University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have discovered how long-term treatment of high blood pressure with ...

An abnormality (differential renal function <45% and/or a renal scar) was detected by DMSA scanning ... scan were ≥6 mm in children whose right kidney was longer than the left, and ≥10 mm ...

The working group recognised that FSGS patients often retained residual kidney scarring, which may prevent some from reaching low proteinuria levels seen in other kidney diseases. The PARASOL data ...

and come out of the operation with a longer recovery rate and a larger scar than expected." "They learn later on that while they were in for this minor surgery a kidney was taken at the same time ...

The original Randomized Intervention for Children with Vesicoureteral Reflux (RIVUR) trial determined that continuous antibiotic prophylaxis does not prevent kidney scarring in children with VUR ...

Smad3 binds to fibrosis genes and mediates tissue scarring in chronic heart, kidney, liver, and lung diseases. Targeting the molecules regulating gene expression can combat tissue fibrosis.

But long-term use can take a terrible toll on the kidney, causing scarring and other dramatic physical changes that shift the organ's focus from blood filtration to producing renin. No longer able ...