Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Editorial Comments:

Jeremy Hughes

Life and death in the kidney: prospects for future therapy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 879-882; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.879 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gian Marco Ghiggeri, Mary Artero, Michele Carraro, and Francesco Perfumo

Permeability plasma factors in nephrotic syndrome: more than one factor, more than one inhibitor
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 882-885; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.882 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrew J. P. Lewington, Mustafa Arici, Kevin P. G. Harris, Nigel J. Brunskill, and John Walls

Modulation of the renin–angiotensin system in proteinuric renal disease: are there added benefits?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 885-888; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.885 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Arya M. Sharma, Volker Homuth, and Friedrich C. Luft

Hormone replacement therapy and blood pressure in normotensive and hypertensive women
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 888-890; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.888 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Edmond O'Riordan and Robert N. Foley

When should we start erythropoietin therapy?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 891-892; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.891 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gérard Reach

Islet transplantation: a field on the move
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 893-896; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.893 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Invited Comment:

Suchitra Sumitran-Holgersson

HLA-specific alloantibodies and renal graft outcome
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 897-904; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.897 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Special Feature:

Giuseppe La Greca, Alessandro Amore, Ubaldo Armato, Gerald Coles, Ciro Esposito, Reinhold Deppisch, Mariano Feriani, Roger Mason, Douglas Noonan, Erwin Schleicher, Bernd Sterzel, and Giovanni Gambaro

The un-physiology of peritoneal dialysis solution and the peritoneal membrane: from basic research to clinical nephrology
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 905-912; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.905 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

Paolo Menè, Cristina Caenazzo, Francesco Pugliese, Giulio A. Cinotti, Angela D'Angelo, Spiridione Garbisa, and Giovanni Gambaro

Monocyte/mesangial cell interactions in high-glucose co-cultures
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 913-922; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.913 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yasuyuki Nagasawa, Masaru Takenaka, Junya Kaimori, Yasuko Matsuoka, Yoshitaka Akagi, Michiko Tsujie, Enyu Imai, and Masatsugu Hori

Rapid and diverse changes of gene expression in the kidneys of protein-overload proteinuria mice detected by microarray analysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 923-931; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.923 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Corinne Bagnis, Hélène Beaufils, Claude Jacquiaud, Yvette Adabra, Chantal Jouanneau, Gilles Le Nahour, Marie Chantal Jaudon, Richard Bourbouze, Claude Jacobs, and Gilbert Deray

Erythropoietin enhances recovery after cisplatin-induced acute renal failure in the rat
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 932-938; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.932 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sung Han Kim, Un Kyung Kim, Jae Jin Chae, Dae Joong Kim, Ha-Young Oh, Byoung Joon Kim, and Chung Choo Lee

Identification of mutations including de novo mutations in Korean patients with hypokalaemic periodic paralysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 939-944; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.939 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paola Barsotti, Andrea Onetti Muda, Gianna Mazzucco, Laura Massella, Bruno Basolo, Mario De Marchi, Gianfranco Rizzoni, Guido Monga, and Tullio Faraggiana

Distribution of -chains of type IV collagen in glomerular basement membranes with ultrastructural alterations suggestive of Alport syndrome
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 945-952; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.945 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Knut Aasarød, Leif Bostad, Jens Hammerstrøm, Størker Jørstad, and Bjarne M. Iversen

Renal histopathology and clinical course in 94 patients with Wegener's granulomatosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 953-960; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.953 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Giulio A. Cinotti and Pietro C. Zucchelli

Effect of Lisinopril on the progression of renal insufficiency in mild proteinuric non-diabetic nephropathies
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 961-966; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.961 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John Stoves, Helen Inglis, and Charles G. Newstead

A randomized study of oral vs intravenous iron supplementation in patients with progressive renal insufficiency treated with erythropoietin
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 967-974; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.967 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stefan Herget-Rosenthal, Günther Marggraf, Frank Pietruck, Johannes Hüsing, Miriam Strupat, Thomas Philipp, and Andreas Kribben

Procalcitonin for accurate detection of infection in haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 975-979; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.975 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Claude Level, Philippe Chauveau, Yahsou Delmas, Catherine Lasseur, Gaëlle Pellé, Evelyne Peuchant, Danièle Montaudon, and Christian Combe

