Chronic kidney disease and the involvement of estrogen hormones in its pathogenesis and progressionGh Gluhovschi
Romanian Academy of Medical Sciences, Timisoara
Rom J Intern Med 50:135-44. 2012
..Renal transplantation corrects to a great extent hormonal dysfunctions in chronic kidney disease...
Pregnancy-induced hypertension--a particular pathogenic model. Similarities with other forms of arterial hypertensionGh Gluhovschi
University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Emergency County Hospital, Timisoara, Romania
Rom J Intern Med 50:71-81. 2012
..The paper presents the particularities of pregnancy-induced hypertension, as well as its parallelism with other types of hypertension that are determined by organ ischaemia or that produce ablation of angiogenic factors...
Estimated glomerular filtration rate in patients with surgically acquired single kidney compared with patients with congenital single kidney: implications for kidney transplant from live donorsFlorica Nicoleta Gadalean
Department of Nephrology, County Hospital, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
Exp Clin Transplant 8:228-36. 2010
..This study sought to analyze the difference between surgically acquired single kidney and the congenital single kidney, regarding kidney function at a similar moment in time of the existence of a single kidney...
Cerebrovascular reactivity is impaired in patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and microangiopathyLigia Petrica
Department of Nephrology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
Wien Klin Wochenschr 119:365-71. 2007
..Cerebrovascular reactivity (CVR) is a hemodynamic parameter representing the increase in normal cerebral artery blood flow in response to a vasodilatory stimulus such as hypercapnia...
Diabetic nephropathy and multiorgan protection. Part IIG Gluhovschi
Clinic of Nephrology, County Emergency Hospital, Timisoara, Romania
Rom J Intern Med 49:237-49. 2011
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Specifics of the renal abscess in nephrology: observations of a clinic from a county hospital in Western RomaniaSilvia Velciov
Nephrology Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
Rom J Intern Med 49:59-66. 2011
..Renal abscess was diagnosed and treated in the majority of cases in the Nephrology Department, and only in special cases is a referral to the Urology clinic required...
Elements of renal injury in patients with varicose ulcer. Preliminary studySilvia Velciov
Nephrology Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
Rom J Intern Med 49:202-6. 2011
..5 mg % to 2 mg %. Urinary abnormalities detected in patients with both acute and recurrent erysipelas warn about renal impairment and the need for monitoring of the renal patients with varicose ulcers...
Histological changes and immunohistochemical markers in the assessment of glomerulosclerosis in patients with glomerulonephritisF R Bob
Department of Nephrology, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
Rom J Morphol Embryol 52:1027-32. 2011
..The result of these changes is represented by active lesions (mesangial matrix increase, mesangial cell proliferation) and chronic fibrotic lesions (glomerulosclerosis)...
Elements of renal injury in patients with erysipelasSilvia Velciov
Nephrology, University of Medicine, Timisoara, Romania
Rom J Intern Med 48:179-85. 2010
..Association of proteinuria with hematuria was more frequent in patients with recurrent erysipelas. Patients with asymptomatic urinary abnormalities during the course of erysipelas need to be closely monitored during antibiotic treatment...
Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis with particular perirenal and intrarenal extension associated with left renal artery stenosis. The atheromatous periaortitis with retroperitoneal fibrosis suggests a pathogenic relationship between atherosclerosis and fGheorghe Gluhovschi
Department of Nephrology, County Emergency Hospital, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
Wien Klin Wochenschr 123:124-8. 2011
..This case, with chronic periaortitis subsequent to an extended aortic atherosclerosis with retroperitoneal fibrosis can be representative for the pathogenic relationship between atherosclerosis and fibrosis...
Proximal tubule dysfunction is dissociated from endothelial dysfunction in normoalbuminuric patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional studyLigia Petrica
Department of Nephrology, County Emergency Hospital, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
Nephron Clin Pract 118:c155-64. 2011
..The pattern of endothelial dysfunction and its potential variability was evaluated in two vascular beds, the kidney and the brain...
Diabetic nephropathy and multiorgan protection. Part IG H Gluhovschi
Clinic of Nephrology, Emergency Hospital, Timisoara, Romania
Rom J Intern Med 49:163-77. 2011
..The second part presents the other protective measures used in diabetic nephropathy...
Pioglitazone delays proximal tubule dysfunction and improves cerebral vessel endothelial dysfunction in normoalbuminuric people with type 2 diabetes mellitusLigia Petrica
Department of Nephrology, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, County Emergency Hospital, Timisoara, Romania
Diabetes Res Clin Pract 94:22-32. 2011
..The renal and cerebral protective effects of pioglitazone were assessed in normoalbuminuric patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM)...
Therapeutic remedies based on Aristolochia clematitis in the main foci of Balkan endemic nephropathy in RomaniaGheorghe Gluhovschi
Department of Nephrology, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
Nephron Clin Pract 116:c36-46. 2010
..There may be a relationship between BEN and cumulative previous exposure to low doses of AA due to the consumption of contaminated foodstuffs, which could add to any contributions by therapeutic remedies...
What is the significance of CD34 immunostaining in the extraglomerular and intraglomerular mesangium?Cristina Gluhovschi
Division of Nephrology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy V Babes, Timisoara, Romania
Virchows Arch 453:321-8. 2008
..Our study shows the value of histological indices for evaluating GN but cannot assign significance to CD34 immunolabeling for the assessment of GN...
Hypertension in lupus nephritisAntoanela Pogorevici
University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Department of Semiology II, , Romania
Rom J Intern Med 44:295-316. 2006
..The impact of hypertension on the evolution and prognosis in lupus nephritis patients as well as the need to initiate pathogenic, antihypertensive and cardiovascular risk factors therapy have been evaluated...
Cerebral microangiopathy in patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitusLigia Petrica
Department of Nephrology, County Emergency Hospital, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
Ann Acad Med Singapore 36:259-66. 2007
..The aim of the study was to evaluate cerebral microangiopathy in type 2 noninsulin- dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) patients and to establish potentially conducive factors...