertson, Paul Bass and Alan D. Salama
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:74
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  3. Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) in patients with type 2 diabetes enhances the cardiovascular risk profiles and disease, and is a strong predictor of progression to end-stage kidney disease. Early diagnosis is enc...

    Authors: Frederick C. F. Otieno, Elijah N. Ogola, M. W. Kimando and Kenn Mutai
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:73
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  4. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is increasing worldwide, and the majority of the CKD burden is in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). However, there is wide variability in global access to kidney care thera...

    Authors: David Flood, Katharine Wilcox, Andrea Aguilar Ferro, Carlos Mendoza Montano, Joaquin Barnoya, Pablo Garcia, Randall Lou-Meda, Peter Rohloff and Anita Chary
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:71
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  5. A positive pregnancy test in acute or chronically ill patients has implications for the use of potentially mutagenic or teratogenic products in urgent medical therapies such as the use of chemotherapies or the...

    Authors: Natalja Haninger-Vacariu, Harald Herkner, Matthias Lorenz, Marcus Säemann, Andreas Vychytil, Martin Jansen, Rodrig Marculescu, Reinhard Kramar, Gere Sunder-Plassmann and Alice Schmidt
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:70
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  7. IgA deficiency associated with glomerulonephritis is rare. In particular, there is no prior report regarding the association between IgA deficiency and membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) in childr...

    Authors: Keisuke Sugimoto, Takuji Enya, Kohei Miyazaki, Tomoki Miyazawa, Tsukasa Takemura and Mitsuru Okada
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:68
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  8. Hemodialysis sessions frequently become unstable from complications such as intradialytic hypotension and untoward symptoms. Previous patient safety initiatives promote prevention of treatment complications; y...

    Authors: Pei-Yi Kuo, Rajiv Saran, Marissa Argentina, Michael Heung, Jennifer Bragg-Gresham, Sarah Krein, Brenda W. Gillespie, Kai Zheng and Tiffany C. Veinot
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:67
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  9. Information about renal diseases in children is available from national registries of renal biopsies. Aim of the study was to compare the clinical presentation of glomerular diseases and tubulointerstitial spa...

    Authors: Adela Arapović, Katarina Vukojević, Natalija Filipović, Merica Glavina Durdov, Danica Ljubanović-Galešić, Mirna Saraga-Babić, Sandra Prgomet, Ana Simičić Majce, Anja Belavić, Dijana Borić Škaro, Dragan Ljutić and Marijan Saraga
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:65
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  10. Calcific Uremic Arteriolopathy (CUA) is a rare disease, causing painful skin ulcers in patients with end stage renal disease. Recommendations for CUA management and treatment are lacking.

    Authors: Raphaël Gaisne, Morgane Péré, Victorio Menoyo, Maryvonne Hourmant and David Larmet-Burgeot
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:63
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  11. Limited evidence has indicated that addition of a steroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (MRA) to the standard of care reduces proteinuria in patients with diabetic kidney disease (DKD); however, ther...

    Authors: Michael Blankenburg, Csaba P. Kovesdy, Anne-Kathrin Fett, Raymond G. Griner and Alain Gay
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:61
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  12. The application of laparoscopic catheterization technology in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients has recently increased. However, the advantages and disadvantages of laparoscopic versus conventional open PD cat...

    Authors: Mei-Lan Sun, Yong Zhang, Bo Wang, Te-An Ma, Hong Jiang, Shou-Liang Hu, Piao Zhang and Yan-Hong Tuo
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:60
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  13. Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a highly prevalent genetic disease worldwide. In the natural evolution of SCD, glomerular lesions can develop, presenting histopathological patterns of segmental or focal membranop...

    Authors: Precil Diego Miranda de Menezes Neves, Bernardo Vergara Reichert, Ramaiane Aparecida Bridi, Luis Yu, Cristiane Bitencourt Dias, Rafaela Brito Bezerra Pinheiro, Leonardo de Abreu Testagrossa, Lívia Barreira Cavalcante, Denise Maria Avancini Costa Malheiros, Lectícia Barbosa Jorge and Viktoria Woronik
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:56
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  14. Fabry disease (FD) is a rare, lysosomal storage disorder caused by the absence or deficiency of the enzyme alpha-galactosidase A (α-Gal A) that leads to the abnormal accumulation of the lipid globotriaosylcera...

