Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Editorial Comments:

Clifford E. Kashtan

Animal models of Alport syndrome
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1359-1362; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.8.1359 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vincent L. M. Esnault

Radiocontrast media-induced nephrotoxicity in patients with renal failure: rationale for a new double-blind, prospective, randomized trial testing calcium channel antagonists
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1362-1364; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.8.1362 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tilman B. Drüeke and Stephen G. Rostand

Progression of vascular calcification in uraemic patients: can it be stopped?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1365-1368; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.8.1365 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Volker Mickley

Central venous catheters: many questions, few answers
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1368-1373; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.8.1368 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nicholas G. Inston and Paul Cockwell

The evolving role of chemokines and their receptors in acute allograft rejection
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1374-1379; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.8.1374 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Annelies Avermaete, Peter Altmeyer, and Martina Bacharach-Buhles

Non-malignant skin changes in transplant patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1380-1383; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.8.1380 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Invited Comment:

Gabriele Schratzberger and Gert Mayer

Chronic allograft failure: a disease we don't understand and can't cure?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1384-1390; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.8.1384 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Historical Notes:

Charles Toussaint

Contribution of Paul Govaerts (1889–1960) to the understanding of oedema and proteinuria : The essential role of physiological knowledge in clinical medicine
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1391-1395; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.8.1391 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

Michael Freundlich, Evelyn Alonzo, Ezequiel Bellorin-Font, and Jose R. Weisinger

Reduced bone mass in children with idiopathic hypercalciuria and in their asymptomatic mothers
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1396-1401; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.8.1396 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Salvatore De Cosmo, Giuseppe Miscio, Luigi Zucaro, Maurizio Margaglione, Alessandra Argiolas, Stephen Thomas, Giampiero Piras, Roberto Trevisan, Paolo Cavallo Perin, Simonetta Bacci, Lucia Frittitta, Antonio Pizzuti, Vittorio Tassi, Giovanni Di Minno, Giancarlo Viberti, and Vincenzo Trischitta

The role of PC-1 and ACE genes in diabetic nephropathy in type 1 diabetic patients: evidence for a polygenic control of kidney disease progression
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1402-1407; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.8.1402 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter Jacobsen, Niels Grarup, Lise Tarnow, Hans-Henrik Parving, and Oluf Pedersen

PC-1 amino acid variant (K121Q) has no impact on progression of diabetic nephropathy in type 1 diabetic patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1408-1412; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.8.1408 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Steen Andersen, Peter Rossing, Tina R. Juhl, Jaap Deinum, and Hans-Henrik Parving

Optimal dose of losartan for renoprotection in diabetic nephropathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1413-1418; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.8.1413 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Chi-yuan Hsu and Glenn M. Chertow

Elevations of serum phosphorus and potassium in mild to moderate chronic renal insufficiency
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1419-1425; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.8.1419 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marcello Tonelli, John Gill, Sanjaya Pandeya, Clara Bohm, Adeera Levin, and Bryce A. Kiberd

Barriers to blood pressure control and angiotensin enzyme inhibitor use in Canadian patients with chronic renal insufficiency
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1426-1433; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.8.1426 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hans Strid, Magnus Simrén, Ann-Cathrine Johansson, Jan Svedlund, Ola Samuelsson, and Einar S. Björnsson

The prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with chronic renal failure is increased and associated with impaired psychological general well-being
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1434-1439; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.8.1434 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Giorgina Barbara Piccoli, Elisabetta Mezza, Patrizia Anania, Anna Maria Iadarola, Margherita Vischi, Maria Cristina Torazza, Fabrizio Fop, Cesare Guarena, Guido Martina, Maria Messina, Alberto Jeantet, Giuseppe Paolo Segoloni, and Giuseppe Piccoli

Patients on renal replacement therapy for 20 or more years: a clinical profile
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1440-1449; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.8.1440 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mar García-García, Georges Mourad, Merce Durfort, José García-Valero, and Angel Argilés

Vascular involvement and cell damage in experimental AA and clinical ß₂-microglobulin amyloidosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1450-1456; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.8.1450 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Masato Furuhashi, Nobuyuki Ura, Koichi Hasegawa, Hideaki Yoshida, Kazufumi Tsuchihashi, Tetsuji Miura, and Kazuaki Shimamoto

Sonoclot coagulation analysis: new bedside monitoring for determination of the appropriate heparin dose during haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1457-1462; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.8.1457 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Karin Moret, Daxenos Hassell, Jeroen P. Kooman, Frank van der Sande, Paul G. G. Gerlag, A. Warmold L. van den Wall Bake, Jarno van de Bogaart, and Karel M. L. Leunissen

Ionic mass balance and blood volume preservation during a high, standard, and individualized dialysate sodium concentration
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1463-1469; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.8.1463 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kenneth Scott Brimble, Joye St Onge, Darin J. Treleaven, and Euan J. Carlisle

