Publications by authors named "P Ahmadpoor"
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- Bullous pemphigoid is a common autoimmune blistering disease primarily affecting older adults, often linked to serious health conditions like diabetes and heart disease.
- It involves the body producing autoantibodies that attack proteins in the skin, leading to painful blisters and a high mortality rate within the first year.
- A case study is presented of a diabetic patient on hemodialysis with severe bullous pemphigoid who was successfully treated with double filtration plasmapheresis, which helped eliminate the need for systemic steroids.
We present the case of a 58-year-old male diabetic patient admitted to our department for a slight decrease in kidney function, with nephrotic range proteinuria, hematuria (16,000/ml) and positive anti-glomerular basement membrane antibodies. Kidney biopsy revealed diabetic nephropathy with no evidence of crescent formation or linear immunoglobulin deposits along the basement membrane. We discuss the various clinical settings involving positive anti-glomerular basement membrane in the absence of crescentic glomerulonephritis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections caused by the cytomegalovirus are one of the most common problems in patients after kidney transplant. We examined the association of the relationship between the number and activity of natural killer cells with increased cytomegalovirus and its related disease after kidney transplantation.
Material And Methods: In this analytical study, 58 new transplant patients in the Labbafinejad Hospital, who did not have any evidence of CMV infection, were evaluated based on the number and percentage of CD56/16, CD56/16, and CD69 Natural Killer (NK) cells.
Introduction: Certain patients require simultaneous lipoprotein apheresis (LA) and intermittent hemodialysis (HD). Instead of undergoing 2 consecutive treatment sessions, a double filtration plasmapheresis (DFPP) and HD tandem procedure could be offered to reduce treatment times and costs. Our study evaluated the performance, safety and cost of this tandem procedure.
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- Impaired kidney function is a major risk for cardiovascular issues in chronic kidney disease patients, necessitating careful management of immunosuppressive drugs.
- This study assessed the effects of low dose ATG induction therapy on markers related to Tregs (regulatory T cells) in renal transplant patients using two different drug protocols: Mycophenolate mofetil (TMP) and Sirolimus (TSP).
- Results showed an increase in certain Treg markers post-transplantation, particularly in the TMP group, suggesting both treatment regimens could be beneficial for kidney transplant recipients.