    Authors: Andrew Mallett, Phoebe Kearey, Anne Cameron, Helen Healy, Charles Denaro, Mark Thomas, Vincent W. Lee, Samantha Stark, Maria Fuller and Wendy E. Hoy
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:58
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  15. Oral iron is recommended as first line treatment of anemia in non-dialysis chronic kidney disease (ND-CKD) patients. Sucrosomial® iron, a new generation oral iron with high absorption and bioavailability and a...

    Authors: Eleonora Riccio, Massimo Sabbatini, Ivana Capuano, Angela Maria Pellegrino, Luigi Annicchiarico Petruzzelli and Antonio Pisani
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:57
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  17. Surgical correction of hyperparathyroidism after kidney transplantation has been associated with significant graft function decline. We examined the effects of parathyroidectomy on short- and long-term graft f...

    Authors: Margret Patecki, Irina Scheffner, Hermann Haller and Wilfried Gwinner
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:53
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  18. Data on clinical characteristics of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are scarce. We investigated the clinical features and risk factors of NAFLD using noni...

    Authors: A Reum Choe, Dong-Ryeol Ryu, Hwi Young Kim, Hye Ah Lee, Jiyoung Lim, Jin Sil Kim, Jeong Kyong Lee, Tae Hun Kim and Kwon Yoo
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:50
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  19. Flurbiprofen axetil (FA) is a commonly prescribed agent to relieve perioperative pain, but the relationship between FA and postoperative acute kidney injury (AKI) remains unclear. This study attempted to evalu...

    Authors: Dong Wang, Shi-Kun Yang, Meng-Xi Zhao, Yong-Zhong Tang, Wen OU-Yang, Hao Zhang and Qin Liao
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:52
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  20. Albumin-globulin ratio (AGR), a variable based on serum albumin and non-albumin proteins, has been demonstrated as a predictor of mortality in patients with malignant neoplasm. The aim of this study was to eva...

    Authors: Fenfen Peng, Lingzhi Sun, Ting Chen, Yan Zhu, Weidong Zhou, Peilin Li, Yihua Chen, Yiyi Zhuang, Qianyin Huang and Haibo Long
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:51
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  21. Magnesium disorders are commonly encountered in chronic kidney disease (CKD) and are typically a consequence of decreased kidney function or frequently prescribed medications such as diuretics and proton pump ...

    Authors: Rami Azem, Remy Daou, Elias Bassil, Eva Maria Anvari, Jonathan J. Taliercio, Susana Arrigain, Jesse D. Schold, Tushar Vachharajani, Joseph Nally and Georges N. Na khoul
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:49
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Nephrology 2020 21:139

  22. Emerging evidence has demonstrated that acute kidney injury (AKI) is an important risk factor associated with increased morbidity and mortality in diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) patients. The current study aimed ...

    Authors: Junzhe Chen, Honghui Zeng, Xia Ouyang, Mingsheng Zhu, Qiuyan Huang, Wenjuan Yu, Li Ling, Hui-yao Lan, Anping Xu and Ying Tang
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:48
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  23. Kidney transplantation performed in the presence of high-titre donor-specific antibodies (DSA) may result in hyper-acute or accelerated antibody-mediated rejection and rapid allograft loss. Previous studies ha...

    Authors: Christina Lai, Allyson Newman, Jane Mawson, Frederika Abou-Daher, Narelle Watson, Avik Majumdar, Kate Wyburn, Steve Chadban and David Gracey
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:47
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  24. Pre-operative risk scores are more valuable than post-procedure risk scores because of lacking effective treatment for contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI). A number of pre-operative risk scores have ...

    Authors: Wenjun Yin, Ge Zhou, Lingyun Zhou, Mancang Liu, Yueliang Xie, Jianglin Wang, Shanru Zuo, Kun Liu, Can Hu, Linhua Chen, Huiqin Yang and Xiaocong Zuo
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:45
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  25. Following publication of the original article [1], we have been notified that the name of one author was spelled incorrectly as Julien Haddoux, when the correct spelling is Julien Hadoux.

    Authors: Tristan de Nattes, Lucile Moreau-Grangé, Delphine Vezzosi, Julien Hadoux, Miguel Hie, Dominique Guerrot and Steven Grangé
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:44
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    The original article was published in BMC Nephrology 2020 21:35

  26. Vascular calcification (VC) is an independent predictor of cardiovascular disease (CVD) present in 30–70% of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Copeptin is a sensitive surrogate marker of arginine vas...

