Diabetes mellitus is 1one of the most common chronic diseases in the world, with an estimated
worldwide prevalence of over 176 million in 2000. Furthermore, the prevalence of the …

Reports on clinical entities possibly caused by hantaviruses in China and England backdate
into the first millennium and the Middle Age, respectively (1, 2). However, it lasted until 1951 …

Cyclosporine (CsA) is the current primary immunosuppressant for the prevention of allograft
rejection in solid organ transplantation. However, owing to its molecular mechanism of …

Immunoglobulin G (IgG) autoantibodies against extranuclear components of polymorphonuclear
granulocytes were detected in 25 of 27 serum samples from patients with active …

Systemic vasculitis associated with autoantibodies to neutrophil cytoplasmic antigens (ANCA)
is the most frequent cause of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis. Renal failure at …

… VAN DEN WOUDE FJ: The value of indirect immunoffuorescence and solid phase techniques
for ANCA detection. A report on the first phase of an international cooperative study on the …

Despite a superior quality of life and a favorable cost effectiveness, it has not been well
established thus far whether renal cadaveric transplantation contributes to superior survival …

Background Contrast nephropathy is associated with increased in-hospital morbidity and
mortality and leads to extension of hospital stay in patients with chronic renal insufficiency. …

… In 1985, van der Woude et al14 reported on antibodies reacting with the cyto¬ … Van der
Woude FJ, Hoorntje SJ, Weening JJ, van Overbeek JJM, van der Hem GK. Renal involvement in …

A long-term retrospective follow-up study was performed to evaluate the risk of skin cancer in
1098 renal transplant recipients in Queensland, Australia. In a subgroup, we also assessed …