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Renal Replacement Therapy in Diabetic Patients
We evaluated in a retrospective study the outcome of 67 adult patients with end stage renal disease from diabetes mellitus accepted for renal replacement therapy between 1977–1989. 39 pts were insulin-dependen...
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Long Term Results of Renal Angioplasty in Patients with Renovascular Hypertension
The long term effect of percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasty on blood pressure was evaluated in 141 patients with renovascular hypertension and on renal function in 15 patients with ischemic renal disea...
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Can Plasma-Exchange Improve Survival of Patients with Acute Myeloma Renal Failure (AMRF)
20 myeloma patients with large tumour cell mass and acute renal failure (stage III B, serum creatinine 1020 μmol/L) were divided in two groups: cytostatic group and plasma exchange (PE) group in order to evalu...
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Treatment of Rapidly Progressive Lupus Glomerulonephritis
Rapidly progressive lupus glomerulonephritis (RPLGN) is a severe and unfavorable complication of systemic lupus erythematosus. (SLE). Progress in supportive and aggressive therapy in recent years has considera...
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Renal Involvement in Hantavirus Disease
Hantavirus disease (HVD) or hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome is new regarded as an acute infectious disease with a variety of clinical manifestations (1,2). It is caused by viruses from the Bunyaviridae f...
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Clinical Characteristics of Beta 2 Microglobulin Associated Amyloidosis in Chronic Haemodialysis Patients
The range of osteoarticular diseases in patients with chronic renal failure treated with long term haemodialysis (HD) has recently been broadened by description of a new clinical entity: beta 2 microglobulin a...
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Effect of Acarbose in Type II Diabetics Treated with Diet Alone, with Diet, and with Sulfonylurea, Diet, and Insulin
Glucosidase inhibition with acarbose, a new therapeutic approach to the treatment of diabetes mellitus, has proven to be effective and well tolerated in over 5000 type I and type II diabetics. In three double-...