Successful Renal Transplantation, Bone Mineral Densitometry, and Affecting Factors.

Background: Successful renal transplantation corrects many disorders of bone and mineral metabolism owing to the normalization of serum levels of calcium and phosphorus and restoration of calcitriol production. However, successful transplantation does not guarantee complete resolution of the pre-transplantation osteopathy.

Methods: This study evaluated 100 patients who underwent successful renal transplantation.

Relationship between inflammation and sex hormone profile in female patients receiving different types of renal replacement therapy.

Background: Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) experience female sexual dysfunction (FSD). The purpose of this study was to compare FSD in different types of renal replacement therapy and control patients.

Methods: The study was consisted of 47 renal transplantation (RT), 46 hemodialysis (HD), and 28 continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients and 36 healthy control subjects.

Free triiodothyronine in hemodialysis patients: link with malnutrition and inflammation.

Introduction: Free triiodothyronine (FT3) is a marker of comorbidity in end-stage renal disease and in many acute and chronic diseases. There is lack of data about the link between FT3 levels and malnutrition and inflammation in hemodialysis patients. The objective of the present study was to investigate the link between FT3 and malnutrition and inflammation in hemodialysis patients.

Male sexual function in patients receiving different types of renal replacement therapy.

Background: Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) experience erectile dysfunction (ED). Although it is a benign disorder, ED is related to physical and psychosocial health, and it has a significant impact on the quality of life (QOL). The objective of the present study was to investigate the effects of different renal replacement therapies on ED.

Phenotype 2 familial mediterranean fever: evaluation of 22 case series and review of the literature on phenotype 2 FMF.

Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive autoimmune disorder characterized by recurrent bouts of fever and serosal inflammation. FMF may be complicated by AA-type amyloidosis, worsening the prognosis, with associated renal failure in some patients. Complication rate varies with race, being as high as 60% in Turks and as low as 2% in Armenians.