Comparison of volume of blood processed on haemodialysis adequacy measurement sessions vs regular non-adequacy sessions
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1470-1474; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.8.1470 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael Külz, Bernd Nederlof, and Hans Schneider

In vitro and in vivo evaluation of a new dialyzer
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1475-1479; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.8.1475 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Roberto Pecoits-Filho, Maria Regina T. Araújo, Bengt Lindholm, Peter Stenvinkel, Hugo Abensur, João Egidio Romão, Jr, Marcelo Marcondes, André H. Freiria de Oliveira, and Irene L. Noronha

Plasma and dialysate IL-6 and VEGF concentrations are associated with high peritoneal solute transport rate
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1480-1486; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.8.1480 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kaj Jørgensen, Johan Povlsen, Søren Madsen, Melvin Madsen, Hans Hansen, Asger Pedersen, Else-Marie Heinsvig, and Jørgen Poulsen

C2 (2-h) levels are not superior to trough levels as estimates of the area under the curve in tacrolimus-treated renal-transplant patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1487-1490; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.8.1487 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clemens Grupp, Ulf Hemprich, Henrike John, Felix Braun, Thomas Lorf, Victor W. Armstrong, Burkhart Sattler, Burkhardt Ringe, and Gerhard A. Müller

Lectin staining for urine cytologic monitoring after kidney transplantation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1491-1496; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.8.1491 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marie Omnell Persson, Nils H. Persson, Ragnar Källén, Henrik Ekberg, and Göran Hermerén

Kidneys from marginal donors: views of patients on informed consent
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1497-1502; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.8.1497 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Martin Haas, Georg A. Böhmig, Zdenka Leko-Mohr, Markus Exner, Heinz Regele, Kurt Derfler, Walter H. Hörl, and Wilfred Druml

Peri-operative immunoadsorption in sensitized renal transplant recipients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1503-1508; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.8.1503 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief Reports:

Gunter Wolf, Ulf Panzer, Sigrid Harendza, Ulrich Wenzel, and Rolf A. K. Stahl

No association between a genetic variant of the p22^phox component of NAD(P)H oxidase and the incidence and progression of IgA nephropathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1509-1512; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.8.1509 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Atsuhiro Ichihara, Matsuhiko Hayashi, Munekazu Ryuzaki, Michiko Handa, Tomohiro Furukawa, and Takao Saruta

Fluvastatin prevents development of arterial stiffness in haemodialysis patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1513-1517; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.8.1513 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Preliminary Reports:

Christopher Chan, John S. Floras, Judith A. Miller, and Andreas Pierratos

Improvement in ejection fraction by nocturnal haemodialysis in end-stage renal failure patients with coexisting heart failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1518-1521; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.8.1518 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Chung-Ho Yeum, Seong-Kwon Ma, Soo-Wan Kim, Nam-Ho Kim, Jin Kim, and Ki-Chul Choi

Incidental detection of an Anisakis larva in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis effluent
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1522-1523; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.8.1522 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cedric Edwards, Andrew House, Vahakn Shahinian, and Greg Knoll

Sirolimus-based immunosuppression for transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1524-1526; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.8.1524 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nephroquiz:

Ilanit Z. Hené, Roel Goldschmeding, and Ronald J. Hené

Headache and a syndrome of bilateral hydronephrosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1527-1529; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.8.1527 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Points:

Michael Imgrund, Rolf Rohrbach, Mehmet-Ozer Oksüz, and Wolfgang Grotz

Unusual course of nephrotic syndrome associated with atypical pneumonia
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1530-1532; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.8.1530 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Massimo Gai, Giorgina B. Piccoli, Alberto Jeantet, Giuseppe P. Segoloni, and Giacomo Lanfranco

About urinary erythrocyte dysmorphism
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1533; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.8.1533 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joshua E. Lowentritt, Marc J. Kahn, and Vecihi Batuman

Use of recombinant hirudin as an anticoagulant in plasmapheresis in a patient with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1533-1534; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.8.1533-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Giovanni B. Fogazzi, Milena Furione, Lucia Saglimbeni, Marta Gatti, Mariadele Cantù, and Antonio Tarantino

BK and JC polyomavirus infection in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1534-1536; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.8.1534 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marcello Beccari, Laura Rizzolo, Anna Ottolenghi, and Giuseppe Sorgato

Hepatitis C virus screening strategies in haemodialysis units
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1536-1537; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.8.1536 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hallvard Holdaas and Desmond Julian

The use of statins after solid organ transplantation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1537; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.8.1537 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Review:

Charles van Ypersele

Immunologic Renal Diseases. Second Edition. E. G. Neilson, W. G. Couser (editors), Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2001
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1538; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.8.1538 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Errata:

Daniel Schneditz, Zuoheng Fan, Allen Kaufman, and Nathan W. Levin

Stability of access resistance during haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1539; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.8.1539 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcements:

Announcements
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1540-1542; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.8.1540 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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