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 ...

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

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.

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 ...

Kidney biopsy: In some cases, a kidney biopsy may be necessary to obtain a tissue sample for microscopic examination. This ...

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 ...

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.

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

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

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.

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