Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Editorial Comments:

Michihisa Jougasaki and John C. Burnett, Jr

Adrenomedullin as a renal regulator peptide
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 293-295; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.3.293 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Roel Goldschmeding, Jan Aten, Yasuhiko Ito, Ingrid Blom, Ton Rabelink, and Jan J. Weening

Connective tissue growth factor: just another factor in renal fibrosis?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 296-299; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.3.296 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Fokko J. van der Woude

Cocaine use and kidney damage
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 299-301; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.3.299 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hartmut Goldschmidt, Heinrich Lannert, Jürgen Bommer, and Anthony D. Ho

Multiple myeloma and renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 301-304; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.3.301 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Claude Jacobs

At which stage of renal failure should dialysis be started?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 305-307; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.3.305 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wim Van Biesen, Raymond Vanholder, Dirk Debacquer, Guy De Backer, and Norbert Lameire

Comparison of survival on CAPD and haemodialysis: statistical pitfalls
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 307-311; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.3.307 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hans Herlitz and Björn Lindelöw

Renal failure following cardiac transplantation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 311-314; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.3.311 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Claudio Ponticelli

Should renal transplantation be offered to older patients?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 315-317; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.3.315 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Invited Comments:

Norishi Ueda and Sudhir V. Shah

Tubular cell damage in acute renal failure—apoptosis, necrosis, or both
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 318-323; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.3.318 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Volker Nickeleit, Hans H. Hirsch, Matthias Zeiler, Fred Gudat, Olivier Prince, Gilbert Thiel, and Michael J. Mihatsch

BK-virus nephropathy in renal transplants—tubular necrosis, MHC-class II expression and rejection in a puzzling game
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 324-332; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.3.324 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Johan De Meester, Guido G. Persijn, Frans H. J. Claas, and Ulrich Frei

In the queue for a cadaver donor kidney transplant: new rules and concepts in the Eurotransplant International Foundation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 333-338; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.3.333 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

Jan Galle, Cordula Lehmann-Bodem, Ullrich Hübner, Alexandra Heinloth, and Christoph Wanner

CyA and OxLDL cause endothelial dysfunction in isolated arteries through endothelin-mediated stimulation of O₂^- formation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 339-346; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.3.339 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Leon A. Bach, Rachael Dean, Sherrif Youssef, and Mark E. Cooper

Aminoguanidine ameliorates changes in the IGF system in experimental diabetic nephropathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 347-354; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.3.347 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Noriko Uesugi, Noriyuki Sakata, Ryoji Nagai, Tadashi Jono, Seikoh Horiuchi, and Shigeo Takebayashi

Glycoxidative modification of AA amyloid deposits in renal tissue
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 355-365; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.3.355 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bernhard Hess, Samuel Jordi, Ljerka Zipperle, Emma Ettinger, and Rudolf Giovanoli

Citrate determines calcium oxalate crystallization kinetics and crystal morphology—studies in the presence of Tamm–Horsfall protein of a healthy subject and a severely recurrent calcium stone former
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 366-374; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.3.366 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Malgorzata Panczyk-Tomaszewska, Helena Ziólkowska, Andrzej Debinski, and Maria Sieniawska

Vitamin D metabolite requirements in dialysed children receiving recombinant human growth hormone
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 375-378; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.3.375 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wilhelmina E. M. Schouten, Muriel P. C. Grooteman, Arend-Jan van Houte, Margreet Schoorl, Jacques van Limbeek, and Menso J. Nubé

Effects of dialyser and dialysate on the acute phase reaction in clinical bicarbonate dialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 379-384; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.3.379 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kunihiro Yamagata, Chie Tomida, Kazuiro Umeyama, Ken-ichi Urakami, Takashi Ishizu, Kouichi Hirayama, Michihiro Gotoh, Tadashi Iitsuka, Katsumi Takemura, Hiroshi Kikuchi, Hideko Nakamura, Masaki Kobayashi, and Akio Koyama

Prevalence of Japanese dialysis patients with an A-to-G mutation at nucleotide 3243 of the mitochondrial tRNA^Leu(UUR) gene
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 385-388; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.3.385 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marion Morena, Jean-Paul Cristol, Thierry Dantoine, Marie-Annette Carbonneau, Bernard Descomps, and Bernard Canaud

