Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Editorial Comment:

Markus G. Mohaupt and Felix J. Frey

Mineralocorticoid receptor malfunction: further insights from rare forms of hypertension
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 539-542; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.4.539 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Luc Frimat and Michèle Kessler

Controversies concerning the importance of genetic polymorphism in IgA nephropathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 542-545; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.4.542 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bernard Canaud

Performance liquid test as a cause for sudden deaths of dialysis patients: perfluorohydrocarbon, a previously unrecognized hazard for dialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 545-548; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.4.545 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Olivier Devuyst

New insights in the molecular mechanisms regulating peritoneal permeability
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 548-551; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.4.548 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Martin Zeier and Eberhard Ritz

Preparation of the dialysis patient for transplantation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 552-556; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.4.552 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Uwe Heemann and Rene R. Wenzel

CMV prophylaxis: what is valid in 2002?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 556-559; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.4.556 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Child - Adult Interface:

Amy Piepsz

Cortical scintigraphy and urinary tract infection in children
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 560-562; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.4.560 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Special Feature:

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

Nutritional status in dialysis patients: a European consensus
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 563-572; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.4.563 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rapid Communications:

Christian von Schnakenburg, Juergen Strehlau, Jochen H. H. Ehrich, and Anette Melk

Quantitative gene expression of TGF-ß1, IL-10, TNF- and Fas Ligand in renal cortex and medulla
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 573-579; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.4.573 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

Norio Hanafusa, Yutaka Yatomi, Koei Yamada, Yuichi Hori, Masaomi Nangaku, Toshihiro Okuda, Toshiro Fujita, Kiyoshi Kurokawa, and Masafumi Fukagawa

Sphingosine 1-phosphate stimulates rat mesangial cell proliferation from outside the cells
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 580-586; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.4.580 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Herbert A. Hauer, Ingeborg M. Bajema, E. Christiaan Hagen, Laure-Hélène Noël, Franco Ferrario, Rüdiger Waldherr, Hans C. van Houwelingen, Philippe Lesavre, Renato A. Sinico, Fokko van der Woude, Gill Gaskin, Cornelis A. Verburgh, Emile de Heer, and Jan A. Bruijn

Long-term renal injury in ANCA-associated vasculitis: an analysis of 31 patients with follow-up biopsies
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 587-596; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.4.587 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Priscilla Kincaid-Smith, Kenneth Fairley, and David Packham

Randomized controlled crossover study of the effect on proteinuria and blood pressure of adding an angiotensin II receptor antagonist to an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor in normotensive patients with chronic renal disease and proteinuria
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 597-601; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.4.597 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

José Herrera, Estela Ávila, Crispín Marín, and Bernardo Rodríguez-Iturbe

Impaired creatinine secretion after an intravenous creatinine load is an early characteristic of the nephropathy of sickle cell anaemia
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 602-607; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.4.602 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Naoki Matsumoto, Eiji Ishimura, Hiromichi Taniwaki, Masanori Emoto, Tetsuo Shoji, Takahiko Kawagishi, Masaaki Inaba, and Yoshiki Nishizawa

Smoking and proteinuria impair vasodilatory response of intrarenal arteries to nitroglycerine in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 608-613; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.4.608 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Fiona Ewing, Dilip Patel, Anne Petherick, Robin Winney, and Kieran McBride

Radiological placement of the AshSplit haemodialysis catheter: a prospective analysis of outcome and complications
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 614-619; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.4.614 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anca Gal-Moscovici and Mordecai M. Popovtzer

Parathyroid hormone-independent osteoclastic resorptive bone disease: a new variant of adynamic bone disease in haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 620-624; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.4.620 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ulrich Neyer, Helmut Hoerandner, Anton Haid, Gerhard Zimmermann, and Bruno Niederle

Total parathyroidectomy with autotransplantation in renal hyperparathyroidism: low recurrence after intra-operative tissue selection
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 625-629; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.4.625 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yuji Yamamoto, Noriyuki Sakata, Jing Meng, Masaya Sakamoto, Akiko Noma, Iori Maeda, Kouji Okamoto, and Shigeo Takebayashi

Possible involvement of increased glycoxidation and lipid peroxidation of elastin in atherogenesis in haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 630-636; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.4.630 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jacek Borawski and Michal Mysliwiec

