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Contents: Volume 14, Number 5 May 1999   [Index by Author]      Other Issues:

       Editorial Comments

       Invited Comments

       Dialysis and Transplantation News

       Personal Opinion

       Original Articles

       Rapid Communications

       Preliminary Reports

       Technical Report

       Case Reports

       The Interesting Cases

       Teaching Points

       Images in Nephrology

       Continuing Nephrological Education

       Nephroquiz for the beginner

       Iconographic Archives of European Nephrology

       Letters

       Letters and Replies

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Editorial Comments:

F Locatelli, L del Vecchio, and C Pozzi: The patient with IgA glomerulonephritis - what is the role of steroid treatment?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1057-1060; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1057 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

K Netzer, S Seibold, and M Weber: Thin basement membrane - do we have a window for understanding the molecular pathogenesis?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1060-1061; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1060 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

G Schernthaner, E Ritz, T Philipp, and R Bretzel: Night time blood pressure in diabetic patients - the submerged portion of the iceberg?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1061-1064; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1061 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

C Erley: Does hydration prevent radiocontrast-induced acute renal failure?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1064-1066; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1064 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J Bover and R Bosch: Vitamin D receptor polymorphisms as a determinant of bone mass and PTH secretion: from facts to controversies
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1066-1068; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1066 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

P Blankestijn and J Smits: How to identify the haemodialysis access at risk of thrombosis? Are flow measurements the answer?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1068-1071; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1068 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

F Fabrizi and F Locatelli: Hepatitis C virus in the haemodialysis units: novel insights by new techniques?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1072-1075; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1072 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

D Wheeler: Ischaemic heart disease after renal transplantation: how to assess and minimize the risk
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1075-1077; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1075 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Invited Comments:

A Mogyorosi and F Ziyadeh: What is the role of decorin in diabetic kidney disease?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1078-1081; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1078 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A Lundin: The doctor who is a patient: conflicting or complementary roles?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1082-1084; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1082 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Dialysis and Transplantation News:

U Frei, H Schober-Halstenberg, and Q Task Group for Quality Assurance in Renal Replacement Therapy: Annual report of the German renal registry 1998
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1085-1090; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1085 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

N Mazzuchi, E Carbonell, and J Fernandez-Cean: ESRD patients without co-morbid risk factors at the start of haemodialysis are ideal as survival comparison population
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1091-1096; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1091 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Personal Opinion:

N Yoshikawa and H Ito: Combined therapy with prednisolone, azathioprine, heparin-warfarin, and dipyridamole for paediatric patients with severe IgA nephropathy - is it relevant for adult patients?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1097-1099; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1097 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

C Taylor, A Howie, and H Williams: No common final pathogenetic pathway in haemolytic uraemic syndromes
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1100-1102; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1100 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Original Articles:

P Stenvinkel, F Lonnqvist, and M Schalling: Molecular basis of renal disease. Molecular studies of leptin: implications for renal disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1103-1112; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1103 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Y Suzuki, C Ra, K Saito, S Horikoshi, S Hasegawa, T Tsuge, K Okumura, and Y Tomino: Expression and physical association of Fc&agr; receptor and Fc receptor &ggr; chain in human mesangial cells
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1117-1123; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1117 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A Mandelbaum, E Podjarny, J Bernheim, J Green, and M Rathaus: Role of thromboxane in the altered vascular reactivity of pregnant rats with adriamycin nephropathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1124-1128; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1124 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J Bar, B Kaplan, C Wittenberg, A Erman, G Boner, Z Ben-Rafael, and M Hod: Microalbuminuria after pregnancy complicated by pre-eclampsia
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1129-1132; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1129 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

B Hocher, M Brause, U Mendes, D Berger, H Buhler, and P Gross: Impact of the endothelin system on water and sodium excretion in patients with liver cirrhosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1133-1138; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1133 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

L Tome, L Yu, I de Castro, S Campos, and A Seguro: Beneficial and harmful effects of L-arginine on renal ischaemia
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1139-1145; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1139 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

