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Contents: Volume 16, Number 3 March 2001   [Index by Author]      Other Issues:

I. Editorial Features

       Editorial Comments

       Personal Opinion

       Special Feature

       Controversy

II. Scientific Papers

       Rapid Communications

       Original Articles

       Preliminary Reports

III. Clinical Reports

       Case Reports

       The Interesting Cases

IV. Educational Features

       Nephroquiz for the beginner

       Teaching Points

       Images in Nephrology

V. Varia

       Letters

       Book Review

       Announcements

       Errata

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I. Editorial Features

Editorial Comments:

Juergen Wagner: Potential role of retinoids in the therapy of renal disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 441-444; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.441 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Heribert Schunkert and Hans-W. Hense: A heart price to pay for anaemia
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 445-448; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.445 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Francisco Llach: The evolving pattern of calciphylaxis: therapeutic considerations
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 448-451; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.448 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Personal Opinion:

Arnaud Chiolero, Grégoire Würzner, and Michel Burnier: Renal determinants of the salt sensitivity of blood pressure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 452-458; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.452 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Special Feature:

Francesco Locatelli, Jürgen Bommer, Gérard Michel London, Alejandro Martín-Malo, Christoph Wanner, Mohammed Yaqoob, and Carmine Zoccali: Cardiovascular disease determinants in chronic renal failure: clinical approach and treatment
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 459-468; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.459 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Controversy:

Michael Schömig, Antje Eisenhardt, and Eberhard Ritz: Controversy on optimal blood pressure on haemodialysis: normotensive blood pressure values are essential for survival
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 469-474; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.469 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Gérard M. London: Controversy on optimal blood pressure on haemodialysis: lower is not always better
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 475-478; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.475 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

II. Scientific Papers

Rapid Communications:

Nobuhiro Sasaki, Eiji Kusano, Yasuhiro Ando, Kazuki Yano, Eisuke Tsuda, and Yasushi Asano: Glucocorticoid decreases circulating osteoprotegerin (OPG): possible mechanism for glucocorticoid induced osteoporosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 479-482; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.479 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Original Articles:

Masaru Horio, Akiko Ito, Yasuko Matsuoka, Toshiki Moriyama, Yoshimasa Orita, Masaru Takenaka, and Enyu Imai: Apoptosis induced by hypertonicity in Madin Darley canine kidney cells: protective effect of betaine
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 483-490; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.483 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Tetsu Akimoto, Eiji Kusano, Nobuya Fujita, Koji Okada, Osamu Saito, Shuichi Ono, Yasuhiro Ando, Sumiko Homma, Toshikazu Saito, and Yasushi Asano: Erythropoietin modulates angiotensin II- or noradrenaline-induced Ca²⁺ mobilization in cultured rat vascular smooth-muscle cells
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 491-499; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.491 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Alessia Fornoni, Flavia Cornacchia, Guy A. Howard, Bernard A. Roos, Gary E. Striker, and Liliane J. Striker: Cyclosporin A affects extracellular matrix synthesis and degradation by mouse MC3T3-E1 osteoblasts in vitro
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 500-505; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.500 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Aquiles Jara, Sergio González, Arnold J. Felsenfeld, Cecilia Chacón, Andrés Valdivieso, Roberto Jalil, and Benedicto Chuaqui: Failure of high doses of calcitriol and hypercalcaemia to induce apoptosis in hyperplastic parathyroid glands of azotaemic rats
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 506-512; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.506 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Guy Rostoker, Jean-Charles Delchier, and Marie-Thérèse Chaumette: Increased intestinal intra-epithelial T lymphocytes in primary glomerulonephritis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 513-517; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.513 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ayman M. Karkar, Jennifer Smith, and Charles D. Pusey: Prevention and treatment of experimental crescentic glomerulonephritis by blocking tumour necrosis factor- ${alpha}$
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 518-524; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.518 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Stephen Fava, Joseph Azzopardi, Peter J. Watkins, and Andrew T. Hattersley: Adult height and proteinuria in type 2 diabetes
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 525-528; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.525 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Agnes Jager, Victor W. M. van Hinsbergh, Piet J. Kostense, Jef J. Emeis, Giel Nijpels, Jacqueline M. Dekker, Robert J. Heine, Lex M. Bouter, and Coen D. A. Stehouwer: Prognostic implications of retinopathy and a high plasma von Willebrand factor concentration in type 2 diabetic subjects with microalbuminuria
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 529-536; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.529 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Willem Jan W. Bos, Mustafa M. Demircan, Jan J. Weening, Raymond T. Krediet, and Allard C. van der Wal: Renal vascular changes in renal disease independent of hypertension
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 537-541; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.537 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Elisheva Mashiach, Shifra Sela, Talia Weinstein, Hector I. Cohen, Shaul M. Shasha, and Batya Kristal: Mesna: a novel renoprotective antioxidant in ischaemic acute renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 542-551; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.542 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ilona R. Shilliday and Marjorie E. M. Allison: Intraplatelet calcium levels in patients with acute renal failure before and after the administration of loop diuretics
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 552-555; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.552 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Carla Maria Avesani, Lilian Cuppari, Antonio Carlos Silva, Dirce Maria Sigulem, Miguel Cendoroglo, Ricardo Sesso, and Sergio Antonio Draibe: Resting energy expenditure in pre-dialysis diabetic patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 556-565; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.556 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Chin-San Liu, Lie-Yon Ko, Paik-Seong Lim, Shu-Huei Kao, and Yau-Huei Wei: Biomarkers of DNA damage in patients with end-stage renal disease: mitochondrial DNA mutation in hair follicles
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 561-565; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.561 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Mauro Giordano, Daniela Manzella, Giuseppe Paolisso, Alberto Caliendo, Michele Varricchio, and Carmelo Giordano: Differences in heart rate variability parameters during the post-dialytic period in type II diabetic and non-diabetic ESRD patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 566-573; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.566 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Hidetsugu Nakayama, Shinichiro Akiyama, Masahiro Inagaki, Yoshiaki Gotoh, and Katsuji Oguchi: Dehydroascorbic acid and oxidative stress in haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 574-579; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.574 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Peter Bárány, Peter Stenvinkel, Astrid Ottosson-Seeberger, Anders Alvestrand, Jason Morrow, J. Jackson Roberts, II, and Abdulla K Salahudeen: Effect of 6 weeks of vitamin E administration on renal haemodynamic alterations following a single dose of neoral in healthy volunteers
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 580-584; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.580 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Eric Descombes, Olivier Boulat, Louis-Félix Bersier, and Gilbert Fellay: Difference in the homocysteine-lowering effect of folic acid in haemodialysis patients with and without occlusive vascular disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 585-589; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.585 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Julien Bohé, Marie-Odile Joly, Walid Arkouche, Maurice Laville, and Denis Fouque: Haemodialysis with the biocompatible high permeability AN-69 membrane does not alter plasma insulin-like growth factor-I and insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 590-594; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.590 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reinhard Schmidt, Ottfried Roeher, Heiko Hickstein, and Steffen Korth: Prevention of haemodialysis-induced hypotension by biofeedback control of ultrafiltration and infusion
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 595-603; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.595 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Jenq-Wen Huang, Kuan-Yu Hung, Chung-Jen Yen, Kwan-Dun Wu, and Tun-Jun Tsai: Comparison of infectious complications in peritoneal dialysis patients using either a twin-bag system or automated peritoneal dialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 604-607; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.604 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Preliminary Reports:

