Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Editorial Comments:

Véronique Frémeaux-Bacchi, Laure Hélène Noël, and Jürg A. Schifferli

No lupus nephritis in the absence of antiC1q autoantibodies?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2041-2043; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2041 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christiane Viedt and Stephan R. Orth

Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) in the kidney: does it more than simply attract monocytes?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2043-2047; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2043 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Iain C. Macdougall

Once-weekly erythropoietic therapy: is there a difference between the available preparations?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2047-2051; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2047 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dirk R. J. Kuypers and Y. C. Vanrenterghem

Tailoring immunosuppressive therapy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2051-2054; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2051 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Invited Comment:

Volker Schächinger and Andreas M. Zeiher

Atherogenesis—recent insights into basic mechanisms and their clinical impact
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2055-2064; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2055 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Charles H. Beerenhout, Jeroen P. Kooman, Antinus J. Luik, Suzanne G. J. Jeuken-Mertens, Frank M. van der Sande, and Karel M. L. Leunissen

Optimizing renal replacement therapy—a case for online filtration therapies?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2065-2070; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2065 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stefan Moeller, Simona Gioberge, and Gail Brown

ESRD patients in 2001: global overview of patients, treatment modalities and development trends
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2071-2076; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2071 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Controversy:

Coen A. Stegeman

Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) levels directed against proteinase-3 and myeloperoxidase are helpful in predicting disease relapse in ANCA-associated small-vessel vasculitis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2077-2080; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2077 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Fokko J. van der Woude

Taking anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) testing beyond the limits
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2081-2083; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2081 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Historical Notes:

Elzbieta Rybus-Potepa and Krzysztof Marczewski

The nephrological issues raised during the clinical sessions in the Old Order (Jewish) Hospital of Warsaw
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2084-2086; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2084 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dialysis and Transplantation News:

Ekrem Erek, Gültekin Süleymanlar, Kamil Serdengeçti, and the Registry Group, Turkish Society of Nephrology

Nephrology, dialysis and transplantation in Turkey
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2087-2093; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2087 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

Jennifer C. Hood, Clive Huxtable, Ichiro Naito, Carole Smith, Roger Sinclair, and Judy Savige

A novel model of autosomal dominant Alport syndrome in Dalmatian dogs
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2094-2098; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2094 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Patrick Bruneval, Jean Bariéty, Marie-France Bélair, Chantal Mandet, Didier Heudes, and Antonino Nicoletti

Mesangial expansion associated with glomerular endothelial cell activation and macrophage recruitment is developing in hyperlipidaemic apoE null mice
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2099-2107; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2099 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ikei Kobayashi, Fumiaki Nogaki, Hitoshi Kusano, Takahiko Ono, Shigeki Miyawaki, Haruyoshi Yoshida, and Eri Muso

Interleukin-12 alters the physicochemical characteristics of serum and glomerular IgA and modifies glycosylation in a ddY mouse strain having high IgA levels
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2108-2116; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2108 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Daisuke Ogawa, Kenichi Shikata, Mitsuhiro Matsuda, Shinichi Okada, Hitomi Usui, Jun Wada, Naoyuki Taniguchi, and Hirofumi Makino

Protective effect of a novel and selective inhibitor of inducible nitric oxide synthase on experimental crescentic glomerulonephritis in WKY rats
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2117-2121; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2117 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joel D. Kopple, Hu Ding, Annamaria Letoha, Bela Ivanyi, David Pei-Yuan Qing, Lázló Dux, Hui-Yuan Wang, and Sandor Sonkodi

L-carnitine ameliorates gentamicin-induced renal injury in rats
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2122-2131; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2122 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michinori Hirata, Kojiro Makibayashi, Kyoko Katsumata, Kenichiro Kusano, Takeshi Watanabe, Naoshi Fukushima, and Toshio Doi

22-Oxacalcitriol prevents progressive glomerulosclerosis without adversely affecting calcium and phosphorus metabolism in subtotally nephrectomized rats
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2132-2137; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2132 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yan Zhao, John L. Haylor, and Albert C. M. Ong

