Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Special Feature:

Tilman B. Drüeke and Norbert Lameire

Report from the Editorial Office
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1-6; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.1 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Comments:

Frank Breunig and Christoph Wanner

Enzyme replacement therapy for Fabry disease: proving the clinical benefit
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 7-9; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.7 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paul E. de Jong, Hans L. Hillege, Sara Joan Pinto-Sietsma, and Dick de Zeeuw

Screening for microalbuminuria in the general population: a tool to detect subjects at risk for progressive renal failure in an early phase?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 10-13; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.10 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Angela Gause

Progress in the treatment of rheumatic disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 13-16; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.13 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Menno P. Kooistra

Frequent prolonged home haemodialysis: three old concepts, one modern solution
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 16-18; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.16 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Zbylut J. Twardowski

PHD^®: the technological solution for daily haemodialysis?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 19-23; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.19 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Claudia Sommerer, Manfred Wiesel, Jochen Schweitzer-Rothers, Eberhard Ritz, and Martin Zeier

The living kidney donor: giving life, avoiding harm
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 23-26; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.23 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Invited Comment:

Xiong Z. Ruan, Zac Varghese, and John F. Moorhead

Inflammation modifies lipid-mediated renal injury
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 27-32; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.27 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rapid Communications:

Gert De Schoenmakere, Dominique Chauveau, and Jean-Pierre Grünfeld

Enzyme replacement therapy in Anderson–Fabry's disease: beneficial clinical effect on vital organ function
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 33-35; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.33 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

Joseph C. K. Leung, Sydney C. W. Tang, Loretta Y. Y. Chan, Anita W. L. Tsang, Hui Yao Lan, and Kar Neng Lai

Polymeric IgA increases the synthesis of macrophage migration inhibitory factor by human mesangial cells in IgA nephropathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 36-45; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.36 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kalisha D. O'Neill, Neal X. Chen, Mu Wang, Ross Cocklin, Yilong Zhang, and Sharon M. Moe

Cellular uptake of ß₂M and AGE-ß₂M in synovial fibroblasts and macrophages
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 46-53; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.46 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Balazs Antus, Peter Hamar, Gabor Kokeny, Zoltan Szollosi, Istvan Mucsi, Zoltan Nemes, and Laszlo Rosivall

Estradiol is nephroprotective in the rat remnant kidney
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 54-61; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.54 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stephan R. Orth, Giulio Odoni, Henryk Karkoszka, Hiroaki Ogata, Christiane Viedt, Kerstin Amann, Paolo Ferrari, and Eberhard Ritz

Combination treatment with an ET_A-receptor blocker and an ACE inhibitor is not superior to the respective monotherapies in attenuating chronic transplant vasculopathy in different aorta allotransplantation rat models
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 62-69; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.62 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Annika Wernerson, Fredrik Dunér, Erna Pettersson, Silwa Mengarelli Widholm, Ulla Berg, Vesa Ruotsalainen, Karl Tryggvason, Kjell Hultenby, and Magnus Söderberg

Altered ultrastructural distribution of nephrin in minimal change nephrotic syndrome
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 70-76; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.70 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bjørn O. Eriksen, Kristel R. S. Hoff, and Steinar Solberg

Prediction of acute renal failure after cardiac surgery: retrospective cross-validation of a clinical algorithm
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 77-81; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.77 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. Michael Fored, Elisabeth Ejerblad, Jon P. Fryzek, Mats Lambe, Per Lindblad, Olof Nyrén, and Carl-Gustaf Elinder

Socio-economic status and chronic renal failure: a population-based case-control study in Sweden
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 82-88; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.82 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Fernando Valderrábano, Walter H. Hörl, Iain C. Macdougall, Jérôme Rossert, Boleslaw Rutkowski, and Jean-Pierre Wauters

PRE-dialysis survey on anaemia management
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 89-100; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.89 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maria Ayako Kamimura, Carla Maria Avesani, Miguel Cendoroglo, Maria Eugênia Fernandes Canziani, Sérgio Antônio Draibe, and Lilian Cuppari

