Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Editorial Comments:

Berthold Hocher and Martin Paul

Transgenic animal models for the analysis of the renal endothelin system
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 935-937; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.935 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jean-Michel Halimi and Albert Mimran

Renal effects of smoking: potential mechanisms and perspectives
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 938-940; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.938 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anna-Lena Berg and Margret Arnadottir

ACTH revisited—potential implications for patients with renal disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 940-942; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.940 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paul Meria and Paul Jungers

Encrusted pyelitis: an underdiagnosed condition?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 943-945; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.943 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Esther A. González

The role of cytokines in skeletal remodelling: possible consequences for renal osteodystrophy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 945-950; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.945 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Josep M. Grinyó

Borderline kidney graft donors—what are the problems?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 950-952; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.950 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Invited Comment:

Peter Stenvinkel, Olof Heimbürger, Bengt Lindholm, George A. Kaysen, and Jonas Bergström

Are there two types of malnutrition in chronic renal failure? Evidence for relationships between malnutrition, inflammation and atherosclerosis (MIA syndrome)
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 953-960; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.953 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dialysis and Transplantation News:

Wang Guanyu, Chen Nan, Qian Jiaqi, Lin Shanyan, Xu Qinjun, and Dong Dechang

Nephrology, dialysis and transplantation in Shanghai, 1999
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 961-963; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.961 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

Kerstin Amann, Moriz Buzello, Aurelia Simonaviciene, Gabriel Miltenberger-Miltenyi, Andreas Koch, Alexander Nabokov, Marie-Luise Gross, Bernhard Gless, Gerhard Mall, and Eberhard Ritz

Capillary/myocyte mismatch in the heart in renal failure—a role for erythropoietin?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 964-969; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.964 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Martin Vollmer, Nikola Jeck, Henny H. Lemmink, Rosa Vargas, Delphine Feldmann, Martin Konrad, Frank Beekmann, Lambertus P. W. J. van den Heuvel, Georges Deschenes, Lisa M. Guay-Woodford, Corinne Antignac, Hannsjörg W. Seyberth, Friedhelm Hildebrandt, and Nine V. A. M. Knoers

Antenatal Bartter syndrome with sensorineural deafness: refinement of the locus on chromosome 1p31
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 970-974; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.970 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wolfgang Weger, Peter Kotanko, Martin Weger, Hannes Deutschmann, and Falko Skrabal

Prevalence and characterization of renal tubular acidosis in patients with osteopenia and osteoporosis and in non-porotic controls
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 975-980; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.975 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Efstathios Alexopoulos, Aikaterini Papagianni, Maria Stangou, Aphroditi Pantzaki, and Menelaos Papadimitriou

Adult-onset idiopathic nephrotic syndrome associated with pure diffuse mesangial hypercellularity
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 981-987; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.981 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dario Roccatello, Giulio Mengozzi, Graziella Gigliola, Daniella Rossi, Roberto Mosso, Giovanni Cacace, Renato Polloni, Giulio Cesano, Giuseppe Picciotto, Luciana Paradisi, Enrico Bancale, Giuseppe Piccoli, and Luigi M. Sena

Effects of angiotensin II blockade on nitric oxide blood levels in IgA nephropathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 988-993; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.988 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paolo Cavallo-Perin, Enrico Lupia, Gabriella Gruden, Carla Olivetti, Antonella De Martino, Maurizio Cassader, Daniela Furlani, Luigi Servillo, Lucro Quagliuolo, Eugenio Iorio, Marcia Rosario Boccellino, Guiseppe Montrucchio, and Giovanni Camussi

Increased blood levels of platelet-activating factor in insulin-dependent diabetic patients with microalbuminuria
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 994-999; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.994 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Frans J. van Ittersum, Angelique M. E. de Man, Sandra Thijssen, Peter de Knijff, Eline Slagboom, Yvo Smulders, Lise Tarnow, Ab J. M. Donker, Henk J. G. Bilo, and Coen D. A. Stehouwer

Genetic polymorphisms of the renin–angiotensin system and complications of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1000-1007; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.1000 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ming-Chia Hsieh, Shiu-Ru Lin, Tusty-Jiuan Hsieh, Chin-Hsun Hsu, Hung-Chun Chen, Shyi-Jang Shin, and Juei-Hsiung Tsai

Increased frequency of angiotensin-converting enzyme DD genotype in patients with type 2 diabetes in Taiwan
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1008-1013; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.1008 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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

Arterial stiffening and vascular calcifications in end-stage renal disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1014-1021; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.1014 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christopher Burton, David Ansell, Hazel Taylor, Emma Dunn, and Terry Feest

Management of anaemia in United Kingdom renal units: a report from the UK Renal Registry
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1022-1028; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.1022 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrew A. House, George A. Wells, James G. Donnelly, Steven P. Nadler, and Paul C. Hébert

Randomized trial of high-flux vs low-flux haemodialysis: effects on homocysteine and lipids
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1029-1034; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.1029 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bahar Bastani, John Minton, and Shah Islam

Insufficient penetration of systemic vancomycin into the PermCath lumen
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1035-1037; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.1035 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

F. Nurhan Özdemir, Galip Güz, Siren Sezer, Zübeyde Arat, and Mehmet Haberal

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in potential renal transplant donors
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1038-1040; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.1038 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ivo Matl, Jirí Lácha, Alena Lodererová, Marcela Símová, Vladimír Teplan, Vera Lánská, and Stefan Vítko

Withdrawal of steroids from triple-drug therapy in kidney transplant patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1041-1045; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.1041 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Preliminary Reports:

