… From the Departments of Vascular Surgery (Bawazeer, Al-Brekeit), Interventional
Radiology (Al-Jared) and Nephrology (Al-Harbi), Armed Forces … Self M, Mangram A …

Background: Despite the effectiveness of intravenous calcitriol in suppressing parathyroid
hormone secretion in patients with uremic hyperparathyroidism, 50% of the patients remain …

Repeated prcgnancies in a patient with a single kidney having undergone compensatory
hypertrophy raises concern as to whether this may cause glomerulosclerosis as a result of …

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a world-wide health problem and linked with increased risk of
morbidity/mortality in hospitalized patients and its incidence has been on the rise in the last few …

Dear Sir, Recurrence of IgA nephropathy in the transplanted kidney is well recognized and
occurs frequently [1]. Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) also recurs in the transplant [2, 3]. …

B cells play multiple roles in preservation of healthy immune system including management
of immune responses by expression of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines. Several earlier …

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is characterized by chronic autoimmune inflammation of central
nervous system (CNS), ie brain and spinal cord. Autoimmune inflammation of the CNS and …

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an immune-mediated inflammatory disease that leads to
demyelination and neuronal loss in the central nervous system. Immune cells of lymphoid and …

Psoriasis is a devastating autoimmune illness resulting from excessive keratinocyte growth
and leukocyte infiltration into the dermis/epidermis. In the pathogenesis of psoriasis, different …

We report a case of a fistula between the common carotid artery and the internal jugular
vein due to a hemodialysis catheter insertion. We managed the fistula by the insertion of a …