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High Impact Articles
High impact papers are those to which special attention is paid by experts in the given field, with a large number of visitors, frequent downloads and higher citation rates. The research must be creative, with high academic standards and have a wide influence, if it is to become a high impact paper. They are ranked by the number of downloads.
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Point of care renal ultrasonography for the busy nephrologist: A pictorial review  
Abhilash Koratala, Deepti Bhattacharya, Amir Kazory 
World J Nephrol 8(3):44-58. Published online Jun 28, 2019. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v8.i3.44
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Dehydration and volume depletion: How to handle the misconceptions  
Muhammad Asim, Mohamad M Alkadi, Hania Asim, Adil Ghaffar 
World J Nephrol 8(1):23-32. Published online Jan 21, 2019. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v8.i1.23
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Extracellular vesicles as mediators of vascular inflammation in kidney disease  
Alexandra Helmke, Sibylle von Vietinghoff 
World J Nephrol 5(2):125-138. Published online Mar 6, 2016. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v5.i2.125
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Fluid balance concepts in medicine: Principles and practice  
Maria-Eleni Roumelioti, Robert H Glew, Zeid J Khitan, Helbert Rondon-Berrios, Christos P Argyropoulos, Deepak Malhotra, Dominic S Raj, Emmanuel I Agaba, Mark Rohrscheib, Glen H Murata, Joseph I Shapiro, Antonios H Tzamaloukas 
World J Nephrol 7(1):1-28. Published online Jan 6, 2018. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v7.i1.1
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Stop chronic kidney disease progression: Time is approaching  
Usama Abdel Azim Sharaf El Din, Mona Mansour Salem, Dina Ossama Abdulazim 
World J Nephrol 5(3):258-273. Published online May 6, 2016. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v5.i3.258
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Role of different imaging modalities of vascular calcification in predicting outcomes in chronic kidney disease  
Sinee Disthabanchong, Sarinya Boongird 
World J Nephrol 6(3):100-110. Published online May 6, 2017. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v6.i3.100
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Hepatorenal syndrome: Update on diagnosis and treatment  
Olga Baraldi, Chiara Valentini, Gabriele Donati, Giorgia Comai, Vania Cuna, Irene Capelli, Maria Laura Angelini, Maria Ilaria Moretti, Andrea Angeletti, Fabio Piscaglia, Gaetano La Manna 
World J Nephrol 4(5):511-520. Published online Nov 6, 2015. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v4.i5.511
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Clinical audit, a valuable tool to improve quality of care: General methodology and applications in nephrology  
Pasquale Esposito, Antonio Dal Canton 
World J Nephrol 3(4):249-255. Published online Nov 6, 2014. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v3.i4.249
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Management of nocturnal enuresis - myths and facts  
Rajiv Sinha, Sumantra Raut 
World J Nephrol 5(4):328-338. Published online Jul 6, 2016. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v5.i4.328
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Primary and secondary hyperoxaluria: Understanding the enigma  
Bhavna Bhasin, Hatice Melda Ürekli, Mohamed G Atta 
World J Nephrol 4(2):235-244. Published online May 6, 2015. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v4.i2.235
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Role of β2-microglobulin in uremic patients may be greater than originally suspected  
Aysegul Zumrutdal 
World J Nephrol 4(1):98-104. Published online Feb 6, 2015. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v4.i1.98
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Tesevatinib ameliorates progression of polycystic kidney disease in rodent models of autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease  
William E Sweeney, Philip Frost, Ellis D Avner 
World J Nephrol 6(4):188-200. Published online Jul 6, 2017. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v6.i4.188
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Biomarkers in chronic kidney disease, from kidney function to kidney damage  
Salvador Lopez-Giacoman, Magdalena Madero 
World J Nephrol 4(1):57-73. Published online Feb 6, 2015. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v4.i1.57
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Contrast-induced acute kidney injury: A review of practical points  
Sercin Ozkok, Abdullah Ozkok 
World J Nephrol 6(3):86-99. Published online May 6, 2017. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v6.i3.86
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Insulin receptors in the kidneys in health and disease  
Sarojini Singh, Rajni Sharma, Manju Kumari, Swasti Tiwari 
World J Nephrol 8(1):11-22. Published online Jan 21, 2019. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v8.i1.11
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Pathogenesis of glomerular haematuria  
Claudia Yuste, Eduardo Gutierrez, Angel Manuel Sevillano, Alfonso Rubio-Navarro, Juan Manuel Amaro-Villalobos, Alberto Ortiz, Jesus Egido, Manuel Praga, Juan Antonio Moreno 
World J Nephrol 4(2):185-195. Published online May 6, 2015. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v4.i2.185
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Nutcracker syndrome  
Kaan Gulleroglu, Basak Gulleroglu, Esra Baskin 
World J Nephrol 3(4):277-281. Published online Nov 6, 2014. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v3.i4.277
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Reclassification of membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis: Identification of a new GN: C3GN  
Maurizio Salvadori, Giuseppina Rosso 
