About 40% of the intoxications after drug administration occur in the elderly. A significant proportion of the disease states in elderly patients is related to adverse reactions to prescribed drugs. Declining renal function, a reduction in both renal blood flow and glomerular filtration rate, is a m
Dieulafoy's disease--i.e. arteriovenous malformation--is a rare cause of gastric bleedings, which makes up 1.5-3% of all sources of hemorrhage. All the armory of diagnostic modalities may require to reveal arteriovenous malformations. Angiography of the stomach appeared to be the most informative me
There have been many reports on changes in renal morphology with aging. In this study, morphological comparisons were made on the influence of aging in humans and rats. Kidneys were obtained from 63 autopsies (except those from cases of tumor, severe cicatrization, and cysts 10 mm or more in diamete
sclerogenous [sklĕ-roj´ĕ-nus] producing sclerosis or a hard tissue or material. scle·rog·e·nous, sclerogenic (sklē-roj'ĕ-nŭs, sklēr-ō-jen'ik), Producing hard or sclerotic tissue; causing sclerosis. Synonym(s): scleratogenous [sclero- + G. -gen, ...