Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Editorial Comments:

Stephen Fava and Andrew T. Hattersley

The role of genetic susceptibility in diabetic nephropathy: evidence from family studies
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1543-1546; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.9.1543 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michel Marre

A KQ121 variant in the PC-1 gene and diabetic nephropathy: discrepant results between North and South Europe
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1546-1547; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.9.1546 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hans W. Hense, Wasim Maziak, and Jan Heidrich

Why is blood pressure control unsatisfactory—or is it?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1547-1550; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.9.1547 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Norbert Lameire, Wim Van Biesen, and Raymond Vanholder

Initiation of dialysis—is the problem solved by NECOSAD?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1550-1552; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.9.1550 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Masafumi Fukagawa, Junichiro J. Kazama, and Takashi Shigematsu

Management of patients with advanced secondary hyperparathyroidism: the Japanese approach
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1553-1557; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.9.1553 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Invited Comment:

Thomas Mettang, Christiane Pauli-Magnus, and Dominik Mark Alscher

Uraemic pruritus—new perspectives and insights from recent trials
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1558-1563; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.9.1558 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Child-Adult Interface:

Lesley Rees

Management of the infant with end-stage renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1564-1567; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.9.1564 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

Johannes Waiser, Kerstin Dell, Torsten Böhler, Ertan Dogu, Jens Gaedeke, Klemens Budde, and Hans-Hellmut Neumayer

Cyclosporine A up-regulates the expression of TGF-ß1 and its receptors type I and type II in rat mesangial cells
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1568-1577; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.9.1568 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Chunlong Huang, Chunhua Huang, Dominique Hestin, Paul C. Dent, Paul Barclay, Michael Collis, and Edward J. Johns

The effect of endothelin antagonists on renal ischaemia-reperfusion injury and the development of acute renal failure in the rat
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1578-1585; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.9.1578 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sawsan M. Jalalah, Ibrahim H. Alzahrani, and Peter N. Furness

Glomerular changes in microscopic haematuria, studied by quantitative immunoelectron microscopy and in situ zymography
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1586-1593; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.9.1586 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Francisco Rivera, Juan Manuel López-Gómez, and Rafael Pérez-García

Frequency of renal pathology in Spain 1994–1999
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1594-1602; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.9.1594 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bjørn Egil Vikse, Leif Bostad, Knut Aasarød, Dag Einar Lysebo, and Bjarne M. Iversen

Prognostic factors in mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1603-1613; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.9.1603 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dominik Müller, Joost G. J. Hoenderop, Rudi Vennekens, Paul Eggert, Ferenc Harangi, Károly Méhes, Victor Garcia-Nieto, Felix Claverie-Martin, Carel H. van Os, Bernd Nilius, and René J. M. Bindels

Epithelial Ca²⁺ channel (ECAC1) in autosomal dominant idiopathic hypercalciuria
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1614-1620; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.9.1614 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pierre-Yves Jungers, Christophe Robino, Gabriel Choukroun, Thao Nguyen-Khoa, Ziad A. Massy, and Paul Jungers

Incidence of anaemia, and use of epoetin therapy in pre-dialysis patients: a prospective study in 403 patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1621-1627; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.9.1621 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wybe D. Kloppenburg, Paul E. de Jong, and Roel M. Huisman

The contradiction of stable body mass despite low reported dietary energy intake in chronic haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1628-1633; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.9.1628 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Zoltán Szabó, György Kakuk, Tibor Fülöp, János Mátyus, József Balla, István Kárpáti, Attila Juhász, Csaba Kun, Zsolt Karányi, and István Lorincz

Effects of haemodialysis on maximum P wave duration and P wave dispersion
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1634-1638; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.9.1634 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shakil Aslam, Eli A. Friedman, and Onyekachi Ifudu

Electrocardiography is unreliable in detecting potentially lethal hyperkalaemia in haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1639-1642; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.9.1639 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christopher W. McIntyre, Vandhana Patel, Gail S. Taylor, and Richard J. Fluck

A prospective study of combination therapy for hyperphosphataemia with calcium-containing phosphate binders and sevelamer in hypercalcaemic haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1643-1648; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.9.1643 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Aroonrut Lucksiri, Meri K. Scott, Bruce A. Mueller, Richard J. Hamburger, and Kevin M. Sowinski

