Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Tilman Drüeke and Norbert Lameire

Letter of presentation of the new Editor-in-Chief and the new Deputy Editor
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2071; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2071 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Comments:

Shi-Nong Wang and Raimund Hirschberg

Tubular epithelial cell activation and interstitial fibrosis. The role of glomerular ultrafiltration of growth factors in the nephrotic syndrome and diabetic nephropathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2072-2074; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2072 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Giuseppe Maschio

How good are nephrologists at controlling blood pressure in renal patients?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2075-2077; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2075 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Loïc Guillevin

Treatment of classic polyarteritis nodosa in 1999
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2077-2079; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2077 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Fabrizio Fabrizi and Francesco Locatelli

Combination of interferon alpha and ribavirin in the treatment of hepatitis C: implications for the clinical nephrologist
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2079-2081; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2079 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paul Jungers

Screening for renal insufficiency: is it worth while? is it feasible?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2082-2084; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2082 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kerstin Amann, Marie-Luise Gross, Gérard M. London, and Eberhard Ritz

Hyperphosphataemia—a silent killer of patients with renal failure?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2085-2087; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2085 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Steven H. Sacks

Rapamycin on trial
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2087-2089; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2087 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Invited Comments:

Lloyd E. Ratner, Robert A. Montgomery, and Louis R. Kavoussi

Laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy: the four year Johns Hopkins University experience
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2090-2093; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2090 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Klaus Konner

A primer on the av fistula—Achilles' heel, but also Cinderella of haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2094-2098; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2094 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brian J. R. Junor

Continuing medical education for nephrologists in Europe
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2099-2100; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2099 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Special Feature:

Ingrid Ledebo, on behalf of: Claudio Ronco, Ralph Schindler, Roger Greenwood, Antonio Santoro, and Fernando Valderrábano

Progress in dialysis technology—clinical benefit vs increased complexity and risk. Report on the Dialysis Opinion Symposium at the ERA–EDTA Congress, 7 June 1998, Rimini
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2101-2105; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2101 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dialysis and Transplantation News:

Ir Joost J. Alexander

30 years of the Dutch Kidney Foundation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2106-2109; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2106 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Raaja Ezzahiri, M. Susan Lemson, Peter J. E. H. M. Kitslaar, Karel M. L. Leunissen, and Jan H. M. Tordoir

Haemodialysis vascular access and fistula surveillance methods in The Netherlands
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2110-2115; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2110 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Decenzio Bonucchi, Alessandro D'Amelio, Gianni Capelli, and Alberto Albertazzi

Management of vascular access for dialysis: an Italian survey
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2116-2118; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2116 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Molecular Basis of Renal Disease:

Alexander J. A. Groffen, Jacques H. Veerkamp, Leo A. H. Monnens, and Lambert P. W. J. van den Heuvel

Recent insights into the structure and functions of heparan sulfate proteoglycans in the human glomerular basement membrane
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2119-2129; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2119 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

Aaron Schawalder, Beat Oertli, Beatrice Beck-Schimmer, and Rudolf P. Wüthrich

Regulation of hyaluronan-stimulated VCAM-1 expression in murine renal tubular epithelial cells
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2130-2136; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2130 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Thomas Vraetz, Thomas H. Ittel, Michelle G. van Mackelenbergh, Peter C. Heinrich, H. G. Sieberth, and Lutz Graeve

Regulation of ß₂-microglobulin expression in different human cell lines by proinflammatory cytokines
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2137-2143; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2137 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sung-Kyu Ha, Hong Su Park, Kyung Wook Kim, Seung Jung Kim, Do-Hun Kim, Jung Ho Kim, Ho Yung Lee, and Dae Suk Han

Association between apolipoprotein E polymorphism and macroalbuminuria in patients with non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2144-2149; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2144 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lu Kissmeyer, Chiew Kong, John Cohen, Robert J. Unwin, Robin G. Woolfson, and Guy H. Neild

Community nephrology: audit of screening for renal insufficiency in a high risk population
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2150-2155; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2150 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joanna G. Johnson, Sheila M. Gore, and John Firth

The effect of age, diabetes, and other comorbidity on the survival of patients on dialysis: a systematic quantitative overview of the literature
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2156-2164; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2156 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wybe D. Kloppenburg, Coen A. Stegeman, Paul E. de Jong, and Roel M. Huisman

Relating protein intake to nutritional status in haemodialysis patients: how to normalize the protein equivalent of total nitrogen appearance (PNA)?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2165-2172; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2165 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bülent Altun, Mustafa Arici, I. Celalettin Haznedaroglu, Celalettin Usalan, Yunus Erdem, Ünal Yasavul, Çetin Turgan, Sali Çaglar, and Serafettin Kirazli