C Erley, S Duda, D Rehfuss, B Scholtes, J Bock, C Muller, H Osswald, and T Risler: Prevention of radiocontrast-media-induced nephropathy in patients with pre-existing renal insufficiency by hydration in combination with the adenosine antagonist theophylline
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1146-1149; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1146 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

F Mariano, G Guida, D Donati, C Tetta, P Cavalli, G Verzetti, G Piccoli, and G Camussi: Production of platelet-activating factor in patients with sepsis-associated acute renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1150-1157; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1150 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

P Conlon, M Stafford-Smith, W White, M Newman, S King, M Winn, and K Landolfo: Acute renal failure following cardiac surgery
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1158-1162; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1158 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

M Merkus, K Jager, F Dekker, R de Haan, E Boeschoten, and R Krediet: Physical symptoms and quality of life in patients on chronic dialysis: results of The Netherlands cooperative study on adequacy of dialysis (NECOSAD)
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1163-1170; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1163 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

F Aucella, M Vigilante, P Scalzulli, P Musto, M Prencipe, G Valente, M Carotenuto, and C Stallone: Synergistic effect of desferrioxamine and recombinant erythropoietin on erythroid precursor proliferation in chronic renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1171-1175; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1171 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

T Masaki, J Gilson, J Leypoldt, and A Cheung: Effect of permeability on indices of haemodialysis membrane biocompatibility
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1176-1181; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1176 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

L McMahon, M McKenna, T Sangkabutra, K Mason, S Sostaric, S Skinner, C Burge, B Murphy, and D Crankshaw: Physical performance and associated electrolyte changes after haemoglobin normalization: a comparative study in haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1182-1187; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1182 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A Katsoulidou, D Paraskevis, V Kalapothaki, D Arvanitis, P Karayiannis, V Hadjiconstantinou, and A Hatzakis: Molecular epidemiology of a hepatitis C virus outbreak in a haemodialysis unit
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1188-1194; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1188 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

K Katai, H Tanaka, S Tatsumi, Y Fukungaga, K Genjida, K Morita, N Kuboyama, T Suzuki, T Akiba, K Miyamoto, and E Takeda: Nicotinamide inhibits sodium-dependent phosphate cotransport activity in rat small intestine
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1195-1201; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1195 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

F Maduell, C del Pozo, H Garcia, L Sanchez, J Hdez-Jaras, M Albero, C Calvo, I Torregrosa, and V Navarro: Change from conventional haemodiafiltration to on-line haemodiafiltration
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1202-1207; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1202 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

D Leavesley, J Stanley, and R Faull: Epidermal growth factor modifies the expression and function of extracellular matrix adhesion receptors expressed by peritoneal mesothelial cells from patients on CAPD
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1208-1216; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1208 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Y Matsuoka, A Yamauchi, T Nakanishi, T Sugiura, H Kitamura, M Horio, Y Takamitsu, A Audo, E Imai, and M Hori: Response to hypertonicity in mesothelial cells: role of Na⁺/myo-inositol co-transporter
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1217-1223; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1217 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

G Hufnagel, C Michel, G Queffeulou, H Skhiri, H Damieri, and F Mignon: The influence of automated peritoneal dialysis on the decrease in residual renal function
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1224-1228; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1224 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Rapid Communications:

T Ecder, C Edelstein, A Chapman, A Johnson, L Tison, E Gill, G Brosnahan, and R Schrier: Reversal of left ventricular hypertrophy with angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition in hypertensive patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1113-1116; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1113 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Preliminary Reports:

P Warwicker, R Donne, J Goodship, T Goodship, A Howie, D Kumararatne, R Thompson, and C Taylor: Familial relapsing haemolytic uraemic syndrome and complement factor H deficiency
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1229-1233; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1229 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

P Furness, L Hall, J Shaw, and J Pringle: Glomerular expression of nephrin is decreased in acquired human nephrotic syndrome
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1234-1237; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1234 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J Matuszkiewicz-Rowinska, K Skorzewska, S Radowicki, A Sokalski, J Przedlacki, S Niemczyk, D Wlodarczyk, J Puk, and M Switalski: The benefits of hormone replacement therapy in pre-menopausal women with oestrogen deficiency on haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1238-1243; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1238 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

