Measuring eosinophiluria, urinary eosinophil cationic protein and urinary interleukin-5 in patients with Lupus Nephritis.

Background: Urine is increasingly becoming an attractive biological fluid in clinical practice due to being an easily obtained, non-invasive sampling method, containing proteins and peptides. The aim of this study was to investigate eosinophiluria, urinary eosinophil cationic protein (uECP) and urinary IL-5 (uIL-5) in patients with Lupus Nephritis.

Methods: Seventy-four patients with SLE-20 with clinical and laboratory evidence of lupus nephritis (LN group) and 54 without evidence of renal involvement (non-LN group)-were analyzed regarding eosinophiluria, uECP and uIL-5.

[Relation between diet protein and calciuria in children and adolescents with nephrolitiasis].

Purpose: The objective was to evaluate the quality of diet and the relationship between protein diet and calciuria in children and adolescents with nephrolithiasis.

Methods: Forty-nine children and adolescents (28 male and 21 female; 10.1 +/- 3.