• A Case of Kaposi's Sarcoma Following Treatment of Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis and a Review of the Literature 

      Agbaht, Kemal; Pepedil, Funda; Kırkpantur, Alper; Yılmaz, Rahmi; Arıcı, Mustafa; Turgan, Çetin (Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2007)
      Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is an unusual tumor principally affecting the skin of the lower extremities. Although the association between KS and renal transplant has been well documented, there are a few KS cases in the literature ...
    • A Classification of Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome and Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura and Related Disorders 

      Besbas, N.; Karpman, D.; Landau, D.; Loirat, C.; Proesmans, W.; Remuzzi, G.; Rizzoni, G.; Taylor, C. M.; Van de Kar, N.; Zimmerhackl, L. B. (Elsevier Science Inc, 2006)
      The diagnostic terms hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) are based on historical and overlapping clinical descriptions. Advances in understanding some of the causes of the syndrome ...
    • A Cross-Over Medication Trial For Patients With Autosomal-Dominant Hypertension With Brachydactyly 

      Schuster, H; Toka, O; Toka, HR; Busjahn, A; Oztekin, O; Wienker, TF; Bilginturan, N; Bahring, S; Skrabal, F; Haller, H; Luft, FC (Blackwell Science Inc, 1998)
      We examined a family with autosomal-dominant hypertension and brachydactyly from northeastern Turkey. The hypertension was defined as severe, resulting in stroke before age 50 years, featuring normal renin, aldosterone, ...
    • A Novel Immunosuppressive Agent, Sirolimus, in the Treatment of Kaposi'S Sarcoma in a Renal Transplant Recipient 

      Yilmaz, Rahmi; Akoglu, Hadim; Yirkpantur, Alper; Kilickap, Saadettin; Arici, Mustafa; Altun, Bulent; Aki, Tuncay; Erdem, Yunus; Yasavul, Unal; Turgan, Cetin (Taylor & Francis Inc, 2007)
      Renal transplant recipients are susceptible to Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) because of treatment with immunosuppressive drugs. Sirolimus, a new immunosuppressive agent, has been successfully used for immune-suppression in kidney ...
    • ADCK4-Associated Glomerulopathy Causes Adolescence-Onset FSGS 

      Korkmaz, Emine; Lipska-Zietkiewicz, Beata S.; Boyer, Olivia; Gribouval, Olivier; Fourrage, Cecile; Tabatabaei, Mansoureh; Schnaidt, Sven; Gucer, Safak; Kaymaz, Figen; Arici, Mustafa; Dinckan, Ayhan; Mir, Sevgi; Bayazit, Aysun K.; Emre, Sevinc; Balat, Ayse; Rees, Lesley; Shroff, Rukshana; Bergmann, Carsten; Mourani, Chebl; Antignac, Corinne; Ozaltin, Fatih; Schaefer, Franz (Amer Soc Nephrology, 2016)
      Hereditary defects of coenzyme Q(10) biosynthesis cause steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS) as part of multiorgan involvement but may also contribute to isolated SRNS. Here, we report 26 patients from 12 families ...
    • Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk in Paediatric Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: A Turkish Pediatric Peritoneal Dialysis Study Group (Tupepd) Report 

      Bakkaloglu, Sevcan A.; Saygili, Arda; Sever, Lale; Noyan, Aytul; Akman, Sema; Ekim, Mesiha; Aksu, Nejat; Doganay, Beyza; Yildiz, Nurdan; Duzova, Ali; Soylu, Alper; Alpay, Harika; Sonmez, Ferah; Civilibal, Mahmut; Erdem, Sevcan; Kardelen, Firat (Oxford Univ Press, 2009)
      Methods. We aimed to clarify arteriosclerotic risk and to document possible relationships between cardiovascular risk factors and echocardiographic parameters in paediatric peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. M-mode/Doppler/tissue ...
    • Association of Nitric Oxide Production and Apoptosis in A Model of Experimental Nephropathy 

      Ozen, Seza; Usta, Yusuf; Sahin-Erdemli, Inci; Orhan, Dicle; Gumusel, Bülent; Yang, Bin; Gursoy, Yasemin; Tulunay, Ozden; Dalkara, Turgay; Bakkaloglu, Aysin; El-Nahas, Meguid (Oxford Univ Press, 2001)
      Background. In recent studies increased amounts of nitric oxide (NO) and apoptosis have been implicated in various pathological conditions in the kidney. We have studied the role of NO and its association with apoptosis ...
    • Bone Mineral Density in Haemodialysis Patients: A Comparative Study of Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry and Quantitative Ultrasound 

