This prospective case-control study included 85 patients with lung involvement related to the COVID-19 virus and a group of ...

Aging is an inevitable progressive decline in physiological organ function that increases the chance of disease and death. The renin–angiotensin system (RAS) is involved in the regulation of ...

The validity as well as the usefulness of measuring components of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with elevated blood pressure (BP) has been ...

Kidney diseases, including acute kidney injury (AKI) and chronic kidney disease (CKD), have become critical clinical, socioeconomic, and public health concerns worldwide. The kidney requires a lot of ...

Although no information on prior therapy is given, it is reasonable to presume that a number of patients would have been on either a diuretic or an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor.

Of the enzyme defects that cause virilisation in female fetuses ... Further confirmatory tests for CAH are DHEA, androstenedione, testosterone, ACTH, and plasma renin activity, all of which may be ...

KDIGO guideline is the first specifically addressing autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) and focuses on some unique aspects of management.

Hydrolases are enzymes that catalyze the cleavage of a covalent bond using water. Types of hydrolase include esterases, such as phosphatases, that act on ester bonds, and proteases or peptidases ...