Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association
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Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. · Feb 1999
Familial Mediterranean fever--renal involvement by diseases other than amyloid.
In patients with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) renal involvement is usually in the form of AA amyloidosis. There is increasing evidence that renal involvement may be due to diseases other than amyloid as well. ⋯ We suggest that FMF, perhaps as a consequence of impaired control of inflammatory responses, predisposes to vasculitis with renal involvement.
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Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. · Dec 1998
31P-magnetic resonance spectroscopy (31P-MRS) of human allografts after renal transplantation.
31P-Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (31P-MRS) can be used as a non-invasive tool for measuring the relative intracellular concentrations of several phosphorus metabolites in different organs. Various pathological conditions are characterized by different metabolic patterns. We studied the value of 31P-MRS after renal transplantation with both an uneventful and a clinically complicated course. ⋯ 31P-MRS can be used in patients in the early period after renal transplantation. A significant correlation between the PME/PDE ratio and the time course but no change in the beta-NTP concentration was found in patients with primary allograft function in the first 4 weeks after renal transplantation. Different patterns of 31P-MR spectra were observed depending on the different causes of primary and early transplant dysfunction.