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Call for Abstracts – ESPEN 2021 Virtual Congress

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LATE-BREAKING ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN! Missed the deadline to submit your latest findings? Please take advantage of the additional opportunity to submit abstracts during the late-breaking submission period. Late-breaking abstracts may be submitted until 25 June. As an exception for ESPEN 2021 Virtual, there is no extra fee to submit – so don’t miss out! Accepted late-breaking abstracts will only be presented as […]

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ASN Kidney Week 2021 Call for Abstracts

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Abstract Submissions Reminder for Kidney Week 2021 Submission Deadline: Wednesday, June 2 (2:00 p.m. EDT) ASN Kidney Week is the premier educational and networking experience in nephrology, bringing together experts across nations to share essential knowledge and advances. In times of crisis such as COVID-19, these exchanges are more important than ever.ASN has not decided

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POS-224 IMPORTANCE OF SERUM ALDOSTERONE ON CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE OF UNCERTAIN AETIOLOGY IN SRI LANKA.

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B. FERNANDO , N. Hewa Gajamanage , N. Nanayakkara Introduction The Chronic Kidney Disease of uncertain aetiology (CKDu), a recently described tubular interstitial nephropathy, is prevalent in tropical or subtropical countries including pockets in the farming dry zone of Sri Lanka, India, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Egypt, and Tunisia. There is growing evidence to suggest that

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Prevalence, risk factors and predicted risk of cardiac events in chronic kidney disease of uncertain aetiology in Sri Lanka: A tubular interstitial nephropathy

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Thilini W. Hettiarachchi , Buddhi N. T. W. Fernando, Thilini Sudeshika , Zeid Badurdeen , Shuchi Anand , Ajith Kularatne , Sulochana Wijetunge , Hemalika T. K. Abeysundara , Nishantha Nanayakkara   Abstract Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with ‘traditional’ chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, chronic kidney

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Chronic kidney disease of unknown aetiology (CKDu) in Sri Lanka: A story of the sufferings and plea for “effective” help

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Chronic kidney disease of unknown aetiology (CKDu) in Sri Lanka: A story of the sufferings and plea for “effective” help Chethmi Wijewardana Vienna International School Zoom Meeting Details : Topic: Chethmi’s CKDu Presentation Time: Apr 1, 2021 at 8:30 A.M. (Sri Lankan time) Zoom Meeting Link – https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82164317544?pwd=Z3o2OG03aTQ2VmdNaWFQbWJFamxBdz09 Meeting ID: 821 6431 7544 Passcode: 797951

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P.R4810K, a polymorphism of RNF213, the susceptibility gene for moyamoya disease, is associated with blood pressure

P.R4810K, a polymorphism of RNF213, the susceptibility gene for moyamoya disease, is associated with blood pressure

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Akio Koizumi, Hatasu Kobayashi, Wanyang Liu, Yukiko Fujii, S. T. M. L. D. Senevirathna, Shanika Nanayakkara, Hiroko Okuda, Toshiaki Hitomi, Kouji H. Harada, Katsunobu Takenaka, Takao Watanabe, and Shinichiro Shimbo Abstract Background Moyamoya disease—an idiopathic vascular disorder of intracranial arteries—is often accompanied by hypertension. RNF213 has been identified as a susceptibility gene for moyamoya disease. In the present study, the association of p.R4810K (G[A) with blood pressure

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මෙට්ෆෝමින් (Metformin) පිලිබඳ ඔබ දැනුවත්ද?

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දියවැඩියාව ( Diabetes ) යනු දිගුකාලීනව ශරීරයේ ග්ලූකෝස් මට්ටම ඉහලව පවතීම නිසා හට ගන්නා ව්‍යාධි තත්වයක්. එය ශරීරයේ එක් අවයවයකට පමණක් නොව මුළු ශරීරයටම බලපාන රෝගී තත්වයක් බැවින් මෙය ව්‍යාධි යක් ලෙස හඳුන්වනු ලැබේ. ඇස් අන්ධ වීම, හෘදයාබාද, අංශභාගය,වකුගඩු අක්‍රීයවීම, අත් පා කපාදැමීමට සිඳු වීම වැනි භයානක, වේදනාකාරී සංකූලතා ඇතිකිරීමට දියවැඩියාවට හැකිය. දියවැඩියාව පිලිබඳ අවධානයෙන්

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PREVALENCE OF ANAEMIA AND ITS ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG PATIENTS ON MAINTENANCE HAEMODIALYSIS TREATMENT.

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Samarasekara SDBPP 1#, Nandasena HMRKG1, Pathirathne  ML1, Basnayake  BMDB2, Erandika  HGN2 ,        Nayanamali MAA2, Kumari UGDA 2,  Nanayakkara N2 1 Department of Nursing, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka 2 Nephrology and Transplant Unit, National Hospital Kandy, Sri Lanka # <[email protected] > Asia Pacific Consortium for Public Health Introduction and objectives -Anaemia

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The Influence of fluoride on chronic kidney disease of uncertain aetiology (CKDu) in Sri Lanka

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Shanika Nanayakkara a, b, *, S.T.M.L.D. Senevirathna c, Kouji H. Harada d,Rohana Chandrajith e, Nishantha Nanayakkara f, Akio Koizumi g a  School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia b  Institute of Dental Research, Westmead Centre for Oral Health, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, Australia c  Faculty of Business, Justice and

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