Yuki Shimamoto, Hirohito Sasaki, Kenji Kasuno, Yuki Watanabe, Sayumi Sakashita, Sho Nishikawa, Kazuhisa Nishimori, Sayu Morita, Yudai Nishikawa, Mamiko Kobayashi, Sachiko Fukushima, Soichi Enomoto, Naoki Takahashi, Tadanori Hamano, Ippei Sakamaki, Hiromichi Iwasaki, Masayuki Iwano
BACKGROUND: Endothelial dysfunction is common in patients undergoing chronic haemodialysis, and is a major cause of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES). Recently, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been shown to cause endothelial dysfunction by infecting vascular endothelial cells. Several cases of neurological complications in patients without kidney dysfunction, and only a few cases in patients with chronic kidney disease, have been reported in the literature...
September 29, 2023: BMC Nephrology