Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Editorial Comments:

Ingrid Fleming and Rudi Busse

Vascular cytochrome P450 in the regulation of renal function and vascular tone: EDHF, superoxide anions and blood pressure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1309-1311; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1309 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. Mansoor, A. Shah, and John E. Scoble

‘Flash pulmonary oedema’—a diagnosis for both the cardiologist and the nephrologist?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1311-1313; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1311 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jeremy Levy

New aspects in the management of ANCA-positive vasculitis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1314-1317; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1314 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rainer Düsing, Katja Lottermoser, and Thomas Mengden

Compliance with drug therapy—new answers to an old question
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1317-1321; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1317 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Zbylut J. Twardowski

Daily dialysis: is this a reasonable option for the new millennium?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1321-1324; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1321 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ralf Schindler, Cornelia Radke, Karl Paul, and Ulrich Frei

Renal problems after lung transplantation of cystic fibrosis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1324-1328; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1324 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Invited Comment:

Dominik Müller, Joost G. J. Hoenderop, Carel H. van Os, and René J. M. Bindels

The epithelial calcium channel, ECaC1: molecular details of a novel player in renal calcium handling
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1329-1335; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1329 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Personal Opinion:

John L. Haylor and Sameh K. Morcos

An oral ET_A-selective endothelin receptor antagonist for contrast nephropathy?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1336-1337; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1336 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dialysis and Transplantation News:

Francesco Locatelli, Marco D'Amico, Harijs Cernevskis, Balys Dainys, Marius Miglinas, Merike Luman, Mai Ots, and Eberhard Ritz

The epidemiology of end-stage renal disease in the Baltic countries: an evolving picture
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1338-1342; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1338 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

Jennifer L. Wilkinson-Berka, Narelle J. Gibbs, Mark E. Cooper, Sandford L. Skinner, and Darren J. Kelly

Renoprotective and anti-hypertensive effects of combined valsartan and perindopril in progressive diabetic nephropathy in the transgenic (mRen-2)27 rat
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1343-1349; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1343 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gerd Luippold, Martina Beilharz, and Bernd Mühlbauer

Reduction of glomerular hyperfiltration by dopamine D₂-like receptor blockade in experimental diabetes mellitus
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1350-1356; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1350 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Omran Bakoush, Ole Torffvit, Bengt Rippe, and Jan Tencer

High proteinuria selectivity index based upon IgM is a strong predictor of poor renal survival in glomerular diseases
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1357-1363; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1357 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Esther M. Briganti, John Dowling, Moira Finlay, Prue A. Hill, Colin L. Jones, Priscilla S. Kincaid-Smith, Roger Sinclair, John J. McNeil, and Robert C. Atkins

The incidence of biopsy-proven glomerulonephritis in Australia
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1364-1367; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1364 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Satu Mäkelä, Mikko Hurme, Ilpo Ala-Houhala, Jukka Mustonen, Anna-Maija Koivisto, Jukka Partanen, Olli Vapalahti, Antti Vaheri, and Amos Pasternack

Polymorphism of the cytokine genes in hospitalized patients with Puumala hantavirus infection
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1368-1373; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1368 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Huiling Wu, Geoff Y. Zhang, and John F. Knight

T cell receptor BV gene usage in interstitial cellular infiltrates in active Heymann nephritis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1374-1381; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1374 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gisela Dahlquist, Eva-Lena Stattin, and Susanne Rudberg

Urinary albumin excretion rate and glomerular filtration rate in the prediction of diabetic nephropathy; a long-term follow-up study of childhood onset type-1 diabetic patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1382-1386; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1382 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sanjeev K. Mittal, Lori Ahern, Edith Flaster, John K. Maesaka, and Steven Fishbane

Self-assessed physical and mental function of haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1387-1394; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1387 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anne B. Bakewell, Rob M. Higgins, and Mair E. Edmunds

Does ethnicity influence perceived quality of life of patients on dialysis and following renal transplant?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1395-1401; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1395 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Urban Sester, Martina Sester, Gunnar Heine, Harald Kaul, Matthias Girndt, and Hans Köhler

Strong depletion of CD14⁺CD16⁺ monocytes during haemodialysis treatment
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1402-1408; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1402 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

István Kárpáti, Ildikó Seres, János Mátyus, Thomas Ben, György Paragh, Zsuzsa Varga, and György Kakuk

