Consumption of nephrotoxic plants among chronic hemodialysis patients in the Eastern region of Morocco: A multicentric cross-sectional study.

Ethnopharmacological Relevance: The consumption of nephrotoxic plants is quite frequent in Morocco and could explain the high prevalence of indeterminate nephropathy in patients with End-Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD).

Aim Of The Study: to determine, in a population of chronic hemodialysis (CHD) patients and before the occurrence of ESKD, the prevalence of the use of nephrotoxic plants, in particular, Aristolochia longa L. (Bereztam) and the etiological role of plants in the rapid progression of known and unknown nephropathy toward the end stage of chronic hemodialysis.

Ovarian tumor and glomerulopathies: case report and review of the literature.

We describe a patient who developed nephrotic syndrome in the setting of ovarian tumor. A kidney biopsy showed minimal change nephropathy (MCN). CT scan and MR imaging followed by surgery lead to diagnostic of ovarian dermoid cyst.

[Nephrogenic syndrome of inappropriate antidiuresis].

Disorders of water balance are a disease commonly encountered in our clinical practice. Analysis of vasopressin receptor type II (V2R) is essential to understand the physiology of water balance and it is used as a biological prototype of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). Nephrogenic syndrome of inappropriate antidiuresis (NSIAD) is a syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH) with low plasmatic vasopressin.

Does smoking increase the risk of progression of nephropathy and/or cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetic patients with albuminuria and those without albuminuria?

Unlabelled: Diabetic nephropathy is the primary cause of chronic kidney disease and is associated with increased cardiovascular mortality. Cigarette smoking is probably the most complex and the least understood among the risk factors for chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular disease in diabetic patients. The aim of this study was to determine the impact of smoking on progression of nephropathy and cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetic patients with albuminuria and those without albuminuria.

Albuminuria in type 2 diabetes mellitus: from remission to progression.

Objective: Albuminuria is an early marker of renal impairment and a powerful factor of progression of renal disease in type 2 diabetes (T2D). Approximately, one-third of patients with T2D have micro- or macroalbuminuria and these patients have a high risk of progression toward End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) as well as increased cardiovascular disease. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of remission, regression, persistence, and progression of albuminuria, and to evaluate the impact of change in albuminuria on kidney disease and cardiovascular disease in a prospective cohort of patients with T2D.

Bilateral serous retinal detachment as a presenting sign of nephrotic syndrome.

We herein present a case of bilateral serous retinal detachment (SRD) as a presenting sign of nephrotic syndrome (NS). A 48-year-old man complained of decreased vision related to bilateral SRD. Laboratory tests revealed NS (serum albumin, 17 g/L: proteinuria, 15.