Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Editorial Comments:

Masafumi Fukagawa, Masakuni Noda, Toshikatsu Shimizu, and Kiyoshi Kurokawa

Chronic progressive interstitial fibrosis in renal disease—are there novel pharmacological approaches?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2793-2795; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2793 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. David Makanjuola and John E. Scoble

Ischaemic nephropathy—is the diagnosis excluded by heavy proteinuria?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2795-2797; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2795 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wolfgang Koenig and Christoph Wanner

C-reactive protein and coronary artery disease—what is the link?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2798-2800; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2798 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Thomas Quaschning and Christoph Wanner

The role of Chlamydia in coronary heart disease—fact or fiction?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2800-2803; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2800 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Arnfried U. Klingbeil and Roland E. Schmieder

Not all left ventricular hypertrophy is created equal
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2803-2805; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2803 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vijay Viswanathan

Type 2 diabetes and diabetic nephropathy in India—magnitude of the problem
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2805-2807; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2805 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Matthias Girndt, Urban Sester, Martina Sester, Harald Kaul, and Hans Köhler

Impaired cellular immune function in patients with end-stage renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2807-2810; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2807 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ziad A. Massy

Reversal of hyperhomocyst(e)inaemia in chronic renal failure—is folic or folinic acid the answer?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2810-2812; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2810 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Raymond Vanholder, Rita De Smet, and Gerrit Lesaffer

p-Cresol: a toxin revealing many neglected but relevant aspects of uraemic toxicity
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2813-2815; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2813 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Claus P. Schmitt and Franz Schaefer

Calcium sensitivity of the parathyroid in renal failure: another look with new methodology
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2815-2818; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2815 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jürgen Bommer

Saving erythropoietin by administering L-carnitine?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2819-2821; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2819 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Max Dratwa

Pre-emptive CAPD—what are the arguments?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2822-2823; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2822 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bart D. Maes and Yves F. Vanrenterghem

Anti-interleukin-2 receptor monoclonal antibodies in renal transplantation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2824-2826; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2824 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hypothesis:

András Mogyorósi and Fuad N. Ziyadeh

GLUT1 and TGF-ß: the link between hyperglycaemia and diabetic nephropathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2827-2829; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2827 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Invited Comment:

Bernhard K. Krämer, Martin Kammerl, Frank Schweda, and Matthias Schreiber

A primer in radiocontrast-induced nephropathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2830-2834; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2830 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dialysis and Transplantation News:

Andreas Pierratos

Nocturnal home haemodialysis: an update on a 5-year experience
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2835-2840; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2835 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. J. Amenábar, F. García-López, N. R. Robles, R. Saracho, M. Calero, M. A. Gentil, M. J. Aladren, E. Martín-Martinez, J. Bestard, J. Marco, V. Lorenzo, A. L. Martín de Francisco, T. Sierra, A. Rodrigo, M. Clèries, E. Vela, N. R. Robles, F. Otero, A. Sánchez-Casajús, M. Rodríguez-Gironés, C. Solozábal, A. Magaz, M. J. García-Blasco, O. Zurriaga, I. Zamora, and A. Vallo

1997 Spanish Nephrology Association (Sociedad Española de Nefrologia) Report on Dialysis and Transplantation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2841-2845; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2841 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vytautas Kuzminskis and Jonas Surkus

Development of nephrology and renal replacement therapy in Lithuania since 1989—an update
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2846-2848; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2846 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nelson Mazzuchi, Francisco González-Martínez, Enriqueta Carbonell, Lilian Curi, Juan Fernández-Cean, and Sergio Orihuela

Comparison of survival for haemodialysis patients vs renal transplant recipients treated in Uruguay
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2849-2854; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2849 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Personal Opinion:

Luis M. Ruilope

Is it wise to combine an ACE inhibitor and an angiotensin receptor antagonist?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2855-2856; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2855 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Asher Korzets and Uzi Gafter

Tuberculosis prophylaxis for the chronically dialysed patient—yes or no?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2857-2859; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2857 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

Yee-Yung Ng, Jun-Ming Fan, Wei Mu, David J. Nikolic-Paterson, Wu-Chang Yang, Tung-po Huang, Robert C. Atkins, and Hui Y. Lan

Glomerular epithelial–myofibroblast transdifferentiation in the evolution of glomerular crescent formation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2860-2872; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2860 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sigrid Harendza, André Schneider, Udo Helmchen, and Rolf A. K. Stahl

Extracellular matrix deposition and cell proliferation in a model of chronic glomerulonephritis in the rat
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2873-2879; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2873 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christopher k. T. Farmer, Gary j. R. Cook, Glen M. Blake, John Reidy, and John E. Scoble

Individual kidney function in atherosclerotic nephropathy is not related to the presence of renal artery stenosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2880-2884; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2880 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anna Sedivá, Karel Smetana, Jr., Josef Stejskal, Jirina Bartunková, Fu-Tong Liu, Nicolai V. Bovin, and Hans-Joachim Gabius

Binding sites for carrier-immobilized carbohydrates in the kidney: implication for the pathogenesis of Henoch–Schönlein purpura and/or IgA nephropathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2885-2891; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2885 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wolfgang Pommer, Elisabeth Bronder, Andreas Klimpel, Uwe Helmert, Eberhard Greiser, and Martin Molzahn