Comparison of skinfold thicknesses and bioelectrical impedance analysis with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry for the assessment of body fat in patients on long-term haemodialysis therapy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 101-105; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.101 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Beatriu Bayés, M. Cruz Pastor, Jordi Bonal, Jordi Juncà, José M. Hernandez, Nadal Riutort, Andreu Foraster, and Ramón Romero

Homocysteine, C-reactive protein, lipid peroxidation and mortality in haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 106-112; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.106 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Aikaterini Papagianni, Michalis Kalovoulos, Dimitrios Kirmizis, Andreas Vainas, Anna-Maria Belechri, Efstathios Alexopoulos, and Dimitrios Memmos

Carotid atherosclerosis is associated with inflammation and endothelial cell adhesion molecules in chronic haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 113-119; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.113 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Miguel Moyses Neto, José Abrão Cardeal da Costa, Norberto Garcia-Cairasco, Joaquim Coutinho Netto, Beatriz Nakagawa, and Marcio Dantas

Intoxication by star fruit (Averrhoa carambola) in 32 uraemic patients: treatment and outcome
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 120-125; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.120 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eduard A. Iliescu, Helen Coo, Margo H. McMurray, Carol L. Meers, Margo M. Quinn, Michael A. Singer, and Wilma M. Hopman

Quality of sleep and health-related quality of life in haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 126-132; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.126 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Angela C. Cooper, Cormac P. Breen, Beejal Vyas, Josephine Ochola, David M. Kemeny, and Iain C. Macdougall

Poor response to recombinant erythropoietin is associated with loss of T-lymphocyte CD28 expression and altered interleukin-10 production
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 133-140; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.133 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Donald S. Silverberg, Dov Wexler, Miriam Blum, Joseph Z. Tchebiner, David Sheps, Gad Keren, Doron Schwartz, Ron Baruch, Tatyana Yachnin, Meital Shaked, Idit Schwartz, Shoshanna Steinbruch, and Adrian Iaina

The effect of correction of anaemia in diabetics and non-diabetics with severe resistant congestive heart failure and chronic renal failure by subcutaneous erythropoietin and intravenous iron
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 141-146; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.141 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Donal N. Reddan, Diane L. Frankenfield, Preston S. Klassen, Joseph A. Coladonato, Lynda Szczech, Curtis A. Johnson, Anatole Besarab, Michael Rocco, William McClellan, Jay Wish, and William F. Owen, Jr

Regional variability in anaemia management and haemoglobin in the US
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 147-152; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.147 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ziad A. Massy, Didier Borderie, Thao Nguyen-Khoa, Tilman B. Drüeke, Ohvanesse G. Ekindjian, and Bernard Lacour

Increased plasma S-nitrosothiol levels in chronic haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 153-157; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.153 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kwok W. Mui, Willem J. van Son, Anton T. M. G. Tiebosch, Harry van Goor, and Winston W. Bakker

Clinical relevance of immunohistochemical staining for ecto-AMPase and ecto-ATPase in chronic allograft nephropathy (CAN)
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 158-163; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.158 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jayant T. Mathew, Madhumathi Rao, Victoria Job, Selvakumar Ratnaswamy, and Chakko K. Jacob

Post-transplant hyperglycaemia: a study of risk factors
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 164-171; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.164 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kevin C. Mange, Marshall M. Joffe, and Harold I. Feldman

Dialysis prior to living donor kidney transplantation and rates of acute rejection
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 172-177; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.172 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief Reports:

Takao Masaki, Fiona Chow, David J. Nikolic-Paterson, Robert C. Atkins, and Gregory H. Tesch

Heterogeneity of antigen expression explains controversy over glomerular macrophage accumulation in mouse glomerulonephritis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 178-181; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.178 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kai-Chung Tse, Kwok-Wah Chan, Vicky Pui-Chi Tin, Pok-Siu Yip, Sydney Tang, Fu-Keung Li, Yiu-Wing Ho, Kar-Neng Lai, and Tak-Mao Chan

Clinical features and genetic analysis of a Chinese kindred with Fabry's disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 182-186; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.182 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Laurie Tomlinson, Yuri Boriskin, Iain McPhee, Stephen Holwill, and Philip Rice

