Rainer Birck

Comparison of early renal function parameters for the prediction of 5-year graft survival after kidney transplantation (2007)

Schnuelle, Peter, Gottmann, Uwe, Köppel, Hannes, Brinkkoetter, Paul Thomas, Krzossok, Stefan, Weiss, Johannes, ...

Background. Early graft function (EGF) has an enduring effect on the subsequent course after kidney transplantation. This study compares quantitative parameters of EGF for the prediction of graft...

Life-threatening intoxication with methylene bis(thiocyanate): clinical picture and pitfalls. A case report (2006)

Braun, Claude, Birck, Rainer, Singer, Manfred V, Schnuelle, Peter, Van Der Woude, Fokko J, Löhr, Matthias

Abstract Background Methylene bis(thiocyanate) (MBT) is a microbiocidal agent mainly used in industrial water cooling systems and paper mills as an inhibitor of algae, fungi, and bacteria. Case...

Persistent T-cell activation and clinical correlations in patients with ANCA-associated systemic vasculitis (2006)

Marinaki, Smaragdi, Kälsch, Anna-Isabelle, Grimminger, Peter, Breedijk, Annette, Birck, Rainer, Schmitt, Wilhelm H, ...

Background. Although in antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies (ANCA)-associated systemic vasculitis (AASV) patients, activation of T-cells has been described, persistence of these alterations has...

Comparison of early renal function parameters for the prediction of 5-year graft survival after kidney transplantation (2006)

Schnuelle, Peter, Gottmann, Uwe, Köppel, Hannes, Brinkkoetter, Paul Thomas, Krzossok, Stefan, Weiss, Johannes, ...

Background. Early graft function (EGF) has an enduring effect on the subsequent course after kidney transplantation. This study compares quantitative parameters of EGF for the prediction of graft...

15-Deoxyspergualin and cyclophosphamide, but not mycophenolate mofetil, prolong survival and attenuate renal disease in a murine model of ANCA-associated crescentic nephritis (2006)

Birck, Rainer, Newman, Mark, Braun, Claude, Neumann, Irmgard, Nemoto, Kyuichi, Yard, Benito, ...

Background. Here we compare the efficacy of cyclophosphamide (CYC) for treatment of crescentic nephritis (CGN) with the newer immunosuppressants 15-deoxyspergualin (DSG) and mycophenolate mofetil...

Persistent T-cell activation and clinical correlations in patients with ANCA-associated systemic vasculitis (2006)

Marinaki, Smaragdi, Kälsch, Anna-Isabelle, Grimminger, Peter, Breedijk, Annette, Birck, Rainer, Schmitt, Wilhelm H, ...

Background. Although in antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies (ANCA)-associated systemic vasculitis (AASV) patients, activation of T-cells has been described, persistence of these alterations has...

Persistent T-cell activation and clinical correlations in patients with ANCA-associated systemic vasculitis (2006)

Marinaki, Smaragdi, Kälsch, Anna-Isabelle, Grimminger, Peter, Breedijk, Annette, Birck, Rainer, Schmitt, Wilhelm H, ...

Background. Although in antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies (ANCA)-associated systemic vasculitis (AASV) patients, activation of T-cells has been described, persistence of these alterations has...

Comparison of early renal function parameters for the prediction of 5-year graft survival after kidney transplantation (2006)

Schnuelle, Peter, Gottmann, Uwe, Köppel, Hannes, Brinkkoetter, Paul Thomas, Krzossok, Stefan, Weiss, Johannes, ...

Background. Early graft function (EGF) has an enduring effect on the subsequent course after kidney transplantation. This study compares quantitative parameters of EGF for the prediction of graft...

Prolonged treatment of refractory Wegener's granulomatosis with 15-deoxyspergualin: an open study in seven patients (2005)

Schmitt, Wilhelm H., Birck, Rainer, Heinzel, Peter A., Göbel, Ursula, Choi, Mira, Warnatz, Klaus, ...

Background. A subset of patients with Wegener's granulomatosis does not respond to daily oral cyclophosphamide (CYC) plus corticosteroids or suffers from intolerable side effects. A 6 month course of...

15-Deoxyspergualin and cyclophosphamide, but not mycophenolate mofetil, prolong survival and attenuate renal disease in a murine model of ANCA-associated crescentic nephritis (2005)

Birck, Rainer, Newman, Mark, Braun, Claude, Neumann, Irmgard, Nemoto, Kyuichi, Yard, Benito, ...

Background. Here we compare the efficacy of cyclophosphamide (CYC) for treatment of crescentic nephritis (CGN) with the newer immunosuppressants 15-deoxyspergualin (DSG) and mycophenolate mofetil...

Prolonged treatment of refractory Wegener's granulomatosis with 15-deoxyspergualin: an open study in seven patients (2005)

Schmitt, Wilhelm H., Birck, Rainer, Heinzel, Peter A., Göbel, Ursula, Choi, Mira, Warnatz, Klaus, ...

Background. A subset of patients with Wegener's granulomatosis does not respond to daily oral cyclophosphamide (CYC) plus corticosteroids or suffers from intolerable side effects. A 6 month course of...

Prolonged treatment of refractory Wegener's granulomatosis with 15-deoxyspergualin: an open study in seven patients (2005)

Schmitt, Wilhelm H., Birck, Rainer, Heinzel, Peter A., Göbel, Ursula, Choi, Mira, Warnatz, Klaus, ...

Background. A subset of patients with Wegener's granulomatosis does not respond to daily oral cyclophosphamide (CYC) plus corticosteroids or suffers from intolerable side effects. A 6 month course of...

15-Deoxyspergualin and cyclophosphamide, but not mycophenolate mofetil, prolong survival and attenuate renal disease in a murine model of ANCA-associated crescentic nephritis (2005)

Birck, Rainer, Newman, Mark, Braun, Claude, Neumann, Irmgard, Nemoto, Kyuichi, Yard, Benito, ...

Background. Here we compare the efficacy of cyclophosphamide (CYC) for treatment of crescentic nephritis (CGN) with the newer immunosuppressants 15-deoxyspergualin (DSG) and mycophenolate mofetil...

Acetylcysteine for prevention of contrast nephropathy: meta-analysis (2003)

Birck,Rainer, Krzossok,Stefan, Markowetz,Florian, Schnulle,Peter, Van Der Woude,Fokko J., Braun,Claude

Background Contrast nephropathy is associated with increased in-hospital morbidity and mortality and leads to extension of hospital stay in patients with chronic renal insufficiency. Acetylcysteine...

Acetylcysteine for prevention of contrast nephropathy: meta-analysis (2003)

Birck, Rainer, Krzossok, Stefan, Markowetz, Florian, Schnulle, Peter, Van Der Woude, Fokko J., Braun, Claude

Background Contrast nephropathy is associated with increased in-hospital morbidity and mortality and leads to extension of hospital stay in patients with chronic renal insufficiency. Acetylcysteine...

Glomerular immune deposits are associated with increased proteinuria in patients with ANCA-associated crescentic nephritis (2003)

Neumann, Irmgard, Regele, Heinz, Kain, Renate, Birck, Rainer, Meisl, Franz Thomas

Background. In small vessel vasculitis and its renal‐limited form, idiopathic crescentic glomerulonephritis, renal damage is characterized by pauci‐immune necrotizing crescentic...