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Hypertension is one of the major etiologies that cause chronic kidney disease (CKD) and can exacerbate kidney dysfunction. Zinc is an essential trace element playing a role in blood pressure regulation, and zi...
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Open AccessRenal tubular acidosis without interstitial nephritis in Sjögren’s syndrome: a case report and review of the literature
Renal tubular acidosis is the principal clinical feature associated with tubulointerstitial nephritis in patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome. Renal tubular dysfunction due to interstitial nephritis has be...
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Open AccessSkeletal muscle mass is associated with erythropoietin response in hemodialysis patients
Hyporesponsiveness to erythropoietin stimulating agent (ESA) is associated with poor outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease. Although ESA hyporesponsiveness and sarcopenia have a common pathophysiolo...
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Sarcopenia is a major health issue especially in patients on maintenance hemodialysis. Low skeletal muscle mass is included in the diagnostic criteria for sarcopenia. The skeletal muscle mass is usually evalua...
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Open AccessPeritoneal dialysis-associated peritonitis caused by Mycobacteroides massiliense: the first case and review of the literature
Peritoneal dialysis (PD)-associated peritonitis caused by nontuberculous Mycobacterium is rare; however, the number of cases has increased over the past decades. Mycobacteroides massiliense is a subspecies of the...
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Open AccessA novel method for assessing the renal biopsy specimens using an activatable fluorescent probe
Gamma-glutamyl hydroxymethyl rhodamine green (gGlu-HMRG) is an activatable fluorescent probe that can be activated by γ-glutamyltranspeptidase (GGT). The expression of GGT in the kidney, which is one of the ma...
