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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is an important comorbidity factor during several stages of chronic kidney disease. There is no consensus in the literature about the diagnosis, evaluation and treatment of HCV infection...

The global burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is rapidly increasing with a projection of becoming the 5th most common cause of years of life lost globally by 2040. Aggravatingly, CKD is a major cause of catastrophic ...

Obesity has become a worldwide epidemic, and its prevalence has been projected to grow by 40% in the next decade. This increasing prevalence has implications for the risk of diabetes, cardiovascular disease and also for ...

World Kidney Day 2016 focuses on kidney disease in childhood and the antecedents of adult kidney disease that can begin in earliest childhood. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) in childhood differs from that in adults, as the...

Kidney disease is a global public health problem, affecting over 750 million persons worldwide. The burden of kidney disease varies substantially across the world, as does its detection and treatment. In many settings, r...

OBJECTIVE: Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) as a primary glomerular disease are refractory to therapy and progress to End stage renal disease. (ESRD). After transplantation, the major problems are recurrence of ...

The most frequent cause of recurrent disease after renal transplantation is recurrent glomerulonephritis. The risk factors for recurrence of glomerulonephritis are largely unknown or imprecise and prediction remains diff...