Pauci-immune necrotizing crescentic glomerulonephritis with crescentic and full moon extracapillary proliferation: Clinico-pathologic correlation and follow-up study

2013 ◽  
Vol 209 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehtat Unlu ◽  
Saba Kiremitci ◽  
Arzu Ensari ◽  
Yasemin Ozluk ◽  
Isin Kilicaslan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crescentic Glomerulonephritis ◽  
Full Moon ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
Pathologic Correlation ◽  
Necrotizing Crescentic Glomerulonephritis

scholarly journals Determinants of renal outcome in anti-myeloperoxidase-associated necrotizing crescentic glomerulonephritis.

1998 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 1915-1923 ◽  
Author(s):  
C F Franssen ◽  
C A Stegeman ◽  
W W Oost-Kort ◽  
C G Kallenberg ◽  
P C Limburg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Renal Function ◽  
Crescentic Glomerulonephritis ◽  
Clinical Laboratory ◽  
Response To Treatment ◽  
Renal Outcome ◽  
Necrotizing Crescentic Glomerulonephritis ◽  
Stable Renal Function ◽  
Relapse Group

Patients with anti-myeloperoxidase (MPO)-associated necrotizing crescentic glomerulonephritis (NCGN) may develop chronic renal failure (CRF) leading to end-stage renal disease despite an initially favorable response to treatment. The aim of this study was to determine the prognostic value of clinical, laboratory, and histopathologic features at the time of presentation and during follow-up for the development of CRF in 21 consecutive anti-MPO-positive patients with NCGN. Renal function did not recover in two of five patients who were dialysis-dependent at presentation. The remaining 19 patients all went into remission and were off dialysis at 3 mo after diagnosis. At long-term follow-up, nine of these patients had stable renal function and did not relapse (group A), five patients developed CRF without signs of relapse (group B), and five patients relapsed (group C). At diagnosis, serum creatinine, C-reactive protein, and anti-MPO levels did not differ between groups A, B, and C. Microscopic erythrocyturia resolved in all patients within 4 mo of treatment. BP at presentation and during follow-up did not differ between groups A, B, and C. Proteinuria at diagnosis and in the first 6 mo after diagnosis was higher in patients who developed CRF than in patients with a stable renal function. Anti-MPO levels at 3 mo had decreased compared with anti-MPO levels at diagnosis in groups A and C, whereas anti-MPO levels did not fall significantly in patients who developed CRF. The predictive value of a renal biopsy at diagnosis on long-term renal outcome was limited. In conclusion, a higher degree of proteinuria at diagnosis and during follow-up as well as persistently elevated anti-MPO levels after induction of remission are associated with the development of CRF and are predictive of poor renal outcome in anti-MPO-associated NCGN.

Electron Microscopy of Human Gallstones

1971 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 296-297
Author(s):  
C. Wolpers ◽  
R. Blaschke
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Bile Pigment ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Triclinic Crystal System ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
Infra Red ◽  
Main Components

Scanning microscopy was used to study the surface of human gallstones and the surface of fractures. The specimens were obtained by operation, washed with water, dried at room temperature and shadowcasted with carbon and aluminum. Most of the specimens belong to patients from a series of X-ray follow-up study, examined during the last twenty years. So it was possible to evaluate approximately the age of these gallstones and to get information on the intensity of growing and solving.Cholesterol, a group of bile pigment substances and different salts of calcium, are the main components of human gallstones. By X-ray diffraction technique, infra-red spectroscopy and by chemical analysis it was demonstrated that all three components can be found in any gallstone. In the presence of water cholesterol crystallizes in pane-like plates of the triclinic crystal system.

A 10-year follow-up study of fixed metal ceramic prosthodontics

1997 ◽  
Vol 24 (10) ◽  
pp. 713-717 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. NAPANKANGAS ◽  
M.A.M. SALONEN ◽  
A.M. RAUSTIA
Keyword(s):  
Follow Up Study ◽  
Metal Ceramic

Bone loss in patients with Crohn's disease: A longterm-follow up study

2001 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. A628-A628
Author(s):  
P CLEMENS ◽  
V HAWIG ◽  
M MUELLER ◽  
J SCAENZLIN ◽  
B KLUMP ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crohn’S Disease ◽  
Crohn's Disease ◽  
Bone Loss ◽  
Follow Up Study

733: The Prognostic Value of E-Cadherin, Alpha-, and Beta-Catenin in Invasive Bladder Cancer Patients: Long Term Follow-Up Study

2004 ◽  
Vol 171 (4S) ◽  
pp. 194-195
Author(s):  
Kyoichi Tomita ◽  
Haruki Kume ◽  
Keishi Kashibuchi ◽  
Satoru Muto ◽  
Shigeo Horie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bladder Cancer ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Prognostic Value ◽  
Invasive Bladder Cancer ◽  
Beta Catenin ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
Long Term Follow Up ◽  
E Cadherin

Petit mal epilepsy. Results of a prolonged follow-up study of 117 patients

JAMA ◽  
1965 ◽  
Vol 194 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Livingston
Keyword(s):  
Follow Up Study
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