Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Editorial Comments:

H Clarke, H Cook, and B Hendry

Gene therapy for renal fibroblasts
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1615-1617; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1615 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G Stein and R Funfstuck

Asymptomatic bacteriuria - what to do
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1618-1621; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1618 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R Schmieder and C Delles

Renal cell carcinoma and diuretics - should one restrict the use of diuretics?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1621-1623; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1621 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P Plouin and A La Batide Alanore

Management of the patient with atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis. New information from randomized trials
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1623-1626; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1623 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Invited Comments:

F Ferrario and M Rastaldi

Necrotizing-crescentic glomerulonephritis in ANCA-associated vasculitis: the role of monocytes
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1627-1631; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1627 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Special Features:

B Nielsen

Contact from Poland and Lithuania to Copenhagen: paving the road from charity to research
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1632-1633; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1632 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Personal Opinion:

R Tracy

The heterogeneity of vascular findings in the kidneys of patients with benign essential hypertension
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1634-1639; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1634 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

H Peters, W Border, and N Noble

Molecular basis of renal disease. From rats to man: a perspective on dietary L-arginine supplementation in human renal disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1640-1650; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1640 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

F Tam, J Smith, D Morel, A Karkar, E Thompson, H Cook, and C Pusey

Development of scarring and renal failure in a rat model of crescentic glomerulonephritis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1658-1666; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1658 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Ara, E Mirapeix, R Rodriguez, A Saurina, and A Darnell

Relationship between ANCA and disease activity in small vessel vasculitis patients with anti-MPO ANCA
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1667-1672; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1667 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L Petersen, * , J Petersen, U Talleruphuus, M Moller, S Ladefoged, J Mehlsen, and H Jensen

Glomerular filtration rate estimated from the uptake phase of ⁹⁹Tc-DTPA renography in chronic renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1673-1678; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1673 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Aparicio, N Cano, P Chauveau, R Azar, BCanaud , A Flory, M Laville, and X Leverve

Nutritional status of haemodialyis patients: a French national cooperative study
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1679-1686; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1679 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S Fluck, W McKane, T Cairns, V Fairchild, A Lawrence, J Lee, D Murray, M Polpitiye, A Palmer, and D Taube

Chloramine-induced haemolysis presenting as erythropoietin resistance
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1687-1691; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1687 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

F Macdonald, S Ashraf, M Picton, P Dyer, N Parrott, C Short, and I Roberts

Banff criteria as predictors of outcome following acute renal allograft rejection
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1692-1697; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1692 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K Sud, B Singh, V Krishna, K Thennarasu, H Kohli, V Jha, K Gupta, and V Sakhuja

Unpredictable cyclosporin-fluconazole interaction in renal transplant recipients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1698-1703; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1698 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Diez, P Iglesias, A Aguilera, M Bajo, and R Segas

Effects of cholinergic muscarinic blockade on growth hormone responses to growth hormone-releasing hormone in uraemic patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1704-1709; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1704 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L Kairaitis and T Gottlieb

Outcome and complications of temporary haemodialysis catheters
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1710-1714; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1710 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D Kang, K Yoon, K Choi, R-Lee , H Lee, D Han, E Cho, and J Lee

Relationship of peritoneal membrane transport characteristics to the nutritional status in CAPD patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1715-1722; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1715 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Andresdottir, K Assmann, A Hoitsma, R Koene, and J Wetzels

Renal transplantation in patients with dense deposit disease: morphological characteristics of recurrent disease and clinical outcome
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1723-1731; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1723 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Various

Special announcements
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1799-1801; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1799 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Various

Abstracts
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1809-1825; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1809 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Various

Announcements
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1826-1829; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1826 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dialysis and Transplantation News:

J Rodriguez, J Lopez, M Cleries, E Vela, and R Registry Committee

Vascular access for haemodialysis - an epidemiological study of the Catalan Renal Registry
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1651-1657; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1651 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Preliminary Reports:

K Kalantar-Zadeh, M Kleiner, E Dunne, G Lee, and F Luft

A modified quantitative subjective global assessment of nutrition for dialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1732-1738; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1732 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Y Ng, I Chang, T Chen, H Liou, A Yang, and W Yang

Concomitant lupus nephritis and bullous eruption in systemic lupus erythematosus
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1739-1743; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1739 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Rerolle, E Thervet, H Beaufils, F Vincent, P Rousselot, E Pillebout, and C Legendre