Serum hepatocyte growth factor is associated with viral hepatitis, cardiovascular disease, erythropoietin treatment, and type of heparin in haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 637-644; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.4.637 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jose Jayme G. De Lima, Marcelo Luis C. Vieira, Luis Fernando Viviani, Caio Jorge Medeiros, Luis Estevan Ianhez, Liliane Kopel, Jose L. de Andrade, Eduardo M. Krieger, and Silvia G. Lage

Long-term impact of renal transplantation on carotid artery properties and on ventricular hypertrophy in end-stage renal failure patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 645-651; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.4.645 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief Reports:

Jan Dudley, Allyson Johnston, Anne Gardner, and Mary McGraw

The deletion polymorphism of the ACE gene is not an independent risk factor for renal scarring in children with vesico-ureteric reflux
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 652-654; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.4.652 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Preliminary Communications:

Alfons Segarra, Josefa Vila, Leonor Pou, Joaquim Majó, Antonia Arbós, Teresa Quiles, and Luis L. Piera

Combined therapy of tacrolimus and corticosteroids in cyclosporin-resistant or -dependent idiopathic focal glomerulosclerosis: a preliminary uncontrolled study with prospective follow-up
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 655-662; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.4.655 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Jean-François Viallard, Stéphane Bonnet, Lionnel Couzi, Colette Deminière, Véronique Miossec, Patrick Mercié, Michel Aparicio, and Jean-Luc Pellegrin

Glomerulonephritis caused by Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans mimicking c-ANCA-positive vasculitis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 663-665; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.4.663 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Steve Holt, Edward Kingdon, Daniel Morganstein, and Paul Sweny

Simultaneous relapse of Graves' disease and minimal change glomerular disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 666-668; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.4.666 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Interesting Case:

Atsushi Komatsuda, Hirotaka Kimura, Yoshikazu Ichikawa, Hiroshi Ohtani, Hideki Wakui, and Hirokazu Imai

Nephrotic syndrome in a patient with renal amyloidosis due to polyangiitis overlap syndrome
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 669-671; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.4.669 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Points:

Bhavna K. Pandya, Simon P. Gibson, and Iain G. Robertson

Nephrotic syndrome in early pregnancy—is renal biopsy always necessary?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 672-674; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.4.672 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in Nephrology:

Barbara Thompson, Aine Burns, and Andrew Davenport

Recreational drug abuse in a dialysis patient
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 675-676; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.4.675 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nephroquiz:

Daniel Henriquez-Kries, Claudia Sommerer, Ralf Dikow, and Alexander Mandelbaum

Hypercalcaemia-induced renal failure—a mystery
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 677-678; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.4.677 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

N. Khoury, G. Minot, C. Vigneau, F. Vincent, Y. Allory, M. Tligui, P. Callard, E. Rondeau, and J. D. Sraer

An unusual presentation of renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 679-681; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.4.679 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letter and Replies:

V. Tsimihodimos, E. Bairaktari, M. Elisaf, Joanne M. Bargman, and Jennifer Lipscombe

Fibrate-induced increase in serum urea and creatinine levels
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 682; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.4.682 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Tatiana Yachnin, Adrian Iaina, Doron Schwartz, and Richard Nakache

The mother of an Alport's syndrome patient: a safe kidney donor?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 683-684; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.4.683 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jon D. Stratton and Paul Warwicker

Successful treatment of factor H-related haemolytic uraemic syndrome
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 684-685; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.4.684 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Chagriya Kitiyakara and Vichai Atichartakarn

Renal failure associated with a specific inhibitor of BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase, STI 571
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 685-687; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.4.685 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Einar Svarstad, Dieter Hultstrøm, Dag Jensen, Guttorm Jenssen, and Bjarne M. Iversen

Renal artery thrombosis with acute renal failure after withdrawal of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor: a case report
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 687-689; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.4.687 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anne-Elisabeth Heng, Christophe De Champs, Bertrand Souweine, Laurent Guy, Jacques Sirot, and Patrice Deteix

Campylobacter fetus bacteraemia in a renal graft recipient
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 689-690; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.4.689 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Costas Fourtounas

Evidence-based or stock market-driven nephrology?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 690-691; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.4.690 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Errata:

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. 17: 692; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.4.692 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcements:

Announcements
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 693-695; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.4.693 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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