Polycystin-2 expression is increased following experimental ischaemic renal injury
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2138-2144; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2138 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dimitrios S. Goumenos, Sotiris Tsakas, Abdel Meguid El Nahas, Sotiria Alexandri, Simon Oldroyd, Pantelitsa Kalliakmani, and John G. Vlachojannis

Transforming growth factor-ß₁ in the kidney and urine of patients with glomerular disease and proteinuria
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2145-2152; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2145 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eric A. J. Hoste, Raymond C. Vanholder, Norbert H. Lameire, Carl D. V. K. Roosens, Johan M. A. Decruyenaere, Stijn I. Blot, and Francis A. Colardyn

No early respiratory benefit with CVVHDF in patients with acute renal failure and acute lung injury
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2153-2158; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2153 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Margus Annuk, Bengt Fellström, and Lars Lind

Cyclooxygenase inhibition improves endothelium-dependent vasodilatation in patients with chronic renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2159-2163; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2159 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Giovambattista Virga, Ivana Visentin, Vincenzo La Milia, and Antonio Bonadonna

Inflammation and pruritus in haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2164-2169; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2164 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Adrian Covic, Mirela Diaconita, Paul Gusbeth-Tatomir, Maria Covic, Adrian Botezan, Gabriel Ungureanu, and David J. Goldsmith

Haemodialysis increases QT_c interval but not QT_c dispersion in ESRD patients without manifest cardiac disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2170-2177; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2170 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christian Löwbeer, Alberto Gutierrez, Sven A. Gustafsson, Rolf Norrman, Johan Hulting, and Astrid Seeberger

Elevated cardiac troponin T in peritoneal dialysis patients is associated with CRP and predicts all-cause mortality and cardiac death
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2178-2183; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2178 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Attilio Losito, Kamini Kalidas, Stefania Santoni, Luigi Ceccarelli, and Steve Jeffery

Polymorphism of renin–angiotensin system genes in dialysis patients—association with cerebrovascular disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2184-2188; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2184 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marcel C. Weijmer, Yvette J. Debets-Ossenkopp, Francien J. van de Vondervoort, and Piet M. ter Wee

Superior antimicrobial activity of trisodium citrate over heparin for catheter locking
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2189-2195; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2189 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michele H. Mokrzycki and Abhay Singhal

Cost-effectiveness of three strategies of managing tunnelled, cuffed haemodialysis catheters in clinically mild or asymptomatic bacteraemias
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2196-2203; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2196 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Konstadina Griva, Jochen P. Ziegelmann, Derek Thompson, Dakshina Jayasena, Andrew Davenport, Michael Harrison, and Stanton P. Newman

Quality of life and emotional responses in cadaver and living related renal transplant recipients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2204-2211; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2204 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stephen P. McDonald and Graeme R. Russ

Survival of recipients of cadaveric kidney transplants compared with those receiving dialysis treatment in Australia and New Zealand, 1991–2001
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2212-2219; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2212 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief Reports:

Gursharan K. Dogra, Susan Herrmann, Ashley B. Irish, Mark A. B. Thomas, and Gerald F. Watts

Insulin resistance, dyslipidaemia, inflammation and endothelial function in nephrotic syndrome
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2220-2225; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2220 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Preliminary Communications:

Juan Fernández-Cean, Asunción Alvarez, Sergio Burguez, Graciela Baldovinos, Patricia Larre-Borges, and Mercedes Cha

Infective endocarditis in chronic haemodialysis: two treatment strategies
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2226-2230; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2226 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jörg Wiemer, Karl Winkler, Manfred Baumstark, Winfried März, and Jürgen E. Scherberich

Influence of low molecular weight heparin compared to conventional heparin for anticoagulation during haemodialysis on low density lipoprotein subclasses
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2231-2238; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2231 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Technical Note:

Sabine Zitta, Willibald Estelberger, Herwig Holzer, Rainer W. Lipp, Karl Oettl, and Gilbert Reibnegger