    Authors: Edyta Golembiewska, Abdul Rashid Qureshi, Lu Dai, Bengt Lindholm, Olof Heimbürger, Magnus Söderberg, Torkel B. Brismar, Jonaz Ripsweden, Peter Barany, Richard J. Johnson and Peter Stenvinkel
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:43
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  27. This study aimed to determine the lifetime cost-effectiveness of first-line dialysis modalities for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients under the “Peritoneal Dialysis First” policy.

    Authors: Carlos K. H. Wong, Julie Chen, Samuel K. S. Fung, Maggie Mok, Yuk lun Cheng, Irene Kong, Wai Kei Lo, Sing Leung Lui, T. M. Chan and Cindy L. K. Lam
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:42
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  29. Diagnosis and treatment of either ANCA disease or silent infection-related glomerulonephritis is complicated and is a huge treatment challenge when overlapping clinical manifestations occur. We report a case o...

    Authors: D. Bele, N. Kojc, M. Perše, A. Černe Čerček, J. Lindič, A. Aleš Rigler and Ž. Večerić-Haler
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:40
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  30. The use of peritoneal dialysis (PD) has increased substantially in the United States (US) in the past decade. This was likely spurred in large part by the implementation of the expanded prospective payment sys...

    Authors: Keiko I. Greenberg and Bernard G. Jaar
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:39
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  31. Chronic Kidney Disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) is prevalent in North Central Province (NCP) of Sri Lanka. Consumption of un-boiled dug well water has been identified as one of the causative factors. This in...

    Authors: M. G. Thammitiyagodage, N. R. de Silva, C. Rathnayake, R. Karunakaran, Kumara WGSS, M. M. Gunatillka, N. Ekanayaka, B. P. Galhena and M. I. Thabrew
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:38
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  32. Tissue derived biomarkers may offer utility as indicators of accumulated damage. Reduced thickness of retinal neuronal tissue and the vascular choroid have previously been associated with vascular damage and d...

    Authors: Euan N. Paterson, Meera L. Ravindran, Kayleigh Griffiths, Claire A. Le Velly, Chris C. Cardwell, Rachel V. McCarter, Patrick Nicol, Jay K. Chhablani, Mohammed Abdul Rasheed, Kiran Kumar Vupparaboina, Thomas J. MacGillivray, Mark Harbinson, Alexander P. Maxwell, Ruth E. Hogg and Gareth J. McKay
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:37
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  33. Hypothyroidism is highly prevalent in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and has been associated with poorer clinical outcomes, including faster decline of kidney function. However, there is no consens...

    Authors: Alexandre Barbosa Câmara de Souza, Marcia Fernanda Arantes, Roberto Zatz, Rosilene Motta Elias, Roberto Iglesias Lopes and Etienne Macedo
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:36
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  34. Cancer-related thrombotic microangiopathy (CR-TMA) is a rare entity associated with a dismal prognosis. Usually, CR-TMA is associated with mucin-producing carcinomas among which stomach, breast, prostate, lung...

    Authors: Tristan de Nattes, Lucile Moreau-Grangé, Delphine Vezzosi, Julien Hadoux, Miguel Hie, Dominique Guerrot and Steven Grangé
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:35
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  35. Given the aging of the population, nephrologists are ever more frequently assisting nonagenarians with acute kidney injury (AKI). The management of these patients presents unique characteristics, including bio...

    Authors: Andre Luis Bastos Sousa, Leticia Mascarenhas de Souza, Osvaldino Vieira Santana Filho, Victor Hugo Ferreira e Léda and Paulo Novis Rocha
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:34
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  36. Henoch-Schönlein purpura nephritis (HSPN), a small-vessel vasculitis, shares renal pathological features with immunoglobulin A nephropathy. Oxford classification of immunoglobulin A nephropathy pathology has b...

    Authors: Donghwan Yun, Dong Ki Kim, Kook-Hwan Oh, Kwon Wook Joo, Kyung Chul Moon, Yon Su Kim, Kyoungbun Lee and Seung Seok Han
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:33
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  37. To assess whether the agreement between fasting glucose and glycated proteins is affected by chronic kidney disease (CKD) in a community-based sample of 1621 mixed-ancestry South Africans.