Serum thrombopoietin levels in haemodialysis patients: involvement of arteriovenous fistula
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2173-2177; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2173 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Preliminary Reports:

Sylvain J. Marchais, Fabien Metivier, Alain P. Guerin, and Gérard M. London

Association of hyperphosphataemia with haemodynamic disturbances in end-stage renal disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2178-2183; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2178 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vitantonio Di Bello, Vincenzo Panichi, Roberto Pedrinelli, Davide Giorgi, Massimiliano Bianchi, Alessio Bertini, Daniele Taccola, Stefano De Pietro, Enrica Talini, Marco Paterni, and Costantino Giusti

Ultrasonic videodensitometric analysis of myocardium in end-stage renal disease treated with haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2184-2191; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2184 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief Reports:

Einath Zolty, Nabila Ibnou-Zekri, Shozo Izui, Eric Féraille, and Hervé Favre

Glomerulonephritis and sodium retention: enhancement of Na⁺/K⁺-ATPase activity in the collecting duct is shared by rats with puromycin induced nephrotic syndrome and mice with spontaneous lupus-like glomerulonephritis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2192-2195; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2192 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Technical Reports:

Jeroen M. G. Keijman, Frank M. van der Sande, Jeroen P. Kooman, and Karel M. L. Leunissen

Thermal energy balance and body temperature: comparison between isolated ultrafiltration and haemodialysis at different dialysate temperatures
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2196-2200; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2196 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Hiroshi Ohtani, Hirokazu Imai, Takahito Kodama, Keiko Hamai, Atsushi Komatsuda, Hideki Wakui, and Akira B. Miura

Severe hypokalaemia and respiratory arrest due to renal tubular acidosis in a patient with Sjögren syndrome
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2201-2203; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2201 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eun Young Lee, Chang Ho Song, and Seung Ok Choi

Acute polyarthritis associated with hantavirus infection
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2204-2205; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2204 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jenn-Jye Hong, Pei-Lun Liao, Ja-Liang Lin, Swei Hsueh, and Chiu-Ching Huang

Bilateral renal parenchymal malakoplakia presenting as haemolytic–uraemic syndrome
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2206-2209; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2206 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Masanori Tokumoto, Kyoichi Fukuda, Michiya Shinozaki, Minoru Kashiwagi, Ritsuko Katafuchi, Tetsuhiko Yoshida, Taihei Yanagida, Hidetoshi Kanai, Hideki Hirakata, Kiyoshi Tamaki, Seiya Okuda, and Masatoshi Fujishima

Acute interstitial nephritis with immune complex deposition and MHC class II antigen presentation along the tubular basement membrane
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2210-2215; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2210 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Solomon A. Menahem, Gregory J. Perry, John Dowling, and Napier M. Thomson

Hypokalaemia-induced acute renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2216-2218; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2216 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Serdar Akgün, Ali Civelek, Feyyaz Baltacioglu, and Gazanfer Ekici

Successful endovascular repair of a subclavian artery pseudoaneurysm
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2219-2221; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2219 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Renzo Scanziani, Beatrice Dozio, Ivano Baragetti, Paolo Grillo, Laura Colombo, Sebastiano De Liso, and Maurizio Surian

Vaginal colonization with group B Streptococcus (Streptococcus agalactiae) and peritonitis in a woman on CAPD
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2222-2224; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2222 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pier Luigi Bedani, Roberto Galeotti, Giovanni Mugnani, Isidoro Sciré Risichella, Emanuela Rizzioli, Adriano Verzola, Luca Borgatti, Simone Sala, Costantina La Torre, Giordano Stabellini, and Paolo Gilli

Successful local arterial urokinase infusion to reverse late postoperative venous thrombosis of a renal graft
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2225-2227; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2225 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eltjo F. de Maar, Diane M. Kas-Deelen, Aeiko E. J. de Jager, Hauw The, Adam M. Tegzess, and Willem J. van Son

Inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy in a kidney transplant patient with cytomegalovirus infection
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2228-2230; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2228 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

The Interesting Cases:

Carl Erik Halvorsen, Anders Hartmann, Trond Jenssen, Per Fauchald, Inge B. Brekke, and Jarl Å. Jakobsen

Salvage of a renal graft by percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of the occluding transplant artery
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2231-2233; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2231 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Continuing Nephrological Education:

Hartmut P. H. Neumann

The spectrum of renal cysts in adulthood—discussion of eight cases
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2234-2244; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2234 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nephroquiz for the Beginner:

Friedrich C. Prischl, Ingrid Hofinger, and Reinhard Kramar

Fever, shivering ... and blue urine
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2245-2246; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2245 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Points:

