Steroid sensitive nephrotic syndrome is one of the most common pediatric glomerular
diseases. Unfortunately, it follows a relapsing and remitting course in the majority of cases …

Discovered in the 1960s, the common anthelminthic levamisole has seen widespread use in
veterinary applications. Its use rapidly expanded thereafter to include human medical …

Objective: In recent years, an increasing number of drugs have been proved to be
associated with the induction of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated …

Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common autoimmune disease characterized by
progressive, destructive polyarthritis. However, the cause and underlying molecular events …

Levamisole is an anti-helminthic drug with immunomodulatory properties that is added to
cocaine to increase its potency and weight. Levamisole-adulterated cocaine (LAC) may …

Therapeutic options with immunosuppressive agents for glomerular diseases have widened
with refinements to the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) guidelines …

Levamisole exposure in cocaine users is a well-recognized cause of retiform purpura, a
distinctive net-like maculopapular patch. Prolonged exposure to levamisole can lead to a …

In the current issue of Kidney International, Sinha et al. report results of a randomized
controlled trial comparing levamisole and mycophenolate mofetil for the second-line …

Asthma is a common chronic lung disease without absolute treatment, and hypersensitivity
reactions and type 2 immune responses are responsible for asthma pathophysiology …

The association between cocaine abuse and systemic sclerosis (SSc) is rarely described.
Two new cases of this association are presented: two young adults, after using inhaled …