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This article shows that the lower the protein in the diet, the slower the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD). This means that i...

The linked article states that higher levels of physical activity, as measured by the Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly (PASE) que...

The following article describes 3 cases of patients who recovered from dialysis which was the consequence of primary hyperoxaluria type ...

The inked article shows that there is an association between death and severe acute renal failure. Other variables associated with incre...

This article is a very interesting study which relates high levels of desphospho-uncarboxylated Matrix Gla Protein (dp-ucMGP) with the f...

The following article is observational study which compared the outcome of dialysis between patients with gout or hyperuricemia who alr...

The following article article is a prospective study which shows that the levels of dephosphorylated uncarboxylated matrix Gla protein (...

This is an index of the articles I have highlighted as SMO Kidney News in 2019. Finding older posts is not that simple and I am trying t...

This article is a retrospective cohort study which compares the survival of patients with type 1 hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) who receive ...

This article is an article which evaluates the pathological characteristics in various patients with clinical hypertensive nephropathy. ...

This article is a review article which describes the mechanisms of renal pressure autoregulation. Specifically it describes the myogenic...

This article is a review article which describes the kidney role in the homeostasis of glucose, in the normal kidney and the diabetic ki...

This article is a study which establishes an association between higher neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) levels and cy...

This article is a review of the mechanisms known to explain the diuretic effect of caffeine. Caffeine inhibits the vasoconstriction med...

This article is study that shows how A1 adenosine receptors are needed for the diuretic and natriuertic effects of methylxanthines such ...

This article is a case report of metabolic acidosis (lactic acidosis) caused by thiamine deficiency. Thiamine is a a cofactor for the py...

This article shows a cross sectional study in which shows that markers of acute kidney injury are present in hypertensive emergencies mo...

This article is a case report of oxalate nephropathy caused by high doses of vitamin C. In the article, the patient presented with acute...

This article is a review of the pathogenesis of pigment nephropathy, mediated by the inflammasome pathway. In essence, the filtered hem ...

This article is a cohort study of non diabetic patients with chronic kidney disease which shows that fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23)...

This article is a study of the renal cortical thickness and its relationship to atherosclerosis. It concluded that the renal cortical th...

This article is a study of the normal renal cortical thickness of the. It concluded that the mean thickness is 9.1 mm, being the left re...

This article is a review of the antiviral actions of vitamin D. In particular it reviews the upregulation of cathelicidin LL-37 and huma...

This article explains the relationship between hypertension, renal function and obesity. It pays particular attention to the pressure-na...

This article is a review of hyperuricemia and its relationship with hypertension. It states that lifestyle modifications that reduce uri...

This article describes the mechanisms of renin secretion, as known back in 1983. It shows that renin secretion from the juxtaglomerular ...

This article describes a gain of function mutation in the gene that codes for the alpha subunit of the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC),...

This article is a review article about resistant hypertension(rHTN) in general. rHTN is defined as blood pressure (BP) above the goal of...

This article is a study (cross-sectional study of stone formers and non-stone formers) which evaluates how much of the urinary oxalate i...

This article is a study which evaluates how oxalate is absorbed in calcium oxalate stone formers. Most of the oxalate is absorbed in the...