Erik Schadde, Matthias Kretzler, Bernhard Banas, Bruno Luckow, Karel Assmann, and Detlef Schlöndorff

Expression of chemokines and their receptors in nephrotoxic serum nephritis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1046-1053; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.1046 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Lasse G. Gøransson and Roald Omdal

A severe systemic inflammatory reaction following therapy with montelukast (Singulair^®)
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1054-1055; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.1054 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Keisuke Kohno, Yoshihiko Mizuta, Tomoyo Yoshida, Hisashi Watanabe, Hidemi Nishida, Kei Fukami, Syuuji Iida, Reiko Haramaki, Yoshifumi Wada, Osamu Tamai, Kiyoshi Tamaki, Seiya Kato, Minoru Morimatsu, and Seiya Okuda

Minimal change nephrotic syndrome associated with rifampicin treatment
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1056-1059; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.1056 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

An Hang Yang, Der Cherng Tarng, Jinn Yang Chen, and Shing Hwa Lu

Post-infectious glomerulonephritis in a patient with vesicorenal malacoplakia—coincidence or causal relationship?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1060-1062; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.1060 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kai-Uwe Eckardt and Ulrich Frei

Reversibility of hepatorenal syndrome in an anuric patient with Child C cirrhosis requiring haemodialysis for 7 weeks
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1063-1065; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.1063 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Samir Boubenider, Isabelle Vincent, Olivier Lambotte, Sandrine Roy, Christian Hiesse, Anne-Marie Taburet, and Bernard Charpentier

Interaction between theophylline and tacrolimus in a renal transplant patient
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1066-1068; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.1066 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Difficult Case:

Catherine A. Wall, George J. M. Mellotte, and J. A. Brian Keogh

Low-grade lymphoma in a cadaveric renal transplant donor following organ transplantation: recipient management and outcome
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1069-1071; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.1069 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Points:

Ingo Krenz, Gunter Wolf, and Rolf A. K. Stahl

Premature closure or do not get lost in your diagnostic work-up and blame it on the patient
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1072-1075; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.1072 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mark R. Sannes and Kulwant S. Modi

Acute renal failure and thrombocytopenia after ticlopidine—not necessarily thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1076-1079; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.1076 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Image in Nephrology:

Dirk Schepens, Geert Verswijvel, Dirk Kuypers, and Yves Vanrenterghem

Renal cortical nephrocalcinosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1080-1082; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.1080 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nephroquiz for the Beginner:

N. Ashman and M. Yaqoob

Metabolic acidosis, hypokalaemia and acute renal failure with a normal urine output
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1083-1085; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.1083 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Historical Notes:

J. Stewart Cameron

Practical haemodialysis began with cellophane and heparin: the crucial role of William Thalhimer (1884–1961)
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1086-1091; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.1086 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Special Announcement:

Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1092; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.1092 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Obituaries:

J.-P. Wauters

Hervé Favre
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1093; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.1093 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters and Replies:

Robert Kleta, Jürgen H. Brämswig, Anne-Maria Nahm, and Eberhard Ritz

Horseshoe kidney and Turner syndrome
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1094; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.1094-b [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. W. H. de Fijter, P. M. ter Wee, A. J. M. Donker, G. Hufnagel, C. Michel, G. Queffeulou, and F. Mignon

The influence of automated peritoneal dialysis on the decrease in residual renal function
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1094-1096; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.1094-c [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

David John Evans

Elution of glomerular bound C3 by glucosamine in a case of acute glomerulonephritis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1096-1097; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.1096 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Alarcón-Zurita, A. Salas, E. Antón, A. Morey, M. A. Munar, P. Losada, and J. Martinez

Membranous glomerulonephritis with nephrotic syndrome in a HIV positive patient—remarkable remission with triple therapy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1097-1098; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.1097 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ashot Sarkissian, Marina Papazian, Armen Sanamyan, and Ernst Leumann

Colchicine in the treatment of renal amyloidosis secondary to familial Mediterranean fever
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1098; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.1098 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G. Pandurangan and B. Bastani

Missed Double-J stent by ultrasonography
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1099-1100; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.1099 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dominique Chauveau, Dominique Joly, and Jean-Pierre Grünfeld

Retroperitoneal fibrosis of unknown origin
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1100; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.1100-b [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mahmut Yavuz, Alpaslan Ersoy, Osman Dönmez, Mustafa Güllülü, Ismail Aslanhan, Kamil Dilek, and Mustafa Yurtkuran

The short evaluation of the injured patients with acute renal failure who required dialysis and transferred to our centre during the Marmara earthquake
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1100-1101; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.1100-d [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. Lévesque, J. Cardinal, and M. Leblanc

Haemodialysis for hyperammonaemic encephalopathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1101; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.1101 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. P. Marco, S. Muray, and E. Fernández

Spontaneous remission of recurrent secondary hyperparathyroidism
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1102; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.1102 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H. Izzedine, G. Aymard, A. Hamani, V. Launay-Vacher, and G. Deray

Indinavir pharmacokinetics in haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1102-1103; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.1102-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Magdi M. Hussein, Jacob M. Mooij, and Haysam M. Roujouleh

Regression of post-transplant Kaposi sarcoma after discontinuing cyclosporin and giving mycophenolate mofetil instead
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1103-1104; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.1103 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. Rea, K. Anderson, D. Mitchell, S. Harper, and T. Williams

Subcapsular haematoma: a cause of post biopsy oliguria in renal allografts
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1104-1105; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.1104 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcements:

Announcements
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 15: 1106-1108; doi:10.1093/ndt/15.7.1106 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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