Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Editorial Comments:

Christian Hugo

The thrombospondin 1–TGF-ß axis in fibrotic renal disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1241-1245; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg159 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jan T. Kielstein, Stefanie M. Bode-Böger, Hermann Haller, and Danilo Fliser

Functional changes in the ageing kidney: is there a role for asymmetric dimethylarginine?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1245-1248; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg183 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Abdulla K. Salahudeen

Is it really good to be fat on dialysis?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1248-1252; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg101 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stefan O. Schoenberg, Johannes Rieger, Lars O. Johannson, Olaf Dietrich, Michael Bock, Martin R. Prince, and Maximilian F. Reiser

Diagnosis of renal artery stenosis with magnetic resonance angiography: update 2003
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1252-1256; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg114 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Huub Schellekens

Immunogenicity of therapeutic proteins
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1257-1259; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg164 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Invited Comment:

Jürgen Floege

Recurrent glomerulonephritis following renal transplantation: an update
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1260-1265; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg102 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hypothesis:

Minhtri K. Nguyen and Ira Kurtz

Are the total exchangeable sodium, total exchangeable potassium and total body water the only determinants of the plasma water sodium concentration?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1266-1271; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg112 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Consensus Paper:

Francesco Locatelli, Bernard Canaud, Kai-Uwe Eckardt, Peter Stenvinkel, Christoph Wanner, and Carmine Zoccali

Oxidative stress in end-stage renal disease: an emerging threat to patient outcome
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1272-1280; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg074 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Historical Notes:

J. Stewart Cameron

Milk or albumin? The history of proteinuria before Richard Bright
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1281-1285; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg130 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

Darren J. Kelly, Claire Hepper, Leonard L. Wu, Alison J. Cox, and Richard E. Gilbert

Vascular endothelial growth factor expression and glomerular endothelial cell loss in the remnant kidney model
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1286-1292; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg176 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Itamar Raz, Isaiah Wexler, Ofra Weiss, Allan Flyvbjerg, Yael Segev, Ariella Rauchwerger, Gadi Raz, and Mogher Khamaisi

Role of insulin and the IGF system in renal hypertrophy in diabetic Psammomys obesus (sand rat)
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1293-1298; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg170 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gerrit Lesaffer, Rita De Smet, Frans M. Belpaire, Bruno Van Vlem, Marijn Van Hulle, Rita Cornelis, Norbert Lameire, and Raymond Vanholder

Urinary excretion of the uraemic toxin p-cresol in the rat: contribution of glucuronidation to its metabolization
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1299-1306; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg107 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ignace Mpio, Maurice Laville, Aoumeur Hadj-Aïssa, and Jean-Pierre Fauvel

Predicted creatinine clearance to evaluate glomerular filtration rate in black Caribbean subjects
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1307-1310; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg158 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Minoru Kuriki, Koichi Asahi, Kenichiro Asano, Kaoru Sakurai, Masaaki Eiro, Hodaka Suzuki, Kazuo Watanabe, Tetsuo Katoh, and Tsuyoshi Watanabe

Steroid therapy reduces mesangial matrix accumulation in advanced IgA nephropathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1311-1315; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg135 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kai-Chung Tse, Man-Fei Lam, Pok-Siu Yip, Fu-Keung Li, Bo-Ying Choy, Kar-Neng Lai, and Tak-Mao Chan

Idiopathic minimal change nephrotic syndrome in older adults: steroid responsiveness and pattern of relapses
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1316-1320; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg134 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

James A. Tumlin, Verachai Lohavichan, and Randy Hennigar

Crescentic, proliferative IgA nephropathy: clinical and histological response to methylprednisolone and intravenous cyclophosphamide
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1321-1329; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg081 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Fergus J. Caskey, Sarah Wordsworth, Thomas Ben, Frank T. de Charro, Catherine Delcroix, Vladimir Dobronravov, Henk van Hamersvelt, Iain Henderson, Elizabeth Kokolina, Izhar H. Khan, Anne Ludbrook, Merike Luman, Gordon J. Prescott, Dimitri Tsakiris, Myftar Barbullushi, and Alison M. MacLeod

Early referral and planned initiation of dialysis: what impact on quality of life?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1330-1338; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg156 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Abdulla K. Salahudeen, Paul Dykes, and Warren May

Risk factors for higher mortality at the highest levels of spKt/V in haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1339-1344; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg162 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Steven D. Weisbord, Sharon S. Carmody, Frank J. Bruns, Armando J. Rotondi, Lewis M. Cohen, Mark L. Zeidel, and Robert M. Arnold