D Ducloux, G Motte, P Vautrin, C Bresson-Vautrin, J Rebibou, and J Chalopin: Polycystic kidney disease as a risk factor for post-transplant diabetes mellitus
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1244-1246; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1244 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Technical Report:

F Kempermann, J Silberbusch, E Slaats, A van Zanten, J Weber, R Krediet, and L Arisz: Glomerular filtration rate estimation from plasma creatinine after inhibition of tubular secretion: relevance of the creatinine assay
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1247-1251; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1247 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

E Debing and P Van dern Brande: Axillo-axillary arteriovenous fistula as a suitable surgical alternative for chronic haemodialysis access
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1252-1253; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1252 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

M Kumwenda and F Wright: The use of a channel-cleaning brush for malfunctioning Tenckhoff catheters
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1254-1257; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1254 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Case Reports:

M Thomas, R Walker, and S Packer: Running repairs: renal artery dissection following extreme exertion
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1258-1259; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1258 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

D Alvarez, C Nzerue, J Daniel, S Faruque, and K Hewan-Lowe: Acute interstitial nephritis induced by crack cocaine binge
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1260-1262; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1260 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

H Nakahama, H Nakamura, O Kitada, and M Sugita: Chronic drug-induced tubulointerstitial nephritis with renal failure associated with propylthiouracil therapy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1263-1265; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1263 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

F Vrtovsnik, G Queffeulou, H Skhiri, D Nochy, F Walker, G Hayem, and F Mignon: Simultaneous IgA nephropathy and Wegener's granulomatosis - overlap or coincidence (the role of renal biopsy)
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1266-1267; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1266 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

U Querfeld, W Groth, E Eder, B Hoppe, and S Sollberg: Disseminated cutaneous plasmacellular granuloma associated with membranous glomerulonephritis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1268-1271; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1268 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

N Abbas, M Pitt, A Green, and L Solomon: Successful treatment of hepatitis B virus (HBV)-associated membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) with alpha interferon
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1272-1275; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1272 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

E Abderrahim, F Moussa, T Abdallah, H Hedri, R Goucha, F Hamida, F Younsi, A Kheder, and H Maiz: Glomerulocystic kidney disease in an adult presenting as end-stage renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1276-1278; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1276 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

S Kikuchi, K Muro, K Yoh, S Iwabuchi, C Tomida, N Yamaguchi, M Kobayashi, S Nagase, K Aoyagi, and A Koyama: Two cases of psoas abscess with discitis by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a complication of femoral-vein catheterization for haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1279-1281; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1279 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

M Chang, J Fang, Y Chen, and C Huang: Continuous venovenous haemofiltration in hyperammonaemic coma of an adult with non-diagnosed partial ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1282-1284; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1282 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

F Al-Hawas, A Abdalla, H Fedail, A Owda, D Mousa, H Al-Hussaini, M Al-Sulaiman, and A Al-Khader: Reversible lymphoproliferative disorder with isolated lung involvement in a renal transplant patient
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1285-1287; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1285 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

T Wong, C Szeto, K Ho, C Leung, and P Li: Successful medical eradication of tuberculous paranephric abscess in renal transplantation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1288-1290; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1288 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A Franco, P Marco, C Gil, C Munoz, L Jimenez, M Andreu, and J Olivares: Fatal varicella with primary fibrinolysis in a renal transplant recipient
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1291-1294; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1291 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

G Botta, E Capocasale, P Rubini, and S Tondo: Resection of an aortic aneurysm in a renal transplant recipient using hypothermic perfusion
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1295-1296; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1295 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

M Werner, J Bernheim, M Witz, Y Gritton, H Savin, and Z Korzets: Pseudoaneurysm of the inferior epigastric artery - a rare complication of Tenckhoff catheter removal
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1297-1299; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1297 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

The Interesting Cases:

H Okada, S Takahira, S Sugahara, H Nakamoto, and H Suzuki: Retroperitoneal fibrosis and systemic lupus erythrematosus
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1300-1302; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1300 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