Urothelial cancer at different tumour sites: role of smoking and habitual intake of analgesics and laxatives. Results of the Berlin Urothelial Cancer Study
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2892-2897; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2892 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ying Wang, Shuichi Kikuchi, Hiromichi Suzuki, Sohji Nagase, and Akio Koyama

Endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene polymorphism in intron 4 affects the progression of renal failure in non-diabetic renal diseases
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2898-2902; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2898 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paul Jungers, Dominique Joly, Ziad Massy, Philippe Chauveau, Anh-Thu Nguyen, Joëlle Aupetit, and Bernadette Chadefaux

Sustained reduction of hyperhomocysteinaemia with folic acid supplementation in predialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2903-2906; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2903 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Glenn M. Chertow, Steven K. Burke, Maureen A. Dillon, and Eduardo Slatopolsky

Long-term effects of sevelamer hydrochloride on the calcium x phosphate product and lipid profile of haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2907-2914; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2907 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sandip Mitra, Shahid M. Chandna, and Ken Farrington

What is hypertension in chronic haemodialysis? The role of interdialytic blood pressure monitoring
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2915-2921; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2915 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Elke Bucha, Reiner Kreml, and Goetz Nowak

In vitro study of r-hirudin permeability through membranes of different haemodialysers
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2922-2926; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2922 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Chiew H. Kong, James E. Tattersall, Roger N. Greenwood, and Ken Farrington

The effect of exercise during haemodialysis on solute removal
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2927-2931; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2927 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Giovambattista Virga, Gianpaolo Amici, Stefania Mastrosimone, Gianfranco Biasio, Luigi Stanic, Giorgio Da Rin, and Antonio Bonadonna

Day-to-day variability of adequacy indexes in peritoneal dialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2932-2936; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2932 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carl Warholm, Jonas Berglund, Jan Andersson, and Gunnar Tydén

Renal transplantation in patients with urinary diversion: a case-control study
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2937-2940; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2937 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Report:

Migue Hueso, Jordi Bover, Daniel Serón, Salvador Gil-vernet, Gabriel Rufí, Jeroni Alsina, and Josep M. Grinyó

The renal transplant patient with visceral leishmaniasis who could not tolerate meglumine antimoniate—cure with ketoconazole and allopurinol
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2941-2943; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2941 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

The Interesting Cases:

Chokri Alioua, Ashok Patel, and Asad A. Bakir

Co-existence of systemic lupus erythematosus and severe hepatic porphyria
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2944-2946; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2944 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Points:

Minh-Truc Vo-cong, Alexandre Persu, Liliane Marot, and Eric Goffin

The transplanted patient who suffered from excruciating lower limb pain and developed nodular skin lesions
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2947-2949; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2947 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in Nephrology:

Magdalena Palomares, Teresa Martinez, Jorge Pastor, Antonio Osuna, Juan Antonio Bravo, Gracia Alvarez, and Concepcion Asensio

Cerebral abscess caused by Nocardia asteroides in renal transplant recipient
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2950-2952; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2950 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nephroquiz for the Beginner:

Ph. Hilgard, K. Oberholzer, R. Hohenfellner, and G. Gerken

The patient with intermittent abdominal pain and no renal disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2953-2956; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2953 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Continuing Nephrological Education:

Doreen Reimann and Peter Gross

Chronic, diagnosis-resistant hypokalaemia
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2957-2961; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2957 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Congress Report:

W. Sulowicz and Eberhard Ritz

Second Nephrology Summer School
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2962; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2962 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Report:

Holger Bohnemeier, Reinhold Kreutz, and Marius Miglinas

Workshop on Molecular Biology for the Nephrologist
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2963; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2963 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters and Replies:

F. a. W. Kemperman, R. T. Krediet, L. Arisz, and S. Nielsen

Validity of rapid estimation of glomerular filtration rate in type 2 diabetic patients with normal renal function
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2964-2965; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2964 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrew D. Paterson, York Pei, Edgar de Almeida, M. Martins Prata, Salomé de Almeida, and João Lavinha

PKD3—to be or not to be?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2965-2966; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2965 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Johannes M. Fox and A. Schwarz

Doubts about a particularly high nephrotoxicity of combination analgesics
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2966-2968; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2966 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G. S. Stergiou, T. D. Mountokalakis, G. Schernthaner, Eberhard Ritz, Thomas Philipp, and Reinhard G. Bretzel

Detection of non-dipper hypertensives in clinical practice: does it really matter?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2969-2970; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2969 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letter:

Maria Luisa Amoedo, Lourdes Craver, Maria Paz Marco, and Elvira Fernández

Cocaine-induced acute renal failure without rhabdomyolysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2970-2971; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2970 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Abstracts:

Third Congress of the Balkan Cities Association of Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation and Artificial Organs (BANTAO) Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 18–20 September 1998
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2972-2980; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2972 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Errata:

Brian J. R. Junor

Continuing medical education for nephrologists in Europe
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2983. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. Bozfakioglu

Do different peritoneal membrane transport characteristics affect leptin clearance in patients on peritoneal dialysis?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2983; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.12.2983-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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