Badakhshan
Badakhshan bädäkhshän´, bedekhshän´ , autonomous region (1991 est. pop. 167,100), c.24,600 sq mi (63,710 sq km), E Tajikistan, in the Pamir . It is bordered by China on the east and by Afghanistan on the south and west and is separated from Pakistan and Azad Kashmir by a narrow strip of Afghan territory. The eastern section (East Pamir) is a high plateau, and the western part (West Pamir) is cut by high ranges and deep, narrow valleys. Khorugh is the capital. The population is mainly Tajik, with small Kyrgyz and Russian minorities. Gold, salt, mica, limestone, and coal are mined. In the east livestock is raised (yaks, sheep, cattle, and goats), and in the western valleys grain, vegetables, and beans are grown. Formerly under the control of the Mongols and the Arabs, the region passed to Russian control in 1895. The area became the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region in 1925. It was sometimes formerly known as Mountain-Badakhshan.
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Reports summarize lupus nephritis research from University of Texas.(Report)
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 6/10/2009; 700+ words
; "Immune-mediated nephritis contributes to disease in systemic...antibodies]), and spontaneous lupus nephritis. Inbred mouse strains differ in susceptibility...antibody-induced and spontaneous lupus nephritis," researchers in the United States...
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Lupus nephritis: histology, diagnosis, and treatment.(Disease/Disorder overview)
Magazine article from: Bulletin of the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases; 9/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...classifying the various forms of lupus nephritis have significantly improved our understanding...the different manifestations of lupus nephritis is based upon light, immunofluorescent...identifies six different classes of lupus nephritis, with classes III and IV being the...
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Phase III Study of Rituxan in Lupus Nephritis Did Not Meet Primary Endpoint.
Business Wire; 3/11/2009; 700+ words
; ...corticosteroids in patients with lupus nephritis did not meet its primary endpoint of...in patients receiving Rituxan. Lupus nephritis is an inflammation of the kidney and...lupus), an autoimmune disease. Lupus nephritis can lead to a progressive loss of kidney...
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SLE nephritis associated with certain antibodies.(Clinical Rounds)
Magazine article from: Skin & Allergy News; 12/1/2005; ; 656 words
; ...systemic lupus erythematosus who develop nephritis are more than five times as likely to...suggests that the pathogenesis of lupus nephritis may involve cell-surface antigens that...been shown to be associated with lupus nephritis, wrote Dr. Reichlin of the University...
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Recent studies from University of Bologna add new data to interstitial nephritis.
Newspaper article from: Health & Medicine Week; 3/17/2008; 700+ words
; ...Kidney samples with interstitial nephritis from 26 pigs affected by postweaning...were selected (see also Interstitial Nephritis). A histologic evaluation was carried...tubulointerstitial, lymphoplasmacytic nephritis, I I an interstitial granulomatous nephritis...
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Patterns of C4d staining in patients with lupus nephritis.(Clinical report)
Magazine article from: Journal of Applied Research; 6/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...native kidneys of patients with lupus nephritis. Methods: Renal biopsies from 16 patients with lupus nephritis were reviewed for C4d deposition in the...in a total of 28 patients with lupus nephritis, all patients had C4d deposition in...
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The renal metallothionein expression profile is altered in human lupus nephritis.(Research article)
Magazine article from: Arthritis Research & Therapy; 7/6/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...involvement and a chronic relapsing course. Nephritis is a common and serious manifestation...one-half of all SLE patients develop nephritis during their course of illness, and...A central pathogenic aspect of lupus nephritis is the deposition of immune complexes...
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Alexion Completes Enrollment in Phase II Membranous Nephritis Clinical Trial with 5G1.1; - 5G1.1 Receives Orphan Drug Designation in Membranous Nephritis -.
PR Newswire; 2/20/2002; 700+ words
; ...of kidney disease known as membranous nephritis, with its anti-inflammatory C5 Inhibitor...approved, in patients with membranous nephritis. This Phase II multi-center, double...period. Approximately 115 membranous nephritis patients were enrolled in the United...
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Managing lupus nephritis: an update: researchers are making headway, but the best therapy with the fewest side effects remains unclear.
Magazine article from: Renal & Urology News; 10/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...of those with SLE will develop lupus nephritis, and a proportion of those patients...patients with the most severe forms of lupus nephritis (N Engl J Med. 1986;314:614-619...approaches for the treatment of lupus nephritis. In fact, more than a dozen experimental...
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Scientists at University of Erlangen publish research in nephritis animal studies.
Newspaper article from: Health & Medicine Week; 3/17/2008; 700+ words
; ...the time course of chronic anti-Thy1 nephritis in the rat,' is newly published data...Nephron Experimental Nephrology (see also Nephritis Animal Studies). "The antiproliferative...affects the acute reversible anti-Thy1 nephritis model. We hypothesized that everolimus...
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Nephritis
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
Nephritis Definition Nephritis is inflammation of the kidney. Description The most prevalent form of acute nephritis is glomerulonephritis. This condition affects children and teenagers far more often than it affects adults. It is inflammation...
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nephritis
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing
nephritis ( Bright's disease ) (ni- fry -tis) n. inflammation of the kidney. Nephritis is a nonspecific term used to describe a condition resulting from a variety of causes. See glomerulonephritis .
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glomerulonephritis
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing
glomerulonephritis (glomerular nephritis, GN ) (glom-e-roo-loh-ni...because of their filtering function. Acute nephritis is marked by blood in the urine and fluid...normal kidney function. Other forms of nephritis present with chronic haematuria or with...
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Burt Lancaster
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...school for students who intended to go on to college. In his senior year, Lancaster's mother died of chronic intestinal nephritis. He graduated from high school on June 26, 1930 and entered New York University in September of 1931. He hoped to be a...
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John Marcellus Huston
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...John and his mother moved to Dallas. In 1916 Huston was diagnosed as having an enlarged heart and Bright's disease, or nephritis, a sometimes fatal kidney disease. For the next two years Huston and his mother (who had remarried) traveled around the...
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