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Neonatal outcomes of preterm infants with pulmonary hypertension: clustering based on prenatal risk factors
To investigate association of prenatal risk factors and neonatal outcomes of preterm infants with pulmonary hypertension (PH).
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Open AccessXXIV World Allergy Congress 2015
A1 Pirfenidone inhibits TGF-b1-induced extracellular matrix production in nasal polyp-derived fibroblasts
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Reference intervals of serum cystatin C/creatinine ratio of 30 postnatal days in neonates
A number of recent reports have suggested that the cystatin C/creatinine (CysC/Cr) ratio might be a useful biomarker of renal function in pediatric patients. In this study we investigated the reference interva...
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Serum cystatin C during 30 postnatal days is dependent on the postconceptional age in neonates
Cystatin C (CysC) is a promising endogenous marker for renal function. However, the reference serum CysC level is not sufficiently studied in neonates. This study was conducted to investigate the reference lev...
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A nationwide study of mass urine screening tests on Korean school children and implications for chronic kidney disease management
Since 1998, urine screening tests have been performed on school children in Korea. We report the findings of the screening program that analyzed patients with proteinuria and/or hematuria.
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Association of CTLA4, CD28 and ICOS gene polymorphisms with clinicopathologic characteristics of childhood IgA nephropathy in Korean population
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Association between toll-like receptor 10 (TLR10) gene polymorphisms and childhood IgA nephropathy
Toll-like receptors (TLRs) play an important role in the induction and regulation of the innate immune system and adaptive immune responses. TLR10 gene polymorphisms have been reported to be associated with a ran...
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Linkage and Association Study of Neurotrophins and Their Receptors as Novel Susceptibility Genes for Childhood IgA Nephropathy
Neurotrophins (NTs) and their receptors (NTRs) are known to be important for pathogenesis of various inflammatory diseases that occur in not only neuronal but also nonneuronal tissues, including kidney. Here, ...
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Phosphodiesterase-5 gene (PDE5A) polymorphisms are associated with progression of childhood IgA nephropathy
The phosphodiesterase-5 (PDE-5) gene is highly specific to cyclic GMP (cGMP) and several experimental studies have shown that the nitric oxide/cGMP pathway plays an important role in the pathogenesis of glomer...
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Multidetector computed tomography findings and correlations with proteinuria in nutcracker syndrome
We evaluated the effectiveness of multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) as a diagnostic tool for nutcracker syndrome (NS) and its association with proteinuria. The angle and distance between the aorta and t...
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Open AccessThe enabled homolog gene polymorphisms are associated with susceptibility and progression of childhood IgA nephropathy
The enabled homolog gene (ENAH, hMena) is abundantly expressed in mesangial tissue, and might play an important role in inflammatory processes of IgA nephropathy (IgAN). The present study was conducted to investi...
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Remission of refractory minimal change nephrotic syndrome after basiliximab therapy
Minimal change nephrotic syndrome has been proposed to be a disorder of T cell dysfunction. It is hypothesized that a circulating factor(s) from activated T cells might alter glomerular permeability to protein...
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Interleukin-1 cluster gene polymorphisms in childhood IgA nephropathy
We have carried out a study with the aim of investigating the association between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the IL-1 gene cluster and childhood IgA nephropathy (IgAN). SNPs of the IL-1α, IL-1β,...