Pitfalls of single-sample determination of renal clearance
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2239-2243; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2239 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alberto Magnasco, Sandro Alloatti, Carlo Martinoli, and Paolo Solari

Glucose pump test: a new method for blood flow measurements
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2244-2248; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2244 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Johnson T. Samuel, Shahedlal Bari, Michael J. Kumwenda, Keith J. Taylor, Mark W. Atkinson, and Alistair F. Douglas

Progressive dyspnoea and chest X-ray shadows in a patient with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis on haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2249-2251; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2249 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Monika van Zonneveld, Joep M. Droogh, Marien W. J. A. Fieren, Inge C. Gyssens, Teun van Gelder, and Willem Weimar

Yersinia pseudotuberculosis bacteraemia in a kidney transplant patient
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2252-2254; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2252 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Richard E. Power, Molly P. Eng, Elaine W. Kay, David P. Hickey, and Dilly M. Little

Follow-up of a pair of renal transplant recipients from a donor with a malignant lymphoma
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2255-2257; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2255 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary material [Request Permissions]  

Pierfrancesco Veroux, Massimiliano Veroux, Carmelo Puliatti, Maurizio Macarone, Massimiliano Sorbello, Maria Chiara Valvo, and Dario Cappello

Living transplantation using a kidney with a large cyst as curative treatment of donor's hypertension
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2258-2260; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2258 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Points:

Daniella Magen, Nathan Ish-Shalom, Abraham Lorber, Asaad Khoury, and Israel Zelikovic

An infant with polydactyly and renal anomalies: early diagnosis of a rare syndrome
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2261-2264; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2261 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nephroquiz:

Bénédicte Vanderperren, Frank Hammer, Jacques Malaise, and Eric Goffin

Poor ultrafiltration shortly after peritoneal dialysis initiation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2265-2267; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2265 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in Nephrology:

Adina Voiculescu, Tomas Pfeiffer, Matthias Brause, Wilhelm Sandmann, and Bernd Grabensee

Acute pain over the kidney graft and Duplex-sonographic findings mimicking complete renal transplant vein thrombosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2268-2269; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2268 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Laudationes:

Tilman B. Drüeke and Norbert Lameire

Retiral of Alexander Meikle Davison
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2270-2271; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2270 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Obituaries:

Angel L. M. De Francisco

Julio Botella (1933–2002)
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2272; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2272 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letter and Replies:

Allon N. Friedman

Overweight and obesity as a nutritional issue in the dialysis population
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2273; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2273 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reply:

Francesco Locatelli, Denis Fouque, Olof Heimburger, Tilman B. Drüeke, Jorge B. Cannata-Andía, Walter H. Hörl, and Eberhard Ritz

Reply
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2273-2274; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2273-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Katarzyna Wieczorowska-Tobis, Malgorzata Mossakowska, Zofia Niemir, Andrzej Breborowicz, and Dimitrios G. Oreopoulos

Discrepancies in creatinine clearance in centenarians when calculated by two different mathematical formulas
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2274-2275; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2274 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Myftar Barbullushi, Ymer Elezi, and Alma Idrizi

Kosovo 2002: the epidemiology of renal disease and the impact of 1999 Kosovo war on end-stage renal disease patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2275-2276; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2275 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Albert Fournier, Claire Presne, Roxana Oprisiu, and Tarek Sadek

Oral calcium, sevelamer and vascular calcification in uraemic patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2276-2277; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2276 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jon D. Stratton, Roger N. Greenwood, and Ken Farrington

The impact on resources of increased adequacy targets in haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2277-2278; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2277 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ronak Rajani, John Smyth, C. Geoff Koffman, Ian Abbs, and David J. A. Goldsmith

Differential Effect of sirolimus vs prednisolone in the treatment of sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2278-2280; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2278 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Harish B. Shetty, Alec J. Howat, and John G. Anderton

ANCA +ve/anti-GBM +ve vasculitis following bone marrow transplantation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2280-2281; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2280 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcements:

Announcements
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 2282-2284; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.12.2282 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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