onconephrology

Can Checkpoint Inhibitors Pave the Way for A Generation of Targeted Therapies for Autoimmune Diseases?

October 15, 2019 // 3 Comments

When I was a medical resident, a novel developmental therapy for the treatment of certain cancers was to medically shut off the blood supply and cause ischemia to the mass. [...]

Light Chain Proximal Tubulopathy – The Tip of the Iceberg?

November 8, 2016 // 1 Comment

In recent years, there has been increased recognition of the spectrum of kidney diseases associated with paraproteinemias. The fact that the pathogenetically related [...]

Hemaphagocytic Syndrome and the Kidney: Is There a Connection?

May 31, 2016 // 0 Comments

Hemophagocytic syndrome (HPS), also known as hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), is one of those rare diseases that one sees at the bottom of differential diagnoses in [...]

#SCM16: Eculizumab for Chemo-Induced aHUS

April 30, 2016 // 0 Comments

Dr. Sylvester Ogbata (SO), from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, Tennessee, discusses his abstract for the National Kidney Foundation’s 2016 [...]

Renal Amyloidosis – What We Need to Consider, Practical Tips

January 21, 2016 // 2 Comments

The AJKD Atlas of Renal Pathology II has recently provided a succinct summary of the diagnosis of AL (light chain) amyloidosis, the most common type of renal amyloidosis, and [...]

Test Your Knowledge: Onco-Nephrology

August 10, 2015 // 0 Comments

The overlap of hematology, oncology, and nephrology has led to the creation of a field called Onconephrology. Cancer survivors are living longer and developing chronic kidney [...]

Thrombotic Microangiopathy in Cancer Patients

July 6, 2015 // 2 Comments

Thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) describes a set of disorders that are characterized by microvascular thrombosis, microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and [...]

Glomerular Diseases and Complement Activation

July 2, 2015 // 0 Comments

A recent Core Curriculum by Noris and Remuzzi is on the timely topic of activation of the complement system in glomerular disease. This focuses on our evolving understanding [...]

Cancer Incidence Among US Medicare Hemodialysis Patients

May 21, 2015 // 0 Comments

In their recent study “Cancer Incidence Among US Medicare ESRD Patients Receiving Hemodialysis, 1996-2009” published in the May issue of AJKD, Butler et al [...]

Test Your Knowledge: Polyomavirus-Associated Nephropathy

May 14, 2015 // 0 Comments

Polyomavirus-associated nephropathy (PVAN) is common in kidney transplant patients, but infrequent following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Aside from [...]

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