Patrizia Colucci and Giovanni B. Fogazzi

The Sudanese immigrant with recurrent gross haematuria—diagnosis at a glance by examination of the urine sediment
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2247-2249; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2247 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in Nephrology:

Bernhard K. Krämer, Martin Kammerl, Matthias Schreiber, and Ferdinand Hofstädter

Multiple, rapidly evolving hypodense lesions in both kidneys
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2250-2251; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2250 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ERA-EDTA News:

Fernando Carrera

Council meeting of the ERA-EDTA in Budapest, 21-23rd May 1999
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2252-2253; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2252 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters and Replies:

Priscilla Kincaid-Smith and R. Zatz

Clinical diagnosis of hypertensive nephrosclerosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2255-2256; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2255 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Thavisakdi Kovithavongs, Robert J. Cunney, Colm Magee, Eleanor McNamara, Edmond G. Smyth, and Joseph Walshe

Clostridium difficile colitis associated with chronic renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2256-2257; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2256 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Gascón, J. J. Bélvis, F. Berisa, E. Iglesias, and I. C. Macdougall

Nandrolone decanoate may be an adjuvant therapy to augment haemoglobin response today?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2257-2258; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2257 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stanley Shaldon and B. Canaud

Indwelling devices for vascular access in haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2258-2259; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2258 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

R. Hojs

Kidney biopsy and power Doppler imaging
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2259-2260; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2259 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G. Queffeulou, F. Vrtovsnik, and F. Mignon

Acute renal and hepatic failure: do not miss pericardial tamponade!
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2260; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2260 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. L. Górriz, A. Sancho, R. Garcés, F. Amorós, J. F. Crespo, and L. M. Pallardó

Recovery of renal function after renal failure due to cholesterol crystal embolism
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2261-2262; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2261 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L.M. Farkas, J.G. Székely, and A. Karátson

Bilateral, multifocal renal oncocytomatosis with rapid progression leading to renal insufficiency
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2262-2263; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2262 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. R. Callewaert, H. Van Poppel, D. Vanderschueren, and L. Baert

Uncontrollable diabetes mellitus: a rare paraneoplastic manifestation of renal cell carcinoma
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2263-2264; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2263 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Manuel C. Martins de Castro and Vanda Jorgetti

Assessment of parathyroid hormone secretion before and after total parathyroidectomy with autotransplantation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2264-2265; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2264 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kim-Ming Wong, William K. Chan, Yiu-Han Chan, and Chun-Sang Li

Cefepime-related neurotoxicity in a haemodialysis patient
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2265-2266; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2265 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Grzegorzewska

Protein catabolic rate (PCR), dietary protein intake (DPI) and metabolic acidosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2266-2267; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.9.2266 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Abstracts:

A: Kidney development and cell biology
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: A1. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B: Renal metabolism, hormones, pharmacology
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: A2-A7. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C: Cell and transport physiology
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D: Regulators, mediators, signalling, gene expression
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: A9-A16. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E: Immunology, immunopathology and pathology
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: A17-A31. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

F: Bone and mineral metabolism
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: A32-A39. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G: Pathophysiology of renal diseases
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: A40-A47. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H: Genetics, hereditary kidney diseases (basic)
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: A48-A52. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

I: Haemodynamics, regulation of vascular resistance, hypertension (basic)
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: A53-A60. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J: Hypertension: clinical
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: A61-A69. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K: Acute renal failure and toxic nephropathies: clinical
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: A70-A78. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L: Vasculitides and systemic diseases: clinical
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: A79-A85. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M: Primary glomerular diseases: clinical
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: A86-A98. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

N: Tubulointerstitial diseases: clinical
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: A99-A100. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

O: Hereditary/developmental diseases: clinical
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: A101-A103. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P: Diabetes mellitus
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: A104-A111. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Q: Chronic renal failure (includes progression and systemic effects of uraemia)
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: A112-A135. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R: Clinical nephrology: miscellaneous
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: A136-A161. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S: Haemodialysis (technique, adequacy, outcome, complications)
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: A162-A223. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T: Haemofiltration and other treatment modalities
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: A224-A226. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

U: Biocompatibility, beta 2-microgobulin and dialysis-associated amyloidosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: A227-A233. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

V: Peritoneal dialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: A234-A250. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

W: Anaemia and erythropoietin treatment
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: A251-A263. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

X: Transplantation: basic, immunology
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: A264-A269. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Y: Transplantation: immunosuppressive regimens
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: A270-A278. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Z: Transplantation: clinical
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: A279-A320. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Keyword Index
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: A322-A332. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Author Index
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