Acute cytomegalovirus infection complicated by collapsing glomerulopathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 187-189; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.187 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maurizio Li Vecchi, Paola Cianfrone, Rocco Damiano, and Giorgio Fuiano

Infertility in adults with polycystic kidney disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 190-191; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.190 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jens Titze, Markus Schneider, Holger Krause, Johannes Jacobi, Manfred Stolte, Reinhold P. Linke, and Harald D. Rupprecht

Diarrhea, nephrotic syndrome and hidradenitis suppurativa: an unusual case
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 192-194; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.192 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alexander Imhof, Marco Maggiorini, Reinhard Zbinden, and Roland B. Walter

Fatal necrotizing fasciitis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae after renal transplantation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 195-197; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.195 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Interesting Case:

Haralampos J. Milionis, George Dimos, and Moses S. Elisaf

Severe hyperkalaemia in association with diabetic ketoacidosis in a patient presenting with severe generalized muscle weakness
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 198-200; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.198 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Points:

Angel Argilés, Jean-Marc Frapier, Ronan Lorho, Marie-Françoise Servel, Valérie Garrigue, Sebastien Canet, Guillaume Chong, Bernard Albat, and Georges Mourad

Life-threatening vascular complications of severe hyperphosphataemia
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 201-205; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.201 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Giorgina Barbara Piccoli, Elisabetta Mezza, Alberto Jeantet, and Giuseppe Paolo Segoloni

An uncommon genetic syndrome with acute renal failure in a 30-year-old diabetic patient
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 206-208; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.206 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nephroquiz:

Bastian Dehmel, Wolfgang Schneider, Ralph Kettritz, and Friedrich C. Luft

Not so acute renal failure with crystals in the urine
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 209-211; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.209 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in Nephrology:

Giovanni B. Fogazzi, Mariadele Cantù, Lucia Saglimbeni, and Michel Daudon

Amoxycillin, a rare but possible cause of crystalluria
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 212-214; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.212 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters and Replies:

Martine Cohen-Solal and Marie-Christine de Vernejoul

Reply
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 216; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.216 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Massimo Sabbatini

Reply
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 217; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.217-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Martin G. Zeier

Reply
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 218; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.218 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marc E. De Broe and Patrick C. D'Haese

Strontium and osteomalacia in renal failure patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 215-216; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.215 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Manveer Bhatia and Dipankar Bhowmik

Restless leg syndrome in maintenance haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 217; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.217 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kathrin Hochegger, Gert J. Mayer, and Alexander R. Rosenkranz

Is HIV infection a contraindication for kidney transplantation?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 217-218; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.217-b [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Enrico Fiaccadori, Umberto Maggiore, Carlo Rotelli, Roberto Giacosa, Diego Ardissino, Giuseppe De Palma, Enrico Bergamaschi, and Antonio Mutti

Acute renal and hepatic failure due to accidental percutaneous absorption of 1,2-dichlorpropane contained in a commercial paint fixative
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 219-220; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.219 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mahendran Chetty, Pralay Sarkar, Ashutosh Aggarwal, and Vinay Sakhuja

Carbamazepine poisoning: treatment with haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 220-221; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.220 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Charles H. Beerenhout, Jeroen P. Kooman, Frank M. van der Sande, Chris Hackeng, and Karel M.L. Leunissen

C-reactive protein levels in dialysis patients are highly variable and strongly related to co-morbidity
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 221; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.221 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alexander R. Novotny, Robert B. Brauer, Richard Brandl, Edouard Matevossian, and Manfred J. Stangl

Posterior fossa stroke during cardiopulmonary resuscitation secondary to haemodialysis arterio-venous fistula
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 221-223; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.221-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Colin C. Geddes, Marion Houston, Lynne Pediani, Angela Munday, and Y. Mun Woo

Excess interdialytic sodium intake is not always dietary
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 223; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.223 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shivalli Jain, Liz Cropper, and Peter Rutherford

Chylous ascites due to bile duct tumour in a patient receiving automated peritoneal dialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 224; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.224 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcements:

Announcements
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 225-227; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.225 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Acknowledgement:

Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 228-236; doi:10.1093/ndt/18.1.228 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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