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Trost Rupnik A, Pajek J, Gucek A, Osredkar J, Kovac D, Bren A, et al.
Ther Apher Dial . 2013 Aug; 17(4):425-30. PMID: 23931884
Therapy with renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS)-blocking drugs prevents the development of fibrosis and angiogenesis in animal models and humans. In our study we have evaluated the systemic effect of RAAS blockade...
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Bren A, Arnol M, Kandus A, Varl J, Oblak M, Lindic J, et al.
Ther Apher Dial . 2011 Jun; 15(3):257-60. PMID: 21624072
The aim of this study was to analyze the prevalence and efficacy of renal anemia treated with epoetin in maintenance kidney transplant recipients in Slovenia. By the end of 2009,...
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Buturovic-Ponikvar J, Gubensek J, Arnol M, Bren A, Kandus A, Ponikvar R
Ther Apher Dial . 2011 Jun; 15(3):245-9. PMID: 21624070
Kidney transplantation is considered the best renal replacement therapy (RRT) for patients with end-stage renal disease; nevertheless, some dialysis patients refuse to be transplanted. The aim of our registry-based, cross-sectional...
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Gubensek J, Arnol M, Ponikvar R, Kovac J, Premru V, Kandus A, et al.
Ther Apher Dial . 2011 Jun; 15(3):240-4. PMID: 21624069
Increased mortality has been reported in patients starting dialysis after kidney graft failure. In this study we analyzed this subgroup of dialysis patients based on the data from the Slovenian...
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Pajek J, Kveder R, Gucek A, Skoberne A, Bren A, Bucar M, et al.
Ther Apher Dial . 2010 May; 14(1):20-6. PMID: 20438516
The beneficial effects of novel peritoneal dialysis solutions low in glucose degradation products regarding peritoneal cell apoptosis and necrosis are well established in vitro, however in vivo data is lacking....
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Lindic J, Trost Rupnik A, Tomazic J, Skoberne A, Gucek A, Ferluga D, et al.
Ther Apher Dial . 2009 Aug; 13(4):282-7. PMID: 19695060
Encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis (EPS) is a rare complication in patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD), the prevalence of which increases with the time spent on PD. Various causative factors have been...
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Lindic J, Vizjak A, Ferluga D, Kovac D, Ales A, Kveder R, et al.
Ther Apher Dial . 2009 Aug; 13(4):278-81. PMID: 19695059
Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) and antibodies against glomerular basement membrane (anti-GBM) rarely coexist. Both antibodies may be associated with rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis and pulmonary hemorrhage. We describe the clinical, serological...
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Pajek J, Kveder R, Bren A, Gucek A, Bucar M, Skoberne A, et al.
Nephrol Dial Transplant . 2008 Dec; 24(5):1617-25. PMID: 19066345
Background: This study was designed to compare the effects of a conventional lactate-based peritoneal dialysis (PD) solution (D) and a new biocompatible bicarbonate/lactate-based solution with a low concentration of glucose...
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Pajek J, Kveder R, Bren A, Gucek A, Ihan A, Osredkar J, et al.
Perit Dial Int . 2008 Jan; 28(1):44-52. PMID: 18178947
Objectives: This study was designed to compare the local peritoneal and systemic inflammatory effects of a conventional lactate-based (Lac) peritoneal dialysis (PD) solution and a new biocompatible bicarbonate/lactate-based (Bic/Lac) solution...
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Bren A, Kandus A
Ther Apher Dial . 2005 Jun; 9(3):202-4. PMID: 15966988
Epoetin treatment of renal anemia has been practiced in Slovenia since 1988. More than 90% of hemodialysis patients and 83% of peritoneal dialysis patients have been treated with epoetin. Epoetin...