      Arici, M; Erturk, H; Altun, B; Usalan, C; Ulusoy, S; Erdem, Y; Sivri, A; Yasavul, U; Turgan, C; Caglar, S (Oxford Univ Press, 2000)
      Background. Quantitative ultrasound (QUS) of bone is a relatively new technique that appears to assess 'bone quality' in addition to bone mineral density. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic potential ...
    • Characterization Of Large Rearrangements In Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease And The Pkd1/Tsc2 Contiguous Gene Syndrome 

      Consugar, Mark B.; Wong, Wai C.; Lundquist, Patrick A.; Rossetti, Sandro; Kubly, Vickie J.; Walker, Denise L.; Rangel, Laureano J.; Aspinwall, Richard; Niaudet, W. Patrick; Ozen, Seza; David, Albert; Velinov, Milen; Bergstralh, Eric J.; Bae, Kyongtae T.; Chapman, Arlene B.; Guay-Woodford, Lisa M.; Grantham, Jared J.; Torres, Vicente E.; Sampson, Julian R.; Dawson, Brian D.; Harris, Peter C. (Nature Publishing Group, 2008)
      Large DNA rearrangements account for about 8% of disease mutations and are more common in duplicated genomic regions, where they are difficult to detect. Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease ( ADPKD) is caused by ...
    • Chronic Renal Disease In Children Aged 5-18 Years: A Population-Based Survey In Turkey, The Credit-C Study 

      Soylemezoglu, Oguz; Duzova, Ali; Yalcinkaya, Fatos; Arinsoy, Turgay; Suleymanlar, Gultekin (Oxford Univ Press, 2012)
      Background. Data on the epidemiology of chronic kidney disease (CKD), which is a serious health problem and refers to a condition related to irreversible kidney damage that further progress to end-stage renal disease in ...
    • Circulating Supar In Two Cohorts Of Primary Fsgs 

      Wei, Changli; Trachtman, Howard; Li, Jing; Dong, Chuanhui; Friedman, Aaron L.; Gassman, Jennifer J.; McMahan, June L.; Radeva, Milena; Heil, Karsten M.; Trautmann, Agnes; Anarat, Ali; Emre, Sevinc; Ghiggeri, Gian M.; Ozaltin, Fatih; Haffner, Dieter; Gipson, Debbie S.; Kaskel, Frederick; Fischer, Dagmar-Christiane; Schaefer, Franz; Reiser, Jochen (Amer Soc Nephrology, 2012)
      Overexpression of soluble urokinase receptor (suPAR) causes pathology in animal models similar to primary FSGS, and one recent study demonstrated elevated levels of serum suPAR in patients with the disease. Here, we analyzed ...
    • Dgke Variants Cause A Glomerular Microangiopathy That Mimics Membranoproliferative Gn 

      Özaltın, Fatih; Li, Binghua; Rauhauser, Alysha; An, Sung-Wan; Söylemezoğlu, Oğuz; Gönül, İpek Işık; Taşkıran, Ekim Z.; İbsirlioglu, Tülin; Korkmaz, Emine; Bilginer, Yelda; Duzova, Ali; Özen, Seza; Topaloğlu, Rezan; Beşbaş, Nesrin; Ashraf, Shazia; Du, Yong; Liang, Chaoying; Chen, Phylip; Lu, Dongmei; Vadnagara, Komal; Arbuckle, Susan; Lewis, Deborah; Wakeland, Benjamin; Quigg, Richard J.; Ransom, Richard F.; Wakeland, Edward K.; Topham, Matthew K.; Bazan, Nicolas G.; Mohan, Chandra; Hildebrandt, Friedhelm; Bakkaloglu, Aysin; Huang, Chou-Long; Attanasio, Massimo (Amer Soc Nephrology, 2013)
      Renal microangiopathies and membranoproliferative GN (MPGN) can manifest similar clinical presentations and histology, suggesting the possibility of a common underlying mechanism in some cases. Here, we performed homozygosity ...
    • Diagnostic-Value Of Bone-Marrow Biopsy In Patients With Renal-Disease Secondary To Familial Mediterranean Fever 

      Sungur, C.; Sungur, A.; Ruacan, S.; Arık, N.; Yasavul, U.; Turgan, C.; Çağlar, S. (Blackwell Science Inc, 1993)
      Systemic AA type amyloidosis with renal involvement is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). A histopathological examination is essential to achieve a definite ...
    • Disparities In Treatment Rates Of Paediatric End-Stage Renal Disease Across Europe: Insights From The Espn/Era-Edta Registry 

