Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Editorial Comment:

Peter A. van Zwieten

Drug treatment of isolated systolic hypertension
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1095-1097; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1095 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robert L. Lins, Monique Elseviers, Ronald Daelemans, and Marc E. De Broe

Problems in the development, validation and adaptation of prognostic models for acute renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1098-1101; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1098 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bertrand Knebelmann, Fadi Fakhouri, and Jean-Pierre Grünfeld

Hereditary nephritis with macrothrombocytopenia: no longer an Alport syndrome variant
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1101-1103; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1101 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dietmar Elsner

How to diagnose and treat coronary artery disease in the uraemic patient: an update
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1103-1108; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1103 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eva Balint and Stuart M. Sprague

ß₂-Microglobulin and bone cell metabolism
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1108-1111; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1108 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Personal Opinion:

Felix J. Frey

The hypertensive patient with hypokalaemia: the search for hyperaldosteronism
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1112-1116; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1112 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ERA-EDTA News:

Francesco Locatelli, François Berthoux, Pierre Ronco, Fernando Valderrabano, and Simeone Andrulli

Patterns of the abstracts submitted and accepted at the Congresses of ERA-EDTA Madrid (1999) and ERA-EDTA and EKRA Nice (2000)
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1117-1119; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1117 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Registry Report:

Paul C. W. van Dijk, Kitty J. Jager, Frank de Charro, Frederic Collart, Ronald Cornet, Friedo W. Dekker, Carola Grönhagen-Riska, Reinhard Kramar, Torbjørn Leivestad, Keith Simpson, and J. Douglas Briggs

Renal replacement therapy in Europe: the results of a collaborative effort by the ERA–EDTA registry and six national or regional registries
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1120-1129; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1120 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Registry News:

J. Douglas Briggs and Kitty Jager

The first year of the new ERA–EDTA Registry
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1130-1131; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1130 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Congress Report:

Ingrid Ledebo, Michèle Kessler, Wim van Biesen, Christoph Wanner, Andrzej Wiecek, Sarah Prichard, Angel Argilés, and Eberhard Ritz

Initiation of dialysis—opinions from an international survey: Report on the Dialysis Opinion Symposium at the ERA-EDTA Congress, 18 September 2000, Nice
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1132-1138; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1132 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

Ingrid E. Blom, Anette J. van Dijk, Lotte Wieten, Karen Duran, Yasuhiko Ito, Livio Kleij, Mark deNichilo, Ton J. Rabelink, Jan J. Weening, Jan Aten, and Roel Goldschmeding

In vitro evidence for differential involvement of CTGF, TGFß, and PDGF-BB in mesangial response to injury
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1139-1148; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1139 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Fumiko Tateyama, Hideaki Yamabe, Hiroshi Osawa, Mitsuaki Kaizuka, Kenichi Shirato, and Ken Okumura

Interleukin-1ß is an autocrine growth factor of rat glomerular epithelial cells in culture
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1149-1155; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1149 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tessa Savage, Rachel M. Tribe, and Magdi M. Yaqoob

Flow induces dilatation in the femoral artery of uraemic rats but constriction in control rats
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1156-1162; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1156 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alexander J. Howie, Maria Alice S. Ferreira, and Dwomoa Adu

Prognostic value of simple measurement of chronic damage in renal biopsy specimens
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1163-1169; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1163 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Asma Deeb, Alex Robertson, Gavin MacColl, Pierre M. G. Bouloux, Mary Gibson, Paul J. D. Winyard, Adrian S. Woolf, Nadeem E. Moghal, and Tim D. Cheetham

Multicystic dysplastic kidney and Kallmann's syndrome: a new association?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1170-1175; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1170 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Thomas Quaschning, Livius V. d'Uscio, Sidney Shaw, Hema Viswambharan, Frank T. Ruschitzka, and Thomas F. Lüscher

Chronic vasopeptidase inhibition restores endothelin-converting enzyme activity and normalizes endothelin levels in salt-induced hypertension
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1176-1182; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1176 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Siu-Ka Mak, Ping-Nam Wong, Kin-Yee Lo, Gensy M. W. Tong, and Andrew K. M. Wong

Prospective study on renal outcome of IgA nephropathy superimposed on diabetic glomerulosclerosis in type 2 diabetic patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1183-1188; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1183 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Colin H. Bolton, Leonie G. Downs, Jason G.G. Victory, Jeremy F. Dwight, Charles R.V. Tomson, Michael I. Mackness, and Jonathan H. Pinkney

Endothelial dysfunction in chronic renal failure: roles of lipoprotein oxidation and pro-inflammatory cytokines
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1189-1197; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1189 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Frank Gradaus, Katrin Ivens, Ansgar J. Peters, Peter Heering, Frank-Chris Schoebel, Bernd Grabensee, and Bodo-Eckehard Strauer

