ACE2 (angiotensin-converting enzyme 2) is a monocarboxypeptidase that cleaves Ang II (angiotensin II) among other substrates. ACE2 is present in the cell membrane of many organs, most abundantly in ...

W.C. (9G707), a 37-year-old male engineer, was transferred to the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital on October 13, 1954, with the diagnosis of malignant hypertension. His father and mother were both known ...

From the Departments of Medicine (J.-H.K., J.S.K., W.R.L., D.K.), Neurosurgery (S.H.), and Radiology (Y.H.C., Y.S.D., H.S.B.), Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan ...

Abdominal pain refers to discomfort or other uncomfortable sensations that you feel in your belly area. Just about everybody, at one time or another, will get a bellyache. Most causes of abdominal ...

Abstract: Although deep learning image segmentation technology has achieved good results in medical image processing, it is still challenging to segment renal parenchyma from diuretic renography. The ...

To develop a method for quantitatively assessing delayed and diminished nephrograms (DDNs) easily at the point of care and to assess the association of DDNs with renal obstruction and renal function.

Publisher: Discover STM Publishing Ltd. The first case presented is a rare case of UC of the renal pelvis with osteosarcomatous differentiation and venous tumor thrombus in a 65-year-old man found to ...

The present study was carried out at the Army Central Hospital, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from September 2000 to December 2001, employing diethylenetriamine penta-acetic acid labeled with technetium-99m ...

1 Istanbul Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey 2 Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey Ultrasound is the main imaging study used to ...

Obstructive nephropathy, also know as uropathy, refers to the syndrome caused by urinary tract obstruction, either functional or anatomic. It includes urinary tract dilatation, impedance and the ...

Allergic interstitial nephritis (AIN) is an underdiagnosed cause of acute kidney injury (AKI). Guidelines suggest that AIN should be suspected in a patient who presents with an elevated serum ...