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Kidney Stones: A Potential Indicator of Fracture Risk in Chronic Kidney Disease

Introduction This study investigates the association between kidney stones and the risk of osteoporotic fracture in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The introduction provides background on how CKD patients have a higher risk of osteoporotic fracture compared to the general population, and how bone mineral density alone has limitations in predicting fracture risk. The […]

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Describing Natural History and Exploring Risk Factors for Kidney Function Decline in Persons With CKD of Uncertain Etiology in Sri Lanka.

Pasan Hewavitharana1,2,11, Stephen Schensul3 , Edison Lee4 , Maria Montez-Rath4 , Sachintha Senarathne5 , Sai Liu4 , Kaitlin Harold4 , Santhushya Hewapathiranage1 , Naduni Erandika1 , Hemalika T.K. Abeysundara6 , Xue Yu4 , Vivek Bhalla4 , Andrew Fire7 , Adeera Levin8 , Shuchi Anand4 , Penny Vlahos9,11, Rohana Chandrajith5,11 and Nishantha Nanayakkara1,10,11 1 Center for

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Urinary MicroRNA Analysis Indicates an Epigenetic Regulation of Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology in Sri Lanka.

Urinary MicroRNA Analysis Indicates an Epigenetic Regulation of Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology in Sri Lanka. Thanuri Edirithilake 1, Nishantha Nanayakkara 2, Xiao Xiao Lin 3, Patrick J Biggs 4 5, Rohana Chandrajith 6, Sampath Lokugalappatti 1, Saumya Wickramasinghe 1 7 1 Department of Basic Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science,

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Leptospirosis: A Potential Culprit for Chronic Kidney Disease of Uncertain Etiology

Leptospirosis: A Potential Culprit for Chronic Kidney Disease of Uncertain Etiology Premarathne S.S.a,b · Gamage C.b · Chandrajith R.c · Ratnatunge N.V.d · Wijetunge S.d · Wazil A.e · Chou L.-F.f · Ko Y.-C.f · Huang C.-T.f · Yang H.-Y.f,g,h · Fonseka A.b · Sonnadara T.a · Herath D.a · Hewavitharane P.a · Yang C.-W.f,g,h

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Challenges and opportunities in interventions for chronic kidney disease of unknown origin (CKDu): report from the International Society of Nephrology Consortium of Collaborators on CKDu

Challenges and opportunities in interventions for chronic kidney disease of unknown origin (CKDu): report from the International Society of Nephrology Consortium of Collaborators on CKDu Brendan Smyth1,2 , Jason Glaser3 , Jaime Butler-Dawson4,5 , Nishantha Nanayakkara6 , David H. Wegman3,7 , Shuchi Anand8 and Adeera Levin9 1 National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Clinical

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Early ultrastructural changes in biopsies from patients with symptomatic CKDu (Sym-CKDu)

Christoph Daniel, Prof.1 ; Philipp Enghard, PD2 ; Neelakanthi Ratnatunga, Prof.3  ; Sulochana Wijetunge, Prof. 3 ; Wazil AWM, MD7 ; Christian Zwiener, Prof. 4 ; Johannes A.C. Barth, Prof.5 ; Rohana Chandrajith, Prof.6 ; Monika Klewer1 ; Kai-Uwe Eckhardt, Prof.2 , Kerstin Amann, Prof.1 ; Paul Freund, MD2 , Shakila Premarathne8 , W.D.R.N. Pushpakumara,

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Risk factors and their effect on the progression of Sri Lankan CKDu

MGIH Bandara1, SWMPWCIB Weerakoon1, HMDK Herath1, HPNS Hewapathirane1, HGN Erandika1, HPM Hewavitharana1, N Nanayakkara2 1Department of NEPHROLOGY, Centre For Research National Hospital Kandy, Sri Lanka 2Department of Nephrology, National Hospital Kandy, Sri Lanka Objectives: We focused on risk factors like family history, social support for patients, alcoholic beverage consumption, tobacco use, etc. in CKDu to

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Familial Clustering in Sri Lankan CKDu cases

MGIH BANDARA1, SWMPWCIB WEERAKOON1, HMDK HERATH1, HPM HEWAVITHARANE1, HPNS HEWAPATHIRANE1, HGN ERANDIKA1, N NANAYAKKARA2 1Department of NEPHROLOGY, Centre For Research – National Hospital Kandy, Sri Lanka 2Department of Nephrology, National Hospital Kandy, Sri Lanka Objectives: This study has explored familial aggregation patterns in Sri Lankan CKDu patients related to the onset and course of the

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