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Nephron NEWS-Jan.14.2010

Issue 1,2010  [January 12, 2010] Nephron Digest wishes all its readers a Happy New Year Professor Meguid El Nahas, PhD, FRCP Editor, Nephron Clinical Practice nephron@sheffield.ac.uk m.el-nahas@sheffield.ac.uk Digest of issue 114/2/2010 Ureteral Endometriosis: Rare and Underdiagnosed Cause of Kidney Dysfunction. Claudio Ponticelli and colleagues, Italy (Nephron Clin Pract 2010;114:c89-c94) draw attention to an unusual cause of ureteral obstruction and hydronephrosis in premenopausal women, namely ureteral endometriosis. They provide the reader with clues to diagnosis and recommend a high index of suspicion in those at risk. Moreover, they also supply recommendations for comprehensive monitoring, diagnosis and management. This minireview points to an uncommon and probably underdiagnosed cause of ureteral obstruction in young women. Serum Cystatin C-Based Formulas for Prediction of Glomerular Filtration Rate. Radovan Hojs and colleagues, Slovenia (Nephron Clin Pract 20...