World of Nephrology “In a Few Words”
A cognitively impaired man gets a kidney transplant. A patient with anemia rails against the new erythropoietin guidelines. An artist with kidney failure meets a medical [...]
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Organized Deposits in the Kidney
In a recent teaching case published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Sharma et al describes a fascinating case of fibrillary glomerulonephritis that presented as [...]
HIV, Plasma Cells, and Interstitial Nephritis: A New Entity?
Acute interstitial nephritis is an important finding in biopsies performed for acute kidney injury in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients. Infection and [...]
Nephrology: A Revival for 2012
Today is World Kidney Day. This is a special day for individuals burdened by kidney disease and their caretakers. World Kidney Day first began in March 2006. Although the [...]
Minimal Change Disease (a second perspective)
Invited commentary by Dr. Sanjeev Sethi The pathogenesis of minimal change disease has remained enigmatic until recently. With advances in the pathogenesis of membranous [...]
Test Your Knowledge: Renal Sarcoidosis
In the current issue of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Agrawal et al report a patient with an interesting presentation of renal sarcoidosis. A kidney biopsy [...]
Hyponatremia in Cancer Patients: Did We Learn Anything New?
The development of hyponatremia in patients with cirrhosis or heart failure carries a poor prognosis. Does it carry the same implications in patients with cancer? Doshi et [...]
Minimal Change Disease
Invited Commentary by Dr. Surya Seshan Minimal change disease (MCD) is the most common cause of steroid-responsive glomerular disease with selective proteinuria. A number of [...]
ANCA-Associated Kidney Disease: Secondary Causes
In this issue of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases there is an interesting case report on ANCA-associated glomerulonephritis in systemic-onset juvenile idiopathic [...]
Word Search: IgA Nephropathy
In the December 2011 issue of American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Jurgen Floege discusses the novel development of pathogenesis of IgA Nephropathy. Test your knowledge with [...]