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Cardiovascular disease and diabetic nephropahty account for much of the morbidity and mortality associated with diabetes mellitus. Genotypic abnormalities of the reninangiotensin system have been suggested as a risk fact...

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between early stage hypertensive retinopathy (HTRP) and endothelial dysfunction (ED) in atherogenesis. MATERIAL and METHODS:Atotal of 99 subjects consisting of 73 patients di...

Anemia is one of the common chronic renal failure (CRF) complications. Reduced renal erythropoietin (EPO) production and a shortened life span of erythrocytes due to uremic environment and iron deficiency are the main ca...

OBJECTIVE: Receiving urgent hemodialysis (HD) in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients significantly increases morbidity and mortality. We aimed to explore the factors involved in the development of urgent hemodialysis...

In this report, we describe a case of fibrillary glomerulonephritis associated with thyroid papillary microcarcinoma arising in a 54-year-old female patient suffering from Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. The patient presented...

There are multiple receptors for vasopressin (ADH) named the V1a, V1b, and V2 receptors. The V2 receptors primarily mediate the antidiuretic response, while V1a and V1b receptors principally cause vasoconstriction and me...

IntroductionIntraoperative software assistance is gaining increasing importance in laparoscopic and robot-assisted surgery. Within the user-centred development process of such systems, the first question to be asked is: ...

Background/Aims: Myocardial stretch increases cardiac force in two consecutive phases: The first one due to Frank-Starling mechanism, followed by the gradually developed slow force response (SFR). The latter is the mecha...