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Species | Dusan FerlugaSummaryAffiliation: University of Ljubljana Country: Slovenia Publications
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Multiple mononeuropathy due to vasculitis associated with anticardiolipin antibodies: a case reportJera Jeruc
Institute of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Ljubljana, Korytkova 2, SI 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Folia Neuropathol 44:140-3. 2006..Our patient had no clinical or laboratory features of any autoimmune disorder and also no signs of systemic vasculitis. We discuss the potential role of anticardiolipin antibodies in the pathogenesis of vasculitis...
Hantavirus nephropathyDusan Ferluga
Institute of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Korytkova 2, SI 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
J Am Soc Nephrol 19:1653-8. 2008..Hantaviruses are not cytopathic for most cells, and their interactions with endothelial cells that activate immune mechanisms play a key role in the pathogenesis of vascular dysfunction characterizing this disease...- Clinical outcome of patients with coexistent antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies and antibodies against glomerular basement membraneJelka Lindic
Department of Nephrology, University Medical Center Ljubljana, SI 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Ther Apher Dial 13:278-81. 2009..In dialysis-dependent patients, the goal of treatment is to limit the damage of other involved organs and not to preserve renal function. Careful follow-up is necessary due to the relapsing nature of the ANCA component of the disease... 
Pathology, clinical presentations, and outcomes of C1q nephropathyAlenka Vizjak
Institute of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Korytkova 2, SI 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
J Am Soc Nephrol 19:2237-44. 2008..Clinical presentation, histology, outcomes, and presumably pathogenesis of C1q nephropathy are heterogeneous...- Peritubular capillary changes in alport syndrome, diabetic glomerulopathy, Balkan endemic nephropathy and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndromeAnastazija Hvala
Institute of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Ultrastruct Pathol 29:451-9. 2005..In patients with hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, peritubular capillaries and medular vasa recta were generally extremely congested and focally ruptured, and their basal lamina showed prevailing thinning and focal discontinuities... - Encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis in patients on peritoneal dialysis in SloveniaJelka Lindic
Department of Nephrology, University Medical Center Ljubljana, SI 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Ther Apher Dial 13:282-7. 2009..Despite treatment with hemodialysis, complete parenteral nutrition, steroids, tamoxifen and surgical intervention, the mortality rate is high and comparable to other reports... - Follicular lymphoma of the gallbladder and extrahepatic bile ductsDusan Ferluga
Institute of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Virchows Arch 442:136-40. 2003..A postoperative follow-up of more than 3 years has been completely uneventful without any symptoms or signs of disease recurrence... - Fibrillary noncongophilic renal and extrarenal deposits: a report on 10 casesAnastazija Hvala
Institute of Pathology, University of Ljubljana Faculty of Medicine, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Ultrastruct Pathol 27:341-7. 2003..5 microm. The authors speculate that extraglomerular kidney fibrillary deposits concurrent with the same type of deposits in other organs suggests systemic manifestation of FGN... - Acute kidney injury in immunoglobulin A nephropathy: potential role of macroscopic hematuria and acute tubulointerstitial injuryRadoslav Kveder
Department of Nephrology, University Medical Center Ljubljana, SI 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Ther Apher Dial 13:273-7. 2009..Regarding pathogenesis, the kidney biopsy study points to the important role of glomerular bleeding with consequent, widespread obstructive red blood cell tubular casts accompanied by tubular injury and interstitial nephritis... - Immunohistochemical expression of activated caspase-3 as a marker of apoptosis in glomeruli of human lupus nephritisJera Jeruc
Institute of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Am J Kidney Dis 48:410-8. 2006..Our aim is to study apoptosis in various forms of LN and its relationship to histomorphological changes and selected laboratory findings by using activated caspase-3 as a novel marker of apoptosis... - Spectrum of collagen type IV nephropathies: from thin basement membrane nephropathy to Alport syndromeAlenka Vizjak
Institute of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Srp Arh Celok Lek 136:323-6. 2008.... - Histomorphological assessment of phlebitis in renal allograftsVesna Jurcić
Institute of Pathology, Ljubljana University School of Medicine, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Croat Med J 48:327-32. 2007..To evaluate the histomorphological features of veins in normal and transplanted kidneys... - Histologic and immunohistologic study and clinical presentation of ANCA-associated glomerulonephritis with correlation to ANCA antigen specificityAlenka Vizjak
Institute of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Am J Kidney Dis 41:539-49. 2003..Only a limited number of studies have systematically assessed renal pathology with respect to ANCA antigen specificity... - Direct immunofluorescence and immunohistochemistry in diagnostics of glomerulonephritisZinaida Karasalihović
Polyclinic for Laboratory Diagnostic University Clinical Centre Tuzla, Trnovac 1, 75000 Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosn J Basic Med Sci 8:12-9. 2008.... - C1Q nephropathy in childrenTanja Kersnik Levart
Department of Pediatric Nephrology, University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Pediatr Nephrol 20:1756-61. 2005..The latter showed a very poor response to any immunosuppressive therapy and high risk for progressive renal insufficiency... - Is aristolochic acid a risk factor for Balkan endemic nephropathy-associated urothelial cancer?Volker M Arlt
Int J Cancer 101:500-2. 2002