Valérie Chetboul, Bernard Klonjkowski, Hervé P. Lefebvre, Dominique Desvaux, Valérie Laroute, Dan Rosenberg, Christelle Maurey, François Crespeau, Micheline Adam, Serge Adnot, Marc Eloit, and Jean-Louis Pouchelon: Short-term efficiency and safety of gene delivery into canine kidneys
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 608-614; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.608 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

III. Clinical Reports

Case Reports:

Nicola Joss, J. Michael Boulton-Jones, and Ian More: Premature ageing and glomerulonephritis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 615-618; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.615 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reginald Y. Gohh, Paul E. Morrissey, Peter N. Madras, and Anthony P. Monaco: Controversies in organ donation: the altruistic living donor
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 619-621; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.619 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Matthew Davies, Paul Griffiths, Philip White, and Kieron Donovan: Tumour-like calcinosis causing reversible tetraparesis in a patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 622-624; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.622 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Chul Woo Yang, Joo Hyun Park, Jung Hee Park, Seok Goo Cho, Yong Soo Kim, and Byung Kee Bang: Acute graft dysfunction due to Kaposi sarcoma involving the bladder in a renal transplant recipient
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 625-627; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.625 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

The Interesting Cases:

Frank Praetorius, Georg Altrock, Norman Blees, Norbert Schuh, and Michael Faulde: Acute renal failure after an unusual mode of infection with falciparum malaria (‘baggage malaria’)
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 628-630; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.628 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

IV. Educational Features

Nephroquiz for the beginner:

T. Manz, W. Grotz, M. Orszagh, B. Volk, G. Kirste, and H. P. H. Neumann: A patient with neurological deficits and seizures after renal transplantation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 631-633; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.631 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Teaching Points:

Denis Rommel and Yves Pirson: Medullary sponge kidney—part of a congenital syndrome
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 634-636; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.634 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Images in Nephrology:

Robert Dedi, Ajay Kumar, Bernard Chang, Mark J. Wright, and Aleck M. Brownjohn: Candidal endophthalmitis in a renal transplant patient
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 637-638; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.637 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

V. Varia

Letters:

