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Gastrointestinal system (GIS) manifestations are common in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients. The gastrointestinal vasculopathy of SLE is a unique clinical entity and reviewed infrequently but it should be kept...

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease characterized by the development of antibodies against a variety of nuclear and cytoplasmic antigens. SLE renal involvement is referred to as ‘lupus nephritis...

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a rare, life threatened disease. It is characterized by fever, variable neurological manifestations, progressive renal failure, microangiopathic hemolytic anemia and thrombocy...

In patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) avascular osteonecrosis can occur either because of a complication of treatment or association with antiphospholipid antibody (APA). In this report, a patient with SLE ...

Classic polyarteritis nodosa (cPAN) is a systemic necrotizing vasculitis of medium-sized muscular arteries. Glomerular involvement is not expected in the course of cPAN. Herein, we describe a case of cPAN with glomerular...

Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) is a disorder characterized by a propensity to thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) due to defective regulation of the alternative complement pathway. Mutations in genes encoding com...

Renal involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus is a frequent and serious complication that significantly increases morbidity and mortality. Despite all studies and usage of new drugs, treatment of lupus nephritis cont...

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disorder. One of the most typical aspects of SLE is renal involvement. Lupus nephritis is a serious disease whose prognosis can usually be improved dramatically by trea...

Lupus nephritis is an infl ammation of the kidney caused by systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Lupus nephritis is a frequent complication of SLE that increases mortality and morbidity. Minimal glomerular lesions, mesang...

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a prevalent disease that shows all the characteristics of an autoimmune pathology. The developments in the pathogenic factors in SLE provide new insights to the treatment of SLE and ...

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is characterised with neurological symptoms and typical radiological appearances. Hypertension is the most common cause of PRES. Systemic lupus erythematosus is a rare ...

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune disease with a high incidence of renal involvement during its course contributing to disease morbidity and mortality. All compartments of the kidney may be affe...

The occurrence of acute renal-vein thrombosis (RVT) is a possible but rarely described complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). It has not been reported to occur as the initial presentation in lupus patients. ...

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic, occasionally life-threatening, multisystem disorder, and renal involvement is one of the most common and most serious complications of SLE. Among the various histological ...

Renal involvement is the cause of major mortality and morbidity of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) disease. Although regimes including pulse cyclophosphamide and corticosteroid are the most effective treatment modalit...

C1q nephropathy is a rare cause of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome seen in children and young adults. Mesangial proliferation with deposition of C1q in the mesangium on immunofluorescence examination is the main pathologic...

C1q nephropathy is a rare cause of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome seen in children and young adults. Mesangial proliferation with deposition of C1q in the mesangium on immunofluorescence examination is the main pathologic...

Antiphospholipid antibodies can cause recurrent thrombotic attacks in some patients. Antiphospholipid antibodies are detected in patients with autoimmune disease especially systemic lupus erythematosus, infectious, malig...

OBJECTIVE: Renal biopsy is a well-established method that is used to diagnose renal parenchymal diseases. In this study, we aimed to determine the frequencies of glomerulonephritis diagnosed histopathologically with rena...

Kidney may be affected by many types of systemic disease and play an important role on the diagnosis and treatment of these systemic illnesses. Many immuncomplex diseases like systemic lupus 'erythematosus (SLE), Henoch ...

Epidemiologies of nephropathies differ in different geographical and developmental areas. In order to determine the region’s adult nephropathy profile, consecutive renal biopsies performed between January 1997 and Dece...

Percutaneous renal biopsy is an important method to establish a pathological diagnosis, to monitor the disease progression and to assess the response to therapy in children. The aim of this retrospective study was to ana...

Objective: Renal biopsy plays a crucial role in the diagnosis and treatment of renal diseases. The aim of the present study was to review the reasons leading to biopsy and the pathological diagnoses and to investigate th...