Symptom burden, quality of life, advance care planning and the potential value of palliative care in severely ill haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1345-1352; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg105 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Claudia Barth, Walter Boer, Daniela Garzoni, Thomas Kuenzi, Wolfgang Ries, Ralf Schaefer, Daniel Schneditz, Theoharis Tsobanelis, Frank van der Sande, Ralf Wojke, Holger Schilling, and Jutta Passlick-Deetjen

Characteristics of hypotension-prone haemodialysis patients: is there a critical relative blood volume?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1353-1360; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg171 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stanislao Morgera, Daniela Klonower, Jens Rocktäschel, Michael Haase, Friedrich Priem, Sabine Ziemer, Brigitte Wegner, Hermann Göhl, and Hans-H. Neumayer

TNF- elimination with high cut-off haemofilters: a feasible clinical modality for septic patients?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1361-1369; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg115 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Markus Kosch, Andrea Levers, Manfred Fobker, Michael Barenbrock, Roland M. Schaefer, Karl-Heinz Rahn, and Martin Hausberg

Dialysis filter type determines the acute effect of haemodialysis on endothelial function and oxidative stress
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1370-1375; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg169 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Beata Naumnik, Jacek Borawski, and Michal Mysliwiec

Different effects of enoxaparin and unfractionated heparin on extrinsic blood coagulation during haemodialysis: a prospective study
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1376-1382; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg058 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Koen J. M. Van Hoeck, Esther Rusthoven, Linda Vermeylen, Annemie Vandesompel, Bart Marescau, Marc Lilien, and Cornelis H. Schroder

Nutritional effects of increasing dialysis dose by adding an icodextrin daytime dwell to Nocturnal Intermittent Peritoneal Dialysis (NIPD) in children
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1383-1387; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg120 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief Reports:

Miso Sabovic, Janez Lavre, and Bojan Vujkovac

Tranexamic acid is beneficial as adjunctive therapy in treating major upper gastrointestinal bleeding in dialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1388-1391; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg117 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Preliminary Communications:

Robyn G. Langham, Darren J. Kelly, Julie Maguire, John P. Dowling, Richard E. Gilbert, and Napier M. Thomson

Over-expression of platelet-derived growth factor in human diabetic nephropathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1392-1396; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg177 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Technical Note:

Patrick Wiese, Jochen Blume, Hans-Joachim Mueller, Hermann Renner, and and Barbara Nonnast-Daniel

Clinical and Doppler ultrasonography data of a polyurethane vascular access graft for haemodialysis: a prospective study
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1397-1400; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg168 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Points:

Gaëtan Clerbaux, Pierre Goffette, Yves Pirson, and Eric Goffin

Two kidney-transplant women with therapy-resistant hypertension: diagnostic error of a renal artery stenosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1401-1404; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg005 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nephroquiz:

Szu-Chun Hung, Sze-Hung Hung, Wu-Chang Yang, and Der-Cherng Tarng

Dialysis-resistant pulmonary oedema
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1406-1409; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg136 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in Nephrology:

Moufida Hachicha, Than Cao-Huu, Nelley Cordebar, Lionel Canard, and Michèle Kessler

Permanent catheter implantation via a persistent left superior vena cava
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1410-1411; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg077 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters and Replies:

Amit K. Ghosh

Challenges in taking care of patients on chronic haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1412; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg132 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kunitoshi Iseki and Masahiko Tozawa

Reply
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1412-1413; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg133 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jasna Slavicek and Lems Jerin

Liquid test and sudden death in dialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1413; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg091 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bernard Canaud

Reply
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1413-1414; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg179 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dragan Ljutic

Haemodialysis increases QTc interval but not QTc dispersion in ESRD patients without manifest cardiac disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1414; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg128 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Adrian Covic

Reply
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1414; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg129 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Colin C. Geddes and Y. Mun Woo

Once weekly administration of erythropoietin
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1415; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg153 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Iain C. Macdougall

Reply
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1415-1416; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg154 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yu-Min Lin

Does fasciotomy hurt the patients with crush syndrome?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1416; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg124 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mehmet Sukru Sever, Ekrem Erek, Raymond Vanholder, Emel Akoglu, Mahmut Yavuz, Hulya Ergin, Funda Turkmen, Didem Korular, Mujdat Yenicesu, Dilaver Erbilgin, Heidi Hoeben, and Norbert Lameire

Reply
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1416-1417; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg125 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Stanley Shaldon

Frequent prolonged home haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1417; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg301 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Errata:

Hitomi Usui, Kenichi Shikata, Mitsuhiro Matsuda, Shinichi Okada, Daisuke Ogawa, Tetsuji Yamashita, Kazuyuki Hida, Minoru Satoh, Jun Wada, and Hirofumi Makino

HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor ameliorates diabetic nephropathy by its pleiotropic effects in rats
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1418; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg337 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcements:

Announcements
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1419-1421. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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