Protective effects of high-density lipoprotein against oxidative stress are impaired in haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 389-395; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.3.389 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Takeshi Suda, Kinya Hiroshige, Takayuki Ohta, Yujiro Watanabe, Masako Iwamoto, Kaori Kanegae, Akira Ohtani, and Yasuhide Nakashima

The contribution of residual renal function to overall nutritional status in chronic haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 396-401; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.3.396 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Juan A. Rodriguez, Luis Armadans, Eugenio Ferrer, Antonio Olmos, Salvador Codina, Jorge Bartolomé, Javier Borrellas, and Luis Piera

The function of permanent vascular access
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 402-408; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.3.402 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief Reports:

Adamasco Cupisti, Roberto Spisni, Francesco Carlino, Ester Morelli, Fabio Zampieri, Mario Meola, and Giuliano Barsotti

Intestinal pseudo-obstruction following renal stone extracorporeal lithotripsy in a diabetic patient
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 409-411; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.3.409 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Evangelina Boix, Francisco Rivera, Carmen-María Gil, Javier Pérez-Contreras, and Jesús Olivares

Steroid-responsive nephrotic syndrome with minimal-change disease and IgA deposits in a HIV-infected patient
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 412-414; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.3.412 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Tovbin, Sophie Lantsberg, Leonid Feldman, Irina Rachinsky, Liliana Lupu, and Yancu Hertzanu

Unilateral acute renal cortical necrosis (ACN) following skipping with a rope
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 415-418; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.3.415 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yoshio Horita, Masanobu Miyazaki, Mitsuru Noguchi, Masato Tadokoro, Kouichi Taura, Yoshiyuki Ozono, and Shigeru Kohno

Healing of Fournier's gangrene of the scrotum in a haemodialysis patient after conservative therapy alone
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 419-421; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.3.419 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michele Buemi, Alessandro Allegra, Francesco Corica, Fulvio Floccari, Domenico D'Avella, Carmela Aloisi, Gioacchino Calapai, Gerardo Iacopino, and Nicola Frisina

Intravenous recombinant erythropoietin does not lead to an increase in cerebrospinal fluid erythropoietin concentration
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 422-423; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.3.422 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jerzy Chudek, Franciszek Kokot, Joanna Witkowicz, Henryk Karkoszka, Teresa Nieszporek, Antoni Podwinski, Andrzej Niemiec, and Gyula Kovacs

No marked apoptosis of parathyroid cells after intraparathyroid injections of Calcijex—observation in a patient with tertiary hyperparathyroidism after successful renal transplantation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 424-425; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.3.424 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Points:

Solange Moll, Wolfgang Pommer, Michael J. Mihatsch, and Volker Nickeleit

The lady who had a remote history of ovarian malignancy and developed thrombotic microangiopathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 426-428; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.3.426 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Deb Colville, Hayat Dagher, Peter Miach, and Judy Savige

Ocular clues to the nature of disease causing end-stage renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 429-432; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.3.429 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nephroquiz for the Beginner:

O. Lidove, D. Joly, P. Rossignol, C. Robino, K. N'Guessau, and J. P. Grünfeld

A man with proteinuria, familial history of kidney disease, painful extremities and cutaneous lesions
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 433-435; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.3.433 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images In Nephrology:

Kieron Leslie, John Buscombe, and Andrew Davenport

Implant infection in a transsexual with renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 436-437; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.3.436 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Congress Report:

R. Dzurik, V. Spustova, A. Heidland, and C. Wanner

Update Seminar in Nephrology and Hypertension Bratislava, Slovak Republic, 5–7 November 1998
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 438; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.3.438 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letter and Reply:

Eric John Will and J. Stewart Cameron

European guidelines for renal anaemia—predicting 85% compliance
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 439-440; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.3.439 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Richard Burden and Indranil Dasgupta

How good are nephrologists at controlling blood pressure in renal patients?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 440-441; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.3.440 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Roberto Boero, Angelo Pignataro, Cristiana Rollino, and Francesco Quarello

Do corticosteroids improve survival in acute renal failure due to cholesterol atheroembolism?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 441; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.3.441 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Amit K. Ghosh

Evidence-based nephrology: the case of contrast nephropathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 441-442; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.3.441-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yannick Le Meur, Sandrine Mons, Christian Moesch, and Claude Leroux-Robert

The renal safety of high doses of valacyclovir for prevention of cytomegalovirus infection after renal transplantation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 442; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.3.442 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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