World J Nephrol 5(4):308-320. Published online Jul 6, 2016. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v5.i4.308
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Soy-based renoprotection  
Nancy J McGraw, Elaine S Krul, Elizabeth Grunz-Borgmann, Alan R Parrish 
World J Nephrol 5(3):233-257. Published online May 6, 2016. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v5.i3.233
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Renal dopaminergic system: Pathophysiological implications and clinical perspectives  
Marcelo Roberto Choi, Nicolás Martín Kouyoumdzian, Natalia Lucía Rukavina Mikusic, María Cecilia Kravetz, María Inés Rosón, Martín Rodríguez Fermepin, Belisario Enrique Fernández 
World J Nephrol 4(2):196-212. Published online May 6, 2015. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v4.i2.196
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Causal relationship between hypoalbuminemia and acute kidney injury  
Christian J Wiedermann, Wolfgang Wiedermann, Michael Joannidis 
World J Nephrol 6(4):176-187. Published online Jul 6, 2017. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v6.i4.176
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Bacteremia in hemodialysis patients  
Masashi Suzuki, Nobuhiko Satoh, Motonobu Nakamura, Shoko Horita, George Seki, Kyoji Moriya 
World J Nephrol 5(6):489-496. Published online Nov 6, 2016. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v5.i6.489
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Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic considerations of antimicrobial drug therapy in cancer patients with kidney dysfunction  
Frieder Keller, Bernd Schröppel, Ulla Ludwig 
World J Nephrol 4(3):330-344. Published online Jul 6, 2015. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v4.i3.330
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Nephropathy in dietary hyperoxaluria: A potentially preventable acute or chronic kidney disease  
Robert H Glew, Yijuan Sun, Bruce L Horowitz, Konstantin N Konstantinov, Marc Barry, Joanna R Fair, Larry Massie, Antonios H Tzamaloukas 
World J Nephrol 3(4):122-142. Published online Nov 6, 2014. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v3.i4.122
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Genetic defects in ciliary genes in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease  
Katarína Skalická, Gabriela Hrčková, Anita Vaská, Ágnes Baranyaiová, László Kovács 
World J Nephrol 7(2):65-70. Published online Mar 6, 2018. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v7.i2.65
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Baroreflex dysfunction in chronic kidney disease  
Manpreet Kaur, Dinu S Chandran, Ashok Kumar Jaryal, Dipankar Bhowmik, Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Kishore Kumar Deepak 
World J Nephrol 5(1):53-65. Published online Jan 6, 2016. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v5.i1.53
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Hypertonicity: Clinical entities, manifestations and treatment  
Helbert Rondon-Berrios, Christos Argyropoulos, Todd S Ing, Dominic S Raj, Deepak Malhotra, Emmanuel I Agaba, Mark Rohrscheib, Zeid J Khitan, Glen H Murata, Joseph I Shapiro, Antonios H Tzamaloukas 
World J Nephrol 6(1):1-13. Published online Jan 6, 2017. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v6.i1.1
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Renal and perinephric abscesses in West China Hospital: 10-year retrospective-descriptive study  
Xiao-Qin Liu, Cheng-Cheng Wang, Yan-Bin Liu, Kai Liu 
World J Nephrol 5(1):108-114. Published online Jan 6, 2016. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v5.i1.108
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Treatment of hypogonadotropic male hypogonadism: Case-based scenarios  
Lindsey E Crosnoe-Shipley, Osama O Elkelany, Cyrus D Rahnema, Edward D Kim 
World J Nephrol 4(2):245-253. Published online May 6, 2015. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v4.i2.245
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Diabetes mellitus increases the prevalence of anemia in patients with chronic kidney disease: A nested case-control study  
Charalampos Loutradis, Alexandra Skodra, Panagiotis Georgianos, Panagiota Tolika, Dimitris Alexandrou, Afroditi Avdelidou, Pantelis A Sarafidis 
World J Nephrol 5(4):358-366. Published online Jul 6, 2016. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v5.i4.358
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Clinicopathological spectrum of snake bite-induced acute kidney injury from India  
Sanjay Vikrant, Ajay Jaryal, Anupam Parashar 
World J Nephrol 6(3):150-161. Published online May 6, 2017. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v6.i3.150
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Inflammation and nutrition in children with chronic kidney disease  
Juan Tu, Wai W Cheung, Robert H Mak 
World J Nephrol 5(3):274-282. Published online May 6, 2016. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v5.i3.274
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Sleep disorders and chronic kidney disease  
Stephanie C Maung, Ammar El Sara, Cherylle Chapman, Danielle Cohen, Daniel Cukor 
World J Nephrol 5(3):224-232. Published online May 6, 2016. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v5.i3.224
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Appropriate kidney stone size for ureteroscopic lithotripsy: When to switch to a percutaneous approach  
Ryoji Takazawa, Sachi Kitayama, Toshihiko Tsujii 
World J Nephrol 4(1):111-117. Published online Feb 6, 2015. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v4.i1.111
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Confounding risk factors and preventative measures driving nephrolithiasis global makeup  
Samuel Shin, Aneil Srivastava, Nazira A Alli, Bidhan C Bandyopadhyay 
World J Nephrol 7(7):129-142. Published online Nov 24, 2018. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v7.i7.129
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Why do young people with chronic kidney disease die early?  