G Moroni, A Farricciotti, M Cappelletti, and C Ponticelli: Retroperitoneal fibrosis and membranous nephropathy. Improvement of both diseases after treatment with steroids and immunosuppressive agents
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1303-1305; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1303 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

R Peces, A Pobes, M Rodriguez, R Navascues, F Ortega, and J Alvarez-Grande: Multiple venous thrombosis and massive pulmonary artery thrombus as the presenting features of steroid-responsive nephrotic syndrome
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1306-1309; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1306 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

C Farmer, J Reidy, and J Scoble: 'Flash pulmonary oedema' in a patient 24 years after aorto-renal vein graft
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1310-1312; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1310 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Teaching Points:

E Morales, J Herrero, B Dominguez-Gil, A Carreno, G Usera, and M Praga: The unusual diabetic patient with advanced renal insufficiency on ACE inhibitors. What is the explanation for her persisting hypokalaemia?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1313-1314; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1313 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Images in Nephrology:

J Bernheim and J Bernheim: The patient with two renal diseases: crescentic glomerulonephritis and renal AA amyloid
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1315-1316; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1315 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Continuing Nephrological Education:

K Eckardt: Cardiovascular consequences of renal anaemia and erythropoietin therapy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1317-1323; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1317 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Nephroquiz for the beginner:

T Rabelink: An unusual complication of pregnancy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1324-1326; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1324 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Iconographic Archives of European Nephrology:

G Fogazzi: United Kingdom, 19th century
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1327-1329; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1327 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters:

J Mallie: Hypernatraemia and tonicity balance
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1332-1333; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1332 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A Kagan: Abnormalities of kidney and urinary tract in epidermolysis bullosa
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1333b-1334b; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1333b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

V Jha, T Muthukumar, S Singh, H Kohli, K Sud, K Gupta, and V Sakhuja: Familial distal renal tubular acidosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1334-1335; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1334 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

D Ducloux, A Florea, V Fournier, J Rebibou, and J Chalopin: Inferior vena cava thrombosis in a patient with chlorpromazin-induced anticardiolipin antibodies
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1335-1336; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1335 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

E Wardle: Endothelial cell dysfunction in diabetes
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1336a; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1336a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

R Jofre, J Menarguez, J Polo, B Arribas, E Cristobal, J Lopez-Gomez, and F Valderrabano: The vitamin D receptor gene polymorphism and parathyroid function
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1336b-1337b; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1336b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J Bagon: Neuropsychiatric complications following quinolone overdose in renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1337a; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1337a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

D Arenas Jimenez, J Sanchez Paya, C Gonzalez, F Rivera, and R Enriquez: Isolation of HCV patient is efficient in reducing the annual incidence of HCV infection, but is it really necessary?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1337b-1339b; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1337b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

C Ozener, A Fak, E Avsar, S Cinar, R Lawrence, and E Akoglu: The effect of alpha interferon therapy and short-interval intradermal administration on response to hepatitis B vaccine in haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1339-1340; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1339 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

D Vlassopoulos, M Sonikian, V Dardioti, and V Hadjiconstantinou: Target haematocrit during erythropoietin treatment in dialysis patients. Which value is 'true-functional haematocrit'?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1340-1341; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1340 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

H Jefferson and T Ho: Tuberculosis after renal transplantation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1341-1342; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1341 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

M Boehringer, A Schwarz, and F Keller: Karposi's sarcoma after renal transplantation: treatment with liposomal doxorubicin
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1342-1343; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1342 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

D Rubinger, M Friedlaender, R Backenroth, A Eid, and Z Tochner: Karposi's sarcoma after renal transplantation - withdrawal of immunosuppression or local irradiation?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1343a; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1343a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

R Fagugli, A Selvi, G Quintaliani, M Bianchi, and U Buoncristiani: Immunosuppressive treatment for sclerosing peritonitis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1343b-1345b; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1343b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters and Replies:

M Dickenmann and F Brunner: Hypernatraemia and tonicity balance
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1333a; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.5.1333a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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