Crescentic glomerulonephritis and centrocytic lymphoma
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1744-1745; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1744 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P Gerke, S Kruger, and J Steinhoff

Henoch-Schonlein purpura, cryofibrinogenaemia, and peripheral gangrene
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1746-1749; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1746 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E Pearson, R D'Souza, C Hamilton-Wood, A Nicholls, and M Beaman

Hypertensive encephalopathy and nephrotic syndrome: a possible link?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1750-1752; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1750 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Soma, H Sato, S Ito, and T Saito

Nephrotic syndrome associated with hypocomplementaemic urticarial vasculitis syndrome: successful treatment with cyclosporin A
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1753-1757; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1753 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E Kingdon, C Brunton, S Holt, J Buscombe, A Hilson, A Burns, and P Sweny

The reappearing kidney: an unusual complication of renal biopsy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1758-1760; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1758 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H Jefferson and D Jayne

Peripheral vasculopathy and nephropathy in association with phentermine
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1761-1763; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1761 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H Mayan, A Hourvitz, E Schiff, and Z Farfel

Symptomatic hypocalcaemia in hypermagnesaemia-induced hypoparathyroidism, during magnesium tocolytic therapy-possible involvement of the calcium-sensing receptor
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1764-1766; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1764 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G Vrentzos, E Ganotakis, K Stylianou, P Prassopoulos, D Tsetis, S Koukouraki, N Karkavitsas, and D Emmanouel

Acute angulation of the left renal artery imitating renal artery stenosis in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1767-1770; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1767 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H Bonarek, F Bonnet, C Delclaux, C Deminiere, V De Precigout, and M Aparicio

Reversal of c-ANCA positive mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis after removal of an infected cysto-atrial shunt
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1771-1773; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1771 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Doral, V Pichette, J Cardinal, D Geadah, D Ouimet, and M Leblanc

The use of an ethanol- and phosphate-enriched dialysate to maintain stable serum ethanol levels during haemodialysis for methanol intoxication
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1774-1777; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1774 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S Kaplan-Pavlovcic, A Masera, Z Ovcak, and A Kmetec

Prostatic aspergillosis in a renal transplant recipient
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1778-1780; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1778 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Kumar and E Will

Necrotizing fasciitis and Legionnaires' disease after combined renal and pancreatic transplantation: a penalty of overseas travel
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1781-1783; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1781 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Sayiner, S Kursat, H Toz, S Duman, B Onal, and E Tumbay

Pseudomembranous necrotizing bronchial aspergillosis in a renal transplant recipient
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1784-1785; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1784 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

The Interesting Cases:

R Mathur, S Kumar, S Aparicio, P Johnson, and C Newstead

Haemolytic uraemic syndrome following chemotherapy for an unusual germ-cell tumour
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1786-1788; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1786 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Harber, A Tso, S Taheri, S Tuck, and A Burns

Wegener's granulomatosis in pregnancy - the therapeutic dilemma
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1789-1791; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1789 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Points:

N Tanaka, H Kasahara, T Yoshie, K Hora, and K Kiyosawa

Back pain out of the blue in a haemodialysis patient
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1792-1794; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1792 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in Nephrology:

R Martinez-Lazaro and A Cortes

Hyperplasia of all four parathyroid glands in renal failure visualized by Tc-99m tetrofosmin scintigraphy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1795-1796; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1795 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nephroquiz for the beginner:

D Fisher, N Hiller, and A Drukker

A swollen face in a girl on haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1797-1798; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1797 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

C Huang, C Lin, and J Lien

High prevalence of GB virus-C infection in haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1802-1803; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1802 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Boran and S Ç:etin

Helicobacter pylori and Giardia lamblia infections in hemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1803-1804; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1803 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Boran, S Ç:etin, and M Bozdayi

Arachidonic acid metabolites as biocompatibility parameters for cellulosic membranes
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1804-1805; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1804 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P Harikrishnan and P Harden

Tacrolimus can resolve cyclosporin-induced gingival hyperplasia
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1805-1806; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1805 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D Johnson and K Herzig

Clinical appearance of a post-transplant lymphoma following G-CSF therapy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1806-1807; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1806 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Mani

Clinical and epidemiological programme on renal disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1807-1808; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.7.1807 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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