(Nanowerk News) An EU-funded project has investigated the potential of stem cell-based replacement therapy for prevention of end stage renal disease. The work involved the design of a new type of ...

Researchers have identified the main risk factors for renal functional abnormalities in children with high-grade (grade 4-5) vesicoureteral reflux (VUR). Age over 1 year and the presence of grade 5 ...

June 11, 2004 -- A high percentage of hypertensive adults without evidence of renal disease have vesicoureteral reflux (VUR), according to the results of a retrospective study published in the June ...

Renal scarring (RS) associated with vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) is a significant risk factor for developing hypertension, shows a study of pediatric patients. Children with VUR, the abnormal movement ...

Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) is the abnormal, retrograde flow of urine from the bladder to the upper urinary tract. This disease affects about 1% of otherwise normal children, 30–50% of those who ...

Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR), retrograde flow of urine from bladder into kidneys, is present in ~1% of children in North America (1). Although VUR appears to follow an autosomal-dominant inheritance ...

Many children with chronic kidney disease, even those in whom the disease is discovered very early, ultimately lose renal function; some ultimately progress to stage 5 chronic kidney disease ...