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In the hemodialysis vascular accesses, stenosis in the anastomosis and draining veins are the most common dysfunctioning pathologies, whereas thrombosis is the most common reason of access loss. Angiographic examinatio...

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the usefullnes of low dose ACTH stimulation test for both assesment of adrenal function and determination mild adrenal insufficiency, and to determine adrenal gland sizes radi...

Postpartum necrosis of pituitary gland is one of the most common reasons of hypopituitarism. It is most commonly due to massive bleeding before or during delivery. Nonspecific symptoms like fatigue and weakness may confu...

Here, a fifty nine year old woman with extrapulmonary tuberculosis and pyogenic infection involving cervical spine is presented. The patient had chronic renal failure and was on maintenance hemodialysis for two years. Sh...

Sixty one children aged 5-16 years (30 girls and 31 boys) were evaluated for etiological factors. 38 of them had primary, 23 had secondary enuresis, Four cases with primary, one case with secondary enuresis had enuresis ...

Lower urinary tract of 138 patients with end stage renal disease were evaluated by means of radiologic and urodynamic studies in all and endoscopic studies in selected cases.Urodynamic studies were performed before and 3...

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to evaluate the infl uence of the ambulatory status of children with MMC on renal functions, clinical and radiological fi ndings. MATERIAL and METHODS: The records of 83 children wit...

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES), is a clinical-radiological entity that is caused by various etiological factors, usually associated with vasogenic edema in the posterior parietal and occipital region...

OBJECTIVES: Recently, angiotensin II (Ang II) receptorsubtype I binding sites has been demonstrated on bone cell precursors and extensive area of research has been focused on the effects of renin angiotensin system (RAS)...

We present a 53-year-old female patient who was admitted for renal failure and where spinal ossification similar to ankylosing spondylitis was detected due to hypoparathyroidism. On physical examination, she had extre...

Although renal osteodystrophy begins at the early stages of chronic renal failure, because of the symptoms appears at terminal stages and the other complications of chronic renal failure are more urgent, generally the tr...

Dialysis adequacy is described as reducing mortality ayid morbidity rates besides improving the uremic symptoms of patients. In this study, it was aimed to assess the relationship between dialysis adequacy determined by ...