Which parameters affect cytosolic free calcium in polymorphonuclear leukocytes of haemodialysis patients?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1409-1415; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1409 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nicola Tessitore, Giovanni Pietro Solero, Giuseppe Lippi, Antonella Bassi, Giovanni Battista Faccini, Valeria Bedogna, Linda Gammaro, Giorgio Brocco, Giuseppe Restivo, Patrizia Bernich, Antonio Lupo, and Giuseppe Maschio

The role of iron status markers in predicting response to intravenous iron in haemodialysis patients on maintenance erythropoietin
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1416-1423; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1416 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mark J. Wright, Graham Woodrow, Siobhan O'Brien, Neil A. King, Louise Dye, John E. Blundell, Aleck M. Brownjohn, and John H. Turney

A novel technique to demonstrate disturbed appetite profiles in haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1424-1429; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1424 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Iza C. van Riemsdijk-van Overbeeke, Carla C. Baan, Christiaan J. Knoop, Elisabeth H. M. Loonen, Robert Zietse, and Willem Weimar

Quantitative flow cytometry shows activation of the TNF- system but not of the IL-2 system at the single cell level in renal replacement therapy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1430-1435; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1430 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gary Peer, Elena Itzhakov, Yoram Wollman, Tamara Chernihovsky, Itamar Grosskopf, David Segev, Donald Silverberg, Miriam Blum, Doron Schwartz, and Adrian Iaina

Methylene blue, a nitric oxide inhibitor, prevents haemodialysis hypotension
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1436-1441; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1436 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jacek Borawski, Beata Naumnik, Krystyna Pawlak, and Michal Mysliwiec

Endothelial dysfunction marker von Willebrand factor antigen in haemodialysis patients: associations with pre-dialysis blood pressure and the acute phase response
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1442-1447; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1442 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Parviz Khajehdehi, Mohammad Mojerlou, Saeed Behzadi, and Ghanbar Ali Rais-Jalali

A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of supplementary vitamins E, C and their combination for treatment of haemodialysis cramps
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1448-1451; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1448 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marie C. Iliou, Christine Fumeron, Marie O. Benoit, Philippe Tuppin, Claire Le Courvoisier, Victorio Menoyo Calonge, Nicole Moatti, Claude Buisson, and Christian Jacquot

Factors associated with increased serum levels of cardiac troponins T and I in chronic haemodialysis patients: Chronic Haemodialysis And New Cardiac Markers Evaluation (CHANCE) study
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1452-1458; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1452 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Giuseppe Enia, Francesca Mallamaci, Francesco A. Benedetto, Vincenzo Panuccio, Saverio Parlongo, Sebastiano Cutrupi, Giuseppe Giacone, Emilio Cottini, Giovanni Tripepi, Lorenzo S. Malatino, and Carmine Zoccali

Long-term CAPD patients are volume expanded and display more severe left ventricular hypertrophy than haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1459-1464; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1459 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anders Åsberg, Karsten Midtvedt, Trond Vassbotn, and Anders Hartmann

Better microvascular function on long-term treatment with lisinopril than with nifedipine in renal transplant recipients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1465-1470; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1465 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Technical Note:

Ralf Schindler, Carsten Stahl, Stephan Venz, Klaus Ludat, Werner Krause, and Ulrich Frei

Removal of contrast media by different extracorporeal treatments
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1471-1474; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1471 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Simona Curioni, Marco D'Amico, Rita Quartagno, Stefania Martino, Giacomo Dell'Antonio, and Daniele Cusi

Castleman's disease with nephrotic syndrome, amyloidosis and autoimmune manifestations
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1475-1478; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1475 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sandrine Florquin, Anja Roos, Jaap W. Groothoff, Nike Claessen, Daniëlle J. van Gijlswijk-Janssen, Jan Aten, Jean-Claude M. A. Davin, and Jan J. Weening

Severe non-proliferative lupus nephritis with predominant sub-endothelial IgA deposits
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1479-1482; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1479 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lisa K. Hicks and Philip A. McFarlane

Valproic acid overdose and haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1483-1486; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1483 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Interesting Case:

Edmond O'Riordan, Roy Reeve, John B. Houghton, Donal J. O'Donoghue, and Steven Waldek

Primary bilateral T-cell renal lymphoma presenting with sudden loss of renal function
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1487-1489; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1487 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Points:

Jan Rabe, Peter Schnülle, Steffen J. Diehl, Dietmar Lorenz, Fokko J. van der Woude, and Max Georgi

Unclear radiographic pulmonary changes in a patient who recently underwent renal transplantation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1490-1492; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1490 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jan T. Kielstein, Faikah Abou-Rebyeh, Carsten Hafer, Hermann Haller, and Danilo Fliser

Right-sided chest pain at the onset of haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1493-1495; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1493 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in Nephrology:

Giovanni B. Fogazzi, Mariadele Cantú, and Lucia Saglimbeni

‘Decoy cells’ in the urine due to polyomavirus BK infection: easily seen by phase-contrast microscopy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1496-1498; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1496 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nephroquiz for the beginner:

Raymonde F. Gagnon, Denise Arsenault, Vincent Pichette, and Simon Tanguay

Acute renal failure in a young woman with endometriosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1499-1502; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1499 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eva Bettina Zinngrebe, Jürgen Steffgen, Gerhard Anton Müller, and Frank Strutz

Severe hypokalaemia and paralysis in a Chinese scientist
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1503-1505; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1503 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Renal Ultrasonography Lesson:

Anna-Maria Nahm and Eberhard Ritz

Acquired renal cysts
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1506-1508; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1506 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letter and Replies:

Stanley Shaldon and Claudio Ronco

Dialysis membranes in convective treatments
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1509; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1509 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Wendy Hoy

Reflections on the XVth ICN meeting: renal and cardiovascular protection in the developing world
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1509-1511; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1509-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hassane Izzedine, Sophie Lacaille, and Gilbert Deray

An unusual presentation of relapsing Wegener's granulomatosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1511-1512; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1511 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Helen K Burgess, Satishkumar A Jayawardene, and Nestor Velasco

Dent's disease: can we slow its progression?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1512-1513; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1512 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nader Bassilios, Lucile Mercadal, and Gilbert Deray

Immunoglobulin as a risk factor for contrast media nephrotoxicity
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1513-1514; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1513 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hassane Izzedine, Valérie Guerin, Vincent Launay-Vacher, Maguy Bernard, and Gilbert Deray

Effect of N-acetylcysteine on serum creatinine level
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1514-1515; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1514 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. Lipscombe and J. M. Bargman

Fibrate-induced increase in blood urea and creatinine
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1515; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1515 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Sancho, J. L. Górriz, R. Ferrer, M. Salcedo, A. Avila, and L. M. Pallardo

Coexisting renal artery stenosis and membranous glomerulonephritis. Is there a link?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1515-1517; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1515-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Helena Jaakkola, Tom Törnroth, Per-Henrik Groop, and Eero Honkanen

Renal failure and nephrotic syndrome associated with gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST)—a rare cause of AA amyloidosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1517-1518; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1517 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ajay Gupta

Renal bone disease in black dialysis patients: are algorithms developed for white dialysis patients valid?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1518-1519; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1518 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H. Maheut and F. Lacour

Using AN69 ST membrane: A dialysis centre experience
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1519-1520; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1519 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. Hegarty, M. Picton, N. Chalmers, and P. A. Kalra

Iliac vein stenosis secondary to femoral catheter placement
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1520-1521; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1520 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Juan Lemus, Héctor Parra, and Adriana Undurraga

Antibiotic management of infected vascular access
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1521; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1521 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Koenraad J. F. Stas, Johan Vanwalleghem, Bart De Moor, and Hilde Keuleers

Trisodium citrate 30% vs heparin 5% as catheter lock in the interdialytic period in twin- or double-lumen dialysis catheters for intermittent haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1521-1522; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1521-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Chris Penders, Jeroen P. Kooman, Ellen E. Stobberingh, Frank M. van der Sande, Peter M. Frederik, and Karel M. L. Leunissen

Does ultrapure dialysate prevent the development of biofilm in dialysis therapy?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1522-1524; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1522 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carmen Mora, Manuel Macía, and Juan F. Navarro

Renal failure, anaemia, cytokines and inflammation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1524-1525; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1524 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

V. Reddy and J. H. Turney

Epoietin--associated total alopecia
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1525; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1525 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael J. Hausmann, Anna Basok, Marina Vorobiov, and Boris Rogachev

Traumatic pleural leak in peritoneal dialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1526; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1526 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcements:

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Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1527-1528; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.7.1527 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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