    Authors: Cindy George, Tandi E. Matsha, Marizna Korf, Annalise E. Zemlin, Rajiv T. Erasmus and Andre P. Kengne
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:32
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  38. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a major comorbidity in critically ill patients. Low-dose atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) has been shown to effectively prevent acute kidney injury (AKI), especially in cardiovascu...

    Authors: Keita Saito, Shigehiko Uchino, Tomoko Fujii, Shinjiro Saito, Masanori Takinami and Shoichi Uezono
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:31
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  39. Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is a valid indicator of kidney function. Different factors can affect GFR. The purpose of this study is to assess the direct and indirect effects of GFR-related factors using s...

    Authors: Parastoo Jamshidi, Farid Najafi, Shayan Mostafaei, Ebrahem Shakiba, Yahya Pasdar, Behrooz Hamzeh and Mehdi Moradinazar
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:30
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  40. Transplant renal artery dissection is a rare and serious event that can cause allograft dysfunction and activation of the renin–mediated renovascular hypertension. Most cases are induced by percutaneous transl...

    Authors: Shunta Hori, Tatsuo Yoneda, Mitsuru Tomizawa, Kazuki Ichikawa, Yosuke Morizawa, Yasushi Nakai, Makito Miyake and Kiyohide Fujimoto
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:29
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  41. Older patients on dialysis may not have optimal outcomes, particularly with regards to quality of life. Existing research is focused mainly on survival, with limited information about other outcomes. Such info...

    Authors: Rajesh Raj, Bridget Brown, Kiran Ahuja, Mai Frandsen and Matthew Jose
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:28
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  42. Cryofibrinogenemia is a rare disorder that mainly affects the skin and occasionally the kidney. However, there are few published reports of cryofibrinogenemia-associated renal pathology. We therefore report a ...

    Authors: Emi Ibuki, Aiko Shiraishi, Tadashi Sofue, Yoshio Kushida, Kyuichi Kadota, Kazuho Honda, Dedong Kang, Kensuke Joh, Tetsuo Minamino and Reiji Haba
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:27
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  43. Despite the high and rising burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in South Asia, factors that influence access to CKD care at the community level have not been studied previously, especially in the rural area...

    Authors: Tazeen Hasan Jafar, Chandrika Ramakrishnan, Oommen John, Abha Tewari, Benjamin Cobb, Helena Legido-Quigley, Yoon Sungwon and Vivekanand Jha
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:26
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  44. Record linkage is increasingly used in health research worldwide. Combining the patient information available in healthcare, administrative and clinical databases broadens the research perspectives, particular...

    Authors: Maxime Raffray, Sahar Bayat, Mathilde Lassalle and Cécile Couchoud
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:25
    Content type: Technical advance Published on:

  45. Ambrisentan is a selective endothelin receptor antagonist used for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Little is known about ambrisentan removal by hemodialysis in patients with end-stage r...

    Authors: José Ramón Santos, Ana Merino, Walter E. Haefeli, Cristina Miranda, Marisol Prats, Ioana Bancu, Lucía Bailón and José Moltó
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:24
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  46. Estimating CKD prevalence is difficult. Information on CKD prevalence is rather scanty in Italy and available figures come from surveys in selected geographical areas. Administrative data have been already dem...

    Authors: Claudia Marino, Pietro Manuel Ferraro, Matteo Bargagli, Silvia Cascini, Nera Agabiti, Giovanni Gambaro and Marina Davoli
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:23
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  47. Soluble ST2 is a novel biomarker of myocardial fibrosis with an established role in prognostication of patients with heart failure. Its role in cardiovascular risk prediction for renal transplant recipients ha...

    Authors: Paul A. Devine, Christopher Cardwell and Alexander P. Maxwell
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:22
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  49. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is commonly defined using the KDIGO system, which includes criteria based on reduced urine output (UO). There is no consensus on whether UO should be measured using consecutive hourly...

    Authors: Jennifer C. Allen, David S. Gardner, Henry Skinner, Daniel Harvey, Andrew Sharman and Mark A. J. Devonald
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:19
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  50. More and more studies demonstrated that genetic variation at C1GALT1 influences Gd-IgA1 level in IgAN. However, whether the expression of β1, 3-galactosyltransferase (β1, 3Gal-T) was influenced may provide ins...

    Authors: Yue Xing, Lina Li, Yaru Zhang, Fanghao Wang, Dandan He, Youxia Liu, Junya Jia, Tiekun Yan and Shan Lin
    Citation: BMC Nephrology 2020 21:18
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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