Alejandro Treviño-Becerra: Hypertriglyceridaemia and hyperuricaemia in IgA nephropathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 639; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.639 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Carlo Basile, Rosa Giordano, Alessio Montanaro, Carlo Lomonte, and Giovanni Chiarulli: Bilateral venous thoracic outlet syndrome in a haemodialysis patient with long-standing body building activities
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 639-640; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.639-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

T. Yamauchi, T. Kuno, H. Takada, K. Mishima, Y. Nagura, S. Takahashi, and K. Kanmatsuse: The impact of Trp64Arg mutation in the ß3-adrenergic receptor gene on haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 641-642; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.641 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Sabine Paci-Bonaventure, Ali Hafi, Isabelle Vincent, Yann Quertainmont, Cécile Goujard, Bernard Charpentier, and Anne-Marie Taburet: Lack of removal of nelfinavir during a haemodialysis session in an HIV-1 infected patient with hepatic and renal insufficiency
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 642-643; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.642 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Hassane Izzedine, Vincent Launay-Vacher, and Gilbert Deray: Pharmacokinetics of ritonavir and nevirapine in peritoneal dialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 643; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.643 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Lidia B. Brydak, Maria Roszkowska-Blaim, Magdalena Machala, Beata Leszczynska, and Maria Sieniawska: Immunological response to influenza vaccination in children with renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 643-644; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.643-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J. P. Traynor, D. Walbaum, Y. M. Woo, P. Teenan, J. G. Fox, and R. A. Mactier: Low-dose warfarin fails to prolong survival of dual lumen venous dialysis catheters
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 645; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.645 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review:

C. Jacobs: Composition and Management of Hemodialysis Fluids by A. Grassman, I. Uhlenbusch-Körwer, E. Bonnie-Schorn and J. Vienken, Pabst Science Publishers, Lengerich, Germany, ISBN 3–934252–64–8
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 646; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.646 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Norbert Lameire and Nick Topley: Animal Models of Peritoneal Dialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 647; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.647 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Norbert Lameire and Nick Topley: Foreword
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 650; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.650 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Machteld M. Zweers, Laura J. Splint, Raymond T. Krediet, and Dirk G. Struijk: Ultrastructure of basement membranes of peritoneal capillaries in a chronic peritoneal infusion model in the rat
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 651-654; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.651 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Katarzyna Wieczorowska-Tobis, Alicja Polubinska, Justyna Wisniewska, K. Pawlaczyk, M. Kuzlan-Pawlaczyk, Violeta Filas, Andrzej Breborowicz, and Dimitrios G. Oreopoulos: Multidirectional approach to study peritoneal dialysis fluid biocompatibility in a chronic peritoneal dialysis model in the rat
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 655-656; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.655 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

An S. De Vriese and Norbert H. Lameire: Intravital microscopy: an integrated evaluation of peritoneal function and structure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 657-660; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.657 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Dirk G. Struijk, Caroline E. Douma, Raymond T. Krediet, and Machteld M. Zweers: Nitric oxide-related experiments on peritoneal solute transport in the rabbit
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 661-663; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.661 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Guido Garosi and Nicola Di Paolo: The rabbit model in evaluating the biocompatibility in peritoneal dialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 664-665; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.664 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Catherine M. Hoff: Ex vivo and in vivo gene transfer to the peritoneal membrane in a rat model
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 666-668; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.666 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Krzysztof Pawlaczyk, Malgorzata Kuzlan-Pawlaczyk, Björn Anderstam, Olof Heimbürger, Jonas Bergström, Jacek Waniewski, Andrzej Breborowicz, and Bengt Lindholm: Effects of intraperitoneal heparin on peritoneal transport in a chronic animal model of peritoneal dialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 669-671; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.669 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Robert H. J. Beelen, Liesbeth H. P. Hekking, Mammad Zareie, and Jacob van den Born: Rat models in peritoneal dialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 672-674; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.672 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Olivier Devuyst, Sophie Combet, Yvette Cnops, and Maria S. Stoenoiu: Regulation of NO synthase isoforms in the peritoneum: implications for ultrafiltration failure in peritoneal dialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 675-678; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.675 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Liesbeth H. P. Hekking, Agnes Huijsmans, Erwin Van Gelderop, Andes P. Wieslander, Carin E. G. Havenith, Jacob van den Born, and Robert H. J. Beelen: Effect of PD fluid instillation on the peritonitis-induced influx and bacterial clearing capacity of peritoneal cells
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 679-682; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.679 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

: Discussion
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 683-685; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.683 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Announcements:

: Announcements
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 686-688; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.686 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Errata:

F. Eifinger, F. Wahn, U. Querfeld, M. Pollock, A. Gevargez, P. Kriener, and D. Grönemeyer: Coronary artery calcifications in children and young adults treated with renal replacement therapy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 689-690; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.3.689 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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