Angiographic progression of coronary artery disease in patients with end-stage renal disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1198-1202; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1198 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Irit Krause, Einat Birk, Miriam Davidovits, Roxana Cleper, Leonard Blieden, Lidya Pinhas, Zahava Gamzo, and Bella Eisenstein

Inferior vena cava diameter: a useful method for estimation of fluid status in children on haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1203-1206; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1203 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paolo Altieri, Giambattista Sorba, Piergiorgio Bolasco, Emilio Asproni, Ingrid Ledebo, Maria Cossu, Rocco Ferrara, Marino Ganadu, Franco Cadinu, Giovanna Serra, Gianfranca Cabiddu, Giovanna Sau, Domenica Casu, Mario Passaghe, Ferruccio Bolasco, Raffaele Pistis, and Tonina Ghisu

Predilution haemofiltration—the Second Sardinian Multicentre Study: comparisons between haemofiltration and haemodialysis during identical Kt/V and session times in a long-term cross-over study
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1207-1213; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1207 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vincenzo De Cristofaro, Carla Colturi, Alessandra Masa, Mario Comelli, and Luciano A. Pedrini

Rate dependence of acute PTH release and association between basal plasma calcium and set point of calcium–PTH curve in dialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1214-1221; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1214 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Giuseppe Cianciolo, Sergio Stefoni, Gabriele Donati, Antonio De Pascalis, Sandra Iannelli, Catia Manna, Luigi Colì, Veronica Bertuzzi, Gaetano La Manna, Concettina Raimondi, Paola Boni, and Vittorio Stefoni

Intra- and post-dialytic platelet activation and PDGF-AB release: cellulose diacetate vs polysulfone membranes
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1222-1229; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1222 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anibal Ferreira, Abderhaman Ghazali, José Galvão, Jean-Claude Souberbielle, Peter M. Jehle, Subburaman Mohan, Béatrice Descamps-Latscha, Roxana Oprisiu, Albert Fournier, and Tilman B. Drüeke

Effect of type of dialysis membrane on bone in haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1230-1238; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1230 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Markus Kosch, Udo Bahner, Helga Bettger, Fritz Matzkies, Markus Teschner, and Roland M. Schaefer

A randomized, controlled parallel-group trial on efficacy and safety of iron sucrose (Venofer^®) vs iron gluconate (Ferrlecit^®) in haemodialysis patients treated with rHuEpo
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1239-1244; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1239 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alfonso M. Cueto-Manzano, Anthony J. Freemont, Judith E. Adams, Barbara Mawer, Ram Gokal, and Alastair J. Hutchison

Association of sex hormone status with the bone loss of renal transplant patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1245-1250; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1245 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael J. A. Williams, Wayne H. F. Sutherland, Maree P. McCormick, Sylvia A. de Jong, John R. McDonald, and Robert J. Walker

Vitamin C improves endothelial dysfunction in renal allograft recipients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1251-1255; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1251 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

José G. G. Oliveira, João P. Ramos, Paula Xavier, Susana Sampaio, Maria C. Magalhães, Armando A. Mendes, and Manuel Pestana

Microemulsion cyclosporin formulation, in contrast to the old formulation, widens the T lymphocyte subsets differences between stable and acute rejection of kidney transplants
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1256-1261; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1256 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Technical Note:

Yasuo Ishii, Tokihiko Sawada, Akira Shimizu, Tamotsu Tojimbara, Ichiro Nakajima, Shohei Fuchinoue, and Satoshi Teraoka

An experimental sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis model in mice
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1262-1266; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1262 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Richard J. M. Coward, R. Anthony Risdon, Coralie Bingham, Andrew T. Hattersley, and Adrian S. Woolf

Kidney disease in hypomelanosis of Ito
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1267-1269; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1267 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eckhart Büssemaker, Jens Passauer, Thorsten Franz, and Peter Gross

Tryptophan immunoadsorption strongly reduces proteinuria in recurrent nephrotic syndrome
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1270-1272; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1270 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maria Fusaro, Giorgio Munaretto, Michele Urso, Antonio Bonadonna, Stefania Mastrosimone, Giovanbattista Virga, and Antonio Piccoli

Severe obesity in haemodialysis: the utility of bioimpedance vector analysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1273-1276; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1273 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Adelaide Simöes, Fernando Domingos, Alice Fortes, and M. Martins Prata

Type 1 glycogen storage disease and recurrent calcium nephrolithiasis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1277-1279; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1277 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Interesting Case:

Raymonde F. Gagnon and Mitchell L. Halperin

Possible mechanisms to explain the absence of hyperkalaemia in Addison's disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1280-1284; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1280 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nephroquiz for the beginner:

Carlos Frangié, Delphine Morel, Gérard Sassoust, Jean Louis Pariente, Nicolas Grenier, Jean-Yves Lacut, and Luc Potaux

A rare infection in a renal transplant recipient
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1285-1287; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1285 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Historical Notes:

Boris Zalmanovich Sirotin and Natalia Petrovna Keiser

On the history of the study of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in eastern Russia
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1288-1289; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1288 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Note:

J. Stewart Cameron

The history of viral haemorrhagic fever with renal disease (hantavirus)
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1289-1290; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1289 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Points:

Donald Richardson, Mike Shires, and Alex M. Davison

Renal diagnosis without renal biopsy. Nephritis and sensorineural deafness
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1291-1294; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1291 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Laudationes:

John Walls (1939–2001): An Appreciation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1295-1296; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1295 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Special Announcement:

Special Announcement
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1297; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1297 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letter and Replies:

Berthold Hocher, Torsten Slowinski, Christian Bauer, Horst Halle, and Winfried Siffert

The advanced fetal programming hypothesis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1298-1299; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1298 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Takashi Uzu, Hirotsugu Iwatani, Mie Ko, Masaya Yamato, Ken Takahara, and Atsushi Yamauchi

Minimal-change nephrotic syndrome associated with mixed connective-tissue disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1299-1300; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1299 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nikolai Zerrenthin

Relationship of renal dysfunction to proximal arterial disease severity in atherosclerotic renovascular disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1300-1301; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1300 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

V. Tsimihodimos, A. Kakafika, and M. Elisaf

Fibrate treatment can increase serum creatinine levels
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1301; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1301 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ramón Peces and Alfonso Pobes

Effectiveness of haemodialysis with high-flux membranes in the extracorporeal therapy of life-threatening acute lithium intoxication
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1301-1303; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1301-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cornelius J. Doorenbos, Renate J. Bosma, and Paul J. N. Lamberts

Use of urea containing dialysate to avoid disequilibrium syndrome, enabling intensive dialysis treatment of a diabetic patient with renal failure and severe metformin induced lactic acidosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1303-1304; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1303 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Satoru Kuriyama and Haruo Tomonari

Corticosteroid therapy in encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1304-1305; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1304 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcements:

Announcements
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1306-1307; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.6.1306 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Abstracts:

A: Renal physiology, metabolism, hormones, pharmacolgy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: A1-A12. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B: Hereditary kidney diseases, regulators, mediators, signalling, gene expression
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: A13-A18. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C: Immunology and immunopathology
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: A19-A24. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D: Urolithiasis, bone and mineral metabolism
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: A25-A29. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E: Pathophysiology of renal diseases
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: A30-A41. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

F: Haemodynamics, hypertenion: basic
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: A42-A45. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G: Hypertenion: clinical
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: A46-A52. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H: Acute renal failure and toxic nephropathies: clinical
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: A53-A56. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

I: Vasculitides and systemic diseases: clinical
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: A57-A59. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J: Primary glomerular diseases: clinical
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: A60-A69. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K: Tubulointerstitial diseases
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: A70-A71. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L: Diabetes mellitus
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: A72-A80. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M: Hepatitis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: A81-A84. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

N: Clinical trials, protocols and evidence-based medicine in Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: A85-A90. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

O1: Chronic renal failure: anaemia
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: A91-A93. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

O2: Chronic renal failure: progression
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: A94-A100. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P: Clinical Nephrology: miscellaneous
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: A101-A113. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Q1: Dialysis: adequacy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: A114-A118. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Q2: Dialysis: complications
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: A119-A131. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Q3: Dialysis: anaemia and erythroproietin treatment
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: A132-A137. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Q4: Dialysis: oxidative stress
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: A138-A142. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Q5: Dialysis: nutritional status
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: A143-A146. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Q6: Dialysis: survival
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: A147-A150. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Q7: Dialysis: vascular access
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: A151-A160. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Q8: Dialysis: outcome
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: A161-A164. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Q9: Dialysis: devices
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: A165-A166. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Q10: Dialysis: miscellaneous
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: A167-A181. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R: Haemofiltration, haemodiafiltration and other treament modalities
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: A182-A183. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S: Biocompatibility, beta 2 microglobulin and dialysis-associated amyloidosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: A184-A186. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T: Peritoneal dialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: A187-A198. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

U1: Transplantation: basic
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: A199-A204. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

U2: Transplantation: immunosuppressive regimens
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: A205-A213. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

U3: Transplantation: cardiovascular aspects
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: A214-A217. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

U4: Transplantation: infections
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: A218-A220. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

U5: Transplantation: malignancy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: A221-A222. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

U6: Transplantation: miscellaneous
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: A223-A232. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Subject Index
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: A233-A234. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Keyword Index
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: A235-A244. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Author Index
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