CAHP-210 dialyzer influence on intra-dialytic vancomycin removal
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1649-1654; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.9.1649 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Roel M. Huisman, Martin G. M. Nieuwenhuizen, and Frank Th. de Charro

Patient-related and centre-related factors influencing technique survival of peritoneal dialysis in The Netherlands
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1655-1660; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.9.1655 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mehmet Koc, Ahmet Toprak, Hakan Tezcan, Azra Bihorac, Emel Akoglu, and Ishak Cetin Ozener

Uncontrolled hypertension due to volume overload contributes to higher left ventricular mass index in CAPD patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1661-1666; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.9.1661 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bryan N. Becker, Yolanda T. Becker, Glen E. Leverson, and Dennis M. Heisey

Erythropoietin therapy may retard progression in chronic renal transplant dysfunction
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1667-1673; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.9.1667 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Didier Ducloux, Gérard Motte, Nhu Uyen Nguyen, Aboubakr Abdelfatah, Roger Gibey, and Jean-Marc Chalopin

Homocysteine, nutritional status and insulin in renal transplant recipients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1674-1677; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.9.1674 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Petr Boucek, Frantisek Saudek, Eva Pokorna, Stefan Vitko, Milos Adamec, Radomira Koznarova, and Vera Lanska

Kidney transplantation in type 2 diabetic patients: a comparison with matched non-diabetic subjects
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1678-1683; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.9.1678 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief Reports:

Roberto Pecoits-Filho, Peter Bárány, Bengt Lindholm, Olof Heimbürger, and Peter Stenvinkel

Interleukin-6 is an independent predictor of mortality in patients starting dialysis treatment
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1684-1688; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.9.1684 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Toshihiko Machiguchi, Tadao Tamura, and Haruyoshi Yoshida

Efficacy of haemodiafiltration treatment with PEPA dialysis membranes in plasma free light chain removal in a patient with primary amyloidosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1689-1691; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.9.1689 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kousuke Takehara, Masaharu Nishikido, Shigehiko Koga, Yasuyoshi Miyata, Takashi Harada, Naoe Tamaru, and Hiroshi Kanetake

Multifocal transitional cell carcinoma associated with renal cell carcinoma in a patient on long-term haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1692-1694; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.9.1692 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christopher F. Wong, Kottarathil A. Abraham, Anthony M. Dorman, and J. Joseph Walshe

Recurrence of familial interstitial nephritis following renal transplantation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1695-1697; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.9.1695 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Points:

Gunter Wolf and Rolf A. K. Stahl

A woman with increasing weakness of the legs and irregular heartbeat who took her husband's medication
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1698-1701; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.9.1698 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nephroquiz:

K.-U. Eckardt, R. Bittner, J.W. Dudenhausen, and U. Frei

Post-partum ‘acute renal failure’
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1703-1705; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.9.1703 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letter and Replies:

Antonio Vilches and Ralph Kettritz

Persistent macroscopic haematuria in thin membrane nephropathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1706; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.9.1706 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Bernard Canaud

Liquid test and sudden death in dialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1706-1707; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.9.1706-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dipankar Bhowmik and Suresh C. Tiwari

Late referral of patients with chronic renal insufficiency: do we nephrologists need to change our strategy?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1707; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.9.1707 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shozo Yano, Tatsuo Tsukamoto, Akira Kobayashi, Masahiro Murata, Shohei Nakanishi, Rikako Nomura, Hideaki Sowa, Masafumi Fukagawa, Toshitsugu Sugimoto, and Kazuo Chihara

Determination of parathyroid hormone levels in fine needle aspirates of ectopic parathyroid glands
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1707-1708; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.9.1707-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Roman Fiedler, Ingeborg Schneider, Joerg Buchmann, Bernd Osten, and Thomas Langer

Does peritoneal dialysis predispose a diabetic patient to icodextrin-induced peritonitis?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1708-1709; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.9.1708 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcements:

Announcements
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 17: 1710-1711; doi:10.1093/ndt/17.9.1710 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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