Shankar Kumar, Richard Bogle, Debasish Banerjee 
World J Nephrol 3(4):143-155. Published online Nov 6, 2014. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v3.i4.143
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Proton-pump inhibitor-induced hypomagnesemia: Current research and proposed mechanisms  
Jeffrey H William, John Danziger 
World J Nephrol 5(2):152-157. Published online Mar 6, 2016. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v5.i2.152
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Renal biopsy: Still a landmark for the nephrologist  
Luca Visconti, Valeria Cernaro, Carlo Alberto Ricciardi, Viviana Lacava, Vincenzo Pellicanò, Antonio Lacquaniti, Michele Buemi, Domenico Santoro 
World J Nephrol 5(4):321-327. Published online Jul 6, 2016. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v5.i4.321
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Update on hemolytic uremic syndrome: Diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations  
Maurizio Salvadori, Elisabetta Bertoni 
World J Nephrol 2(3):56-76. Published online Aug 6, 2013. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v2.i3.56
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Use of percutaneous nephrostomy and ureteral stenting in management of ureteral obstruction  
Linda Hsu, Hanhan Li, Daniel Pucheril, Moritz Hansen, Raymond Littleton, James Peabody, Jesse Sammon 
World J Nephrol 5(2):172-181. Published online Mar 6, 2016. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v5.i2.172
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What is the optimal level of vitamin D in non-dialysis chronic kidney disease population?  
Pablo Molina, José L Górriz, Mariola D Molina, Sandra Beltrán, Belén Vizcaíno, Verónica Escudero, Julia Kanter, Ana I Ávila, Jordi Bover, Elvira Fernández, Javier Nieto, Secundino Cigarrán, Enrique Gruss, Gema Fernández-Juárez, Alberto Martínez-Castelao, Juan F Navarro-González, Ramón Romero, Luis M Pallardó 
World J Nephrol 5(5):471-481. Published online Sep 6, 2016. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v5.i5.471
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Vascular calcification: When should we interfere in chronic kidney disease patients and how?  
Usama Abdel Azim Sharaf El Din, Mona Mansour Salem, Dina Ossama Abdulazim 
World J Nephrol 5(5):398-417. Published online Sep 6, 2016. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v5.i5.398
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Peritoneal dialysis associated infections: An update on diagnosis and management  
Jacob A Akoh 
World J Nephrol 1(4):106-122. Published online Aug 6, 2012. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v1.i4.106
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Epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and management of chronic kidney disease in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients  
Minoru Ando, Naoki Yanagisawa 
World J Nephrol 4(3):388-395. Published online Jul 6, 2015. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v4.i3.388
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Podocyturia: Potential applications and current limitations  
Hernán Trimarchi 
World J Nephrol 6(5):221-228. Published online Sep 6, 2017. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v6.i5.221
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Renin-angiotensin system in the kidney: What is new?  
Fernanda M Ferrão, Lucienne S Lara, Jennifer Lowe 
World J Nephrol 3(3):64-76. Published online Aug 6, 2014. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v3.i3.64
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Preeclampsia from a renal point of view: Insides into disease models, biomarkers and therapy  
Janina Müller-Deile, Mario Schiffer 
World J Nephrol 3(4):169-181. Published online Nov 6, 2014. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v3.i4.169