      Chesnaye, Nicholas C.; Schaefer, Franz; Groothoff, Jaap W.; Caskey, Fergus J.; Heaf, James G.; Kushnirenko, Stella; Lewis, Malcolm; Mauel, Reiner; Maurer, Elisabeth; Merenmies, Jussi; Shtiza, Diamant; Topaloglu, Rezan; Zaicova, Natalia; Zampetoglou, Argyroula; Jager, Kitty J.; van Stralen, Karlijn J. (Oxford Univ Press, 2015)
      Background. Considerable disparities exist in the provision of paediatric renal replacement therapy (RRT) across Europe. This study aims to determine whether these disparities arise from geographical differences in the ...
    • Do Experimentally Induced Ipsilateral Testicular Torsion, Vas Deferens Obstruction, Intra-Abdominal Testis or Venous Obstruction Damage the Contralateral Testis Through a Common Mechanism? 

      Andiran, F; Okur, DH; Kilinc, A; Gedikoglu, G; Kilinc, K; Tanyel, FC (Blackwell Science Ltd, 2000)
      Objective To evaluate if various conditions affecting the ipsilateral testis which also damage the contralateral testis share a common pathway for their effects. Materials and methods The study comprised five groups of 10 ...
    • Effect of Enalapril on Exaggerated Erythropoietin Response to Phlebotomy in Erythrocytosic Renal Transplant Patients 

      Usalan, Celalettin; Erdem, Yunus; Çağlar, Meltem; Altun, Bülent; Arıcı, Mustafa; Bakkaloğlu, M; Yasavul, U; Turgan, C; Çağlar, S (Oxford Univ Press, 1998)
      Background. Exaggerated erythropoietin (EPO) response to phlebotomy regardless of the baseline EPO levels have been shown in patients with post-transplant erythrocytosis (PTE) and administration of angiotensin-converting ...
    • Effect of Haemodiafiltration Vs Conventional Haemodialysis on Growth and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Children - The Hdf, Heart and Height (3H) Study 

      Shroff, Rukshana; Bayazit, Aysun; Stefanidis, Constantinos J.; Askiti, Varvara; Azukaitis, Karolis; Canpolat, Nur; Agbas, Ayse; Anarat, Ali; Aoun, Bilal; Bakkaloglu, Sevcan; Bhowruth, Devina; Borzych-Duzalka, Dagmara; Bulut, Ipek Kaplan; Buescher, Rainer; Dempster, Claire; Duzova, Ali; Habbig, Sandra; Hayes, Wesley; Hegde, Shivram; Krid, Saoussen; Licht, Christoph; Litwin, Mieczyslaw; Mayes, Mark; Mir, Sevgi; Nemec, Rose; Obrycki, Lukasz; Paglialonga, Fabio; Picca, Stefano; Ranchin, Bruno; Samaille, Charlotte; Shenoy, Mohan; Sinha, Manish; Smith, Colette; Spasojevic, Brankica; Vidal, Enrico; Vondrak, Karel; Yilmaz, Alev; Zaloszyc, Ariane; Fischbach, Michel; Schaefer, Franz; Schmitt, Claus Peter (BioMed Central, 2018)
      Background: Cardiovascular disease is prevalent in children on dialysis and accounts for almost 30% of all deaths. Randomised trials in adults suggest that haemodiafiltration (HDF) with high convection volumes is associated ...
    • Effects Of Lowering Dialysate Sodium On Flow-Mediated Dilatation In Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease 

      Kutlugun, Aysun Aybal; Erdem, Yunus; Okutucu, Sercan; Yorgun, Hikmet; Atalar, Enver; Arici, Mustafa (Oxford Univ Press, 2011)
      Objective. This study examined the effects of low dialysate sodium on endothelial dysfunction (ED) as measured by flow-mediated dilatation (FMD) of brachial artery in haemodialysis (HD) patients. Methods. Thirty HD patients ...
    • Era-Edta Invests In Transformation To Greener Health Care 

      Blankestijn, Peter J.; Arici, Mustafa; Bruchfeld, Annette; Capasso, Giovambattista; Fliser, Danilo; Fouque, Denis; Goumenos, Dimitrios; Ketteler, Markus; Malyszko, Jolanta; Massy, Ziad; Rychlik, Ivan; Spasovski, Goce; Zoccali, Carmine (Oxford Univ Press, 2018)