Renal hypoplasia, defined as abnormally small kidneys with normal morphology and reduced nephron number, is a common cause of pediatric renal failure and adult-onset disease. Genetic studies ...

More recent understanding of relaxin as a vasodilatory hormone has stemmed, in part, from investigations of the maternal renal and cardiovascular adaptations to pregnancy, in which relaxin is emerging ...

Researchers from the University of Technology Delft, the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience and Caltech have developed a microscopy technique based on ultrasound to reveal capillaries and cell ...

A sudden drop in blood pressure can occur for any number of reasons. Hypotension, or low blood pressure, means that vital organs may not be getting enough blood flow. It may be due to dehydration or ...

This condition occurs when the pressure in blood vessels is too high for a long time. It causes the blood vessel walls to thicken and stiffen, meaning less blood can pass through. Pulmonary ...

A mean platelet volume (MPV) blood test measures the average size of your platelets, the tiny blood cells that help form clots to stop bleeding. It is often included in a complete blood count (CBC) ...

This will cause “the capillaries in the lungs burst, so the lungs fill with water,” Duncan told New Times before Gunches’ execution. A person’s lungs will then “weigh four times more ...

The liver is located in the upper right-hand portion of the abdominal cavity, beneath the diaphragm, and on top of the stomach, right kidney, and intestines. Shaped like a cone, the liver is a dark ...

The kidneys remove urea from the blood through tiny filtering units called nephrons. Each nephron consists of a ball formed of small blood capillaries, called a glomerulus, and a small tube called a ...

Background: Proteinuria is a strong risk factor for renal outcomes in IgA nephropathy. Random urine protein-to-creatinine ratio (PCR), random albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR), and 24-h urine protein ...