Procalcitonin: a new marker of inflammation in haemodialysis patients?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 980-986; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.980 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Solbjørg Sagedal, Anders Hartmann, Kristina Sundstrøm, Stine Bjørnsen, and Frank Brosstad

Anticoagulation intensity sufficient for haemodialysis does not prevent activation of coagulation and platelets
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 987-993; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.987 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Daniel Schneditz, Wojciech T. Zaluska, Alice T. Morris, and Nathan W. Levin

Effect of ultrafiltration on peripheral urea sequestration in haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 994-998; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.994 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Günter Stein, Sybille Franke, Arezki Mahiout, Sabine Schneider, Heide Sperschneider, Sabine Borst, and Jörg Vienken

Influence of dialysis modalities on serum AGE levels in end-stage renal disease patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 999-1008; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.999 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Aquiles Jara, Cecilia Chacón, Andres Valdivieso, Luis Aris, Roberto Jalil, and Arnold J. Felsenfeld

Effect of calcitriol treatment and withdrawal on hyperparathyroidism in haemodialysis patients with hypocalcaemia
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1009-1016; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.1009 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Françoise Degos, Stanislas Pol, Marie Laure Chaix, Valérie Laffitte, Catherine Buffet, Pierre H. Bernard, Claude Degott, Françoise Carnot, Philippe Chaumet Riffaud, and Sylvie Chevret

The tolerance and efficacy of interferon- in haemodialysis patients with HCV infection: a multicentre, prospective study
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1017-1023; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.1017 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Simon J. Quantrill, Mark A. Woodhead, Christine E. Bell, Alastair J. Hutchison, and Ram Gokal

Peritoneal tuberculosis in patients receiving continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1024-1027; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.1024 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Daniel Polsky, Kevin P. Weinfurt, Bruce Kaplan, Jennifer Kim, John Fastenau, and Kevin A. Schulman

An economic and quality-of-life assessment of basiliximab vs antithymocyte globulin immunoprophylaxis in renal transplantation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1028-1033; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.1028 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alice Schmidt, Ursula Gruber, Georg Böhmig, Elke Köller, and Gert Mayer

The effect of ACE inhibitor and angiotensin II receptor antagonist therapy on serum uric acid levels and potassium homeostasis in hypertensive renal transplant recipients treated with CsA
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1034-1037; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.1034 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mark L. H. Tie, M. Mohan Rao, Chris Russell, and Kanchanabat Burapa

Transperitoneal guide-wire or drainage catheter placement for guidance of laparoscopic marsupialization of lymphocoeles post renal transplantation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1038-1041; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.1038 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief Reports:

Lynda Duncan, John Heathcote, Ognjenka Djurdjev, and Adeera Levin

Screening for renal disease using serum creatinine: who are we missing?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1042-1046; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.1042 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jøran Hjelmesæth, Anders Hartmann, Karsten Midtvedt, Svend Aakhus, Jean Stenstrøm, Lars Mørkrid, Thore Egeland, Hrafnkell Tordarson, and Per Fauchald

Metabolic cardiovascular syndrome after renal transplantation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1047-1052; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.1047 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Technical Reports:

Uwe Kuhlmann, Rainer Goldau, Nader Samadi, Thomas Graf, Malte Gross, Giancarlo Orlandini, and Harald Lange

Accuracy and safety of online clearance monitoring based on conductivity variation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1053-1058; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.1053 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Neil Boudville, Bruce Latham, Frank Cordingly, and Kevin Warr

Renal failure in a patient with leukaemic infiltration of the kidney and polyomavirus infection
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1059-1061; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.1059 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Points:

Ajay Kumar, John H. Turney, Aleck M. Brownjohn, and Michael J McMahon

Unusual bacterial infections of the urinary tract in diabetic patients—rare but frequently lethal
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1062-1065; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.1062 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alexander Woywodt, Alena Herrmann, Ute Eisenberger, Anke Schwarz, and Hermann Haller

The tell-tale urinary chloride
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1066-1068; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.1066 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nephroquiz for the beginner:

P. H. Maxwell, C. Buckley, J. M. Gleadle, and P. D. Mason

Nasty shock after an anti-emetic
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1069-1072; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.1069 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in Nephrology:

Adelaide Simões, Fernando Domingos, and M. Martins Prata

Nephrocalcinosis induced by furosemide in an adult patient with incomplete renal tubular acidosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1073-1074; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.1073 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters and Replies:

A. Fournier, A. P. Guerin, and G. M. London

CaCO₃ dose and risk of arterial calcification
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1075-1076; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.1075 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Richard A. Sherman and K.-U. Eckardt

Anaemia correction—does the mode of dialysis matter?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1076; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.1076 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stanley Shaldon and Iain C. Macdougall

Intravenous administration of iron in epoetin-treated haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1076-1077; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.1076-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Costas Fourtounas, Ioannis Kopelias, George Dimitriadis, Basil Agroyannis, Francesco Locatelli, and Simeone Andrulli

The impact of dialyzers on the anaemia of haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1077-1078; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.1077 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Juan Carlos Herrero, Enrique Morales, Augustin Carreño, Beatriz Domínguez-Gil, Esther González, Milagros Ortiz, and Eduardo Hernández

Severe haemorrhage and retroperitoneal haematoma secondary to renal biopsy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1078-1079; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.1078 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anoushka Rapondjieva, Nedialka Dobreva, and Boriana Delijska

A case of nondissecting abdominal aortic aneurysm associated with systemic lupus erythematosus
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1079-1080; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.1079 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clara Day, Caroline O. S. Savage, E. Lynn Jones, and Paul Cockwell

Henoch-Schönlein nephritis and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1080-1081; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.1080 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T. J. Youmbissi, T. Q. Malik, S. Ajit Kumar, A. Rafi, A. I. Al Khursanny, and A. Karkar

Henoch-Schönlein nephritis and salmonella typhi septicaemia
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1081-1082; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.1081 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. P. Stoffel, M. Pollok, J. Fries, and C. A. Baldamus

Radiation nephropathy after radiotherapy in metastatic medullary thyroid carcinoma
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1082-1083; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.1082 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Roberto Scarpioni, Luciano Cristinelli, Pietro Quaretti, Davide Imberti, and Pietro Cavallotti

Waldenström's macroglobulinaemia and acute renal failure: isoosmolal non-ionic contrast medium is not an absolute contraindication
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1083-1084; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.1083 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Giorgina Barbara Piccoli, Patrizia Anania, Luigi Biancone, Elisabetta Mezza, Margherita Vischi, Alberto Jeantet, Claudio Rabbia, Daniele Savio, Denis Rossatto, Massimo Gai, Paolo Cavallo Perin, and Giuseppe Paolo Segoloni

Hypertensive rebound after angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor withdrawal in diabetic patients with chronic renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1084-1085; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.1084 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brian P. Kelleher, Catherine Wall, and Sean D. O'Broin

Haemoglobin, not haematocrit, should be the preferred parameter for the evaluation of anaemia in renal patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1085-1087; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.1085 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Henri Boulanger, Vincent Launay-Vacher, Philippe Hierniaux, Jean-Baptiste Fau, and Gilbert Deray

Severe methotrexate intoxication in a haemodialysis patient treated for rheumatoid arthritis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1087; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.1087 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John Kyriazis, John Glotsos, Leonidas Bilirakis, and Nikos Smirnioudis

The (dP/dt)max derived from arterial pulse waveforms: prospective applications in the haemodialysis setting
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1087-1088; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.1087-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Roman Fiedler, Frank Baumann, Barbara Deschler, and Bernd Osten

Haemoperfusion combined with haemodialysis in ifosfamide intoxication
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1088-1089; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.1088 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. G. Vermeij, F. W. Smit, and B. H. P. Elsman

Inability to monitor polyurethane haemodialysis vascular access graft by Doppler ultrasound
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1089-1090; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.1089 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Asher Korzets, Yaacov Ori, and Michal Herman

Serum potassium levels and atrial fibrillation in haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1090; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.1090 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Review:

C. van Ypersele

The urinary sediment: an integrated view. Second edition G. B. Fogazzi, C. Ponticelli and E. Ritz, Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1999
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1091; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.1091 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcements:

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Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1092-1094; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.5.1092 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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