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OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and pattern of common skin diseases in chronic kidney patients under medical treatment, and to determine their relations with chronic kidney disease stagin...

Primary lymphedema is a rare disease caused by a disorder of lymphatic system. Clinical presentation and age at onset are variable. AA amyloidosis is usually due to chronic inflammatory diseases, malignant tumors or less...

Uremic pruritus is a common complication of chronic renal failure. It affects approximately half of patients undergoing dialysis treatment. Even if the pruritus is not hazardous alone, it causes physical and mental fatig...

Behcet’s disease (BD) is an inflammatory multisystemic disease characterized by perivascular inflammation and generally presents with recurrent oral and genital ulcers and uveitis. It is known that BD may also involve ...

A 22 year-old-male was admitted with macroscopic hematuria. He had a diagnosis of tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC). On physical examination, angiofibromas were observed in the nasolabial folds and hypomelanotic macules w...

Protein-C (PC) is a vitamin-K-dependent anticoagulant proenzyme produced by the liver. PC deficiency may cause both venous and arterial thromboses. In patients with PC deficiency, warfarin further decreases PC activity a...

OBJECTIVE: This study was conducted in order to determine the incidence of uremic pruritus in hemodialysis patients and to explore the associated factors. MATERIAL and METHODS: This descriptive study included 204 patie...

Henoch-Schönlein (HSP) purpura is a small vessel vasculitis affecting the skin, joint, gut, and kidneys. Azathioprine is a drug used to prevent rejection after solid organ transplantation and treat autoimmune-inflammatu...

In this report, by the guidance of Turkish and international literature, the features of FMF disease in Turkish patients and the advances in related with thi disease Turkish Medicine were presented. FMF is an autosomal r...

A 25-year-old male patient with end-stage renal disease due to chronic pyelonephritis who had undergone renal transplantation was admitted 20 days after the operation with complaints of nausea, vomiting and darkening in ...

Intensive immunosuppressive therapy in renal transplant patients increases the risk for infectious diseases. Varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection is one of these infectious diseases and can occur either primarily or wi...