In these instances, unroofing of the cyst and subsequent biopsy may be required. In addition certain renal diseases require a biopsy for diagnosis. Laparoscopy has provided an ideal way to manage ...

Silver staining is routinely used to make a diagnosis using tissue from a kidney biopsy, making LV-SEM a straightforward choice for kidney disease diagnosis. LV-SEMs, which create images from ...

More than 50% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) develop lupus nephritis (LN) during the disease, which may ...

The approach is an auto-transplant of progenitor cells obtained via kidney biopsy and then reintroduced back into the kidney where they migrate to damaged kidney tissue, averting disease progression.

Emily Pedersen, 12, of Hutchinson may have a kidney disease, but she has not let it dictate her life or slow her down. Just after Pedersen had a kidney biopsy last summer she embarked on a People ...

Doctors around the world have different views on diagnosing kidney diseases and on when a biopsy is needed to give a clearer picture of what might troubling a patient, a new study shows.

The following is a summary of “Distinct genetic risk loci between biopsy-proven renal and non-renal lupus: a 10-year ...

Elevated serum fibroblast growth factor 23 levels at baseline are linked to a 29% increased risk for diabetic kidney disease, a recent observational study found.

The following is a summary of “Steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome due to renal-limited thrombotic microangiopathy and ...

Eight-year-old Elizabeth is known as being the life of the party, so it was clear something was off when she was extremely ...