Introduction Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a long-term condition characterized by a progressive and irreversible loss of kidney function or persisting renal damage. Estimation reports on prevalence, as well as…
Introduction Lupus nephritis (LN) is a form of glomerulonephritis that constitutes one of the most severe organ manifestations of the autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Lupus nephritis is present…
Introduction Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects 37 million or 15% of the US population and 2 in every 1000 Americans are on dialysis or living with a kidney transplant¹. In…
The term “chronic kidney disease” means a gradual loss of kidney function. It is histological damage characterized by suboptimal glomerular filtration rate (GFR) persisting for at least 3 months. Chronic…
Kidney transplantation remains the treatment of choice for end-stage renal failure. Despite several success stories, renal transplantation is fraught with the challenge of sensitisation as a result of which there…
An overview of post-renal transplant anemia Post transplant anemia (PTA) is not defined uniformly either in terms of timing after transplantation or in terms of the degree of anemia. However,…
Renal Transplantation - An Overview Kidney transplantation has been undoubtedly proven to be the treatment of choice for most patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) compared to other alternatives…
