Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Fernando Valderrabano Memorial Lecture:

Claudio Ponticelli

Renal transplantation 2004: where do we stand today?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2937-2947; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh511 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Comments:

Hans-Joachim Anders, Volker Vielhauer, and Detlef Schlöndorff

Current paradigms about chemokines as therapeutic targets
NDT Advance Access published on October 12, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2948-2951; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh497 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Danilo Fliser, Kirsten de Groot, Ferdinand Hermann Bahlmann, and Hermann Haller

Cardiovascular disease in renal patients—a matter of stem cells?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2952-2954; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh577 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stéphane Richard, Rosette Lidereau, and Sophie Giraud on behalf of the French inherited kidney tumours consortium

The growing family of hereditary renal cell carcinoma
NDT Advance Access published on October 26, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2954-2958; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh535 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Charles A. Herzog

Don't forget the defibrillator in the dialysis unit
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2959-2960; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh516 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ben Challacombe and Nizam Mamode

Laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy
NDT Advance Access published on October 12, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2961-2964; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh510 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Review:

Muriel P. C. Grooteman and Menso J. Nubé

Impact of the type of dialyser on the clinical outcome in chronic haemodialysis patients: does it really matter?
NDT Advance Access published on October 26, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2965-2970; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh502 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dialysis and Transplantation News:

Gabriel Mircescu, Dimitrie Capsa, Maria Covic, Mirela Gherman Caprioara, Gheorghe Gluhovschi, Ovidiu Golea, Nicolae Ursea, Liliana Gârneata, Vasile Cepoi, Nicolae Constantinovici, and Adrian Covic for the Romanian Renal Registry

Nephrology and renal replacement therapy in Romania—transition still continues (Cinderella story revisited)
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2971-2980; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh501 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

Young Ki Lee, Taegun Kwon, Dae Joong Kim, Wooseong Huh, Yoon-Goo Kim, Ha-Young Oh, and Hirashi Kawachi

Ultrastructural study on nephrin expression in experimental puromycin aminonucleoside nephrosis
NDT Advance Access published on September 22, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2981-2986; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh489 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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

Macrophages in streptozotocin-induced diabetic nephropathy: potential role in renal fibrosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2987-2996; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh441 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Masato Isome, Hidehiko Fujinaka, Laxman P. Adhikary, Pavel Kovalenko, Adel G. Ahmed El-Shemi, Yutaka Yoshida, Eishin Yaoita, Toshiyuki Takeishi, Motohiro Takeya, Makoto Naito, Hitoshi Suzuki, and Tadashi Yamamoto

Important role for macrophages in induction of crescentic anti-GBM glomerulonephritis in WKY rats
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2997-3004; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh558 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrzej Breborowicz, Janusz Witowski, Alicja Polubinska, Malgorzata Pyda, and Dimitrios Oreopoulos

L-2-Oxothiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid reduces in vitro cytotoxicity of glucose degradation products
NDT Advance Access published on October 26, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3005-3011; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh539 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Qiuling Fan, Jie Liao, Michimasa Kobayashi, Michifumi Yamashita, Leyi Gu, Tomohito Gohda, Yusuke Suzuki, Li Ning Wang, Satoshi Horikoshi, and Yasuhiko Tomino

Candesartan reduced advanced glycation end-products accumulation and diminished nitro-oxidative stress in type 2 diabetic KK/Ta mice
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3012-3020; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh499 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yael Segev, Renanah Eshet, Inessa Rivkis, Chen Hayat, Leonid Kachko, Moshe Phillip, and Daniel Landau

Comparison between somatostatin analogues and ACE inhibitor in the NOD mouse model of diabetic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on October 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3021-3028; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh528 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Chatlert Pongchaiyakul, Somnuek Domrongkitchaiporn, Wasana Stitchantrakul, La-or Chailurkit, and Rajata Rajatanavin

Incomplete renal tubular acidosis and bone mineral density: a population survey in an area of endemic renal tubular acidosis
NDT Advance Access published on October 12, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3029-3033; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh534 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Frédéric Evrard, Mariana Pinto da Cunha, Michel Lambert, and Olivier Devuyst

Impaired osmoregulation in anorexia nervosa: a case–control study
NDT Advance Access published on October 12, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3034-3039; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh507 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ivan Rychlík, Eva Jancová, Vladimír Tesar, Alexander Kolsky, Jirí Lácha, Josef Stejskal, Alena Stejskalová, Jirí Dusek, and Vladimír Herout on behalf of the Czech Registry of Renal Biopsies

The Czech registry of renal biopsies. Occurrence of renal diseases in the years 1994–2000
NDT Advance Access published on October 26, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3040-3049; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh521 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lea Novak, William J. Cook, Guillermo A. Herrera, and Paul W. Sanders

AL-amyloidosis is underdiagnosed in renal biopsies
NDT Advance Access published on October 26, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3050-3053; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh503 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dario Roccatello, Simone Baldovino, Daniela Rossi, Morteza Mansouri, Carla Naretto, Mariella Gennaro, Roberto Cavallo, Mirella Alpa, Piera Costanzo, Osvaldo Giachino, Gianna Mazzucco, and Luigi Massimino Sena

Long-term effects of anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody treatment of cryoglobulinaemic glomerulonephritis
NDT Advance Access published on October 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3054-3061; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh469 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Neill Duncan, Ajay Dhaygude, Jane Owen, Thomas D. H. Cairns, Megan Griffith, Adam G. McLean, Andrew Palmer, and David Taube

Treatment of focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis in adults with tacrolimus monotherapy
NDT Advance Access published on October 26, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3062-3067; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh536 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eva M. Weissinger, Thorsten Kaiser, Natalie Meert, Rita De Smet, Michael Walden, Harald Mischak, and Raymond C. Vanholder for the European Uremic Toxin Work Group

Proteomics: a novel tool to unravel the patho-physiology of uraemia
NDT Advance Access published on October 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3068-3077; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh509 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Simon J. Steddon, Christopher W. McIntyre, Neil J. Schroeder, Jacky M. Burrin, and John Cunningham

Impaired release of interleukin-6 from human osteoblastic cells in the uraemic milieu
NDT Advance Access published on October 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3078-3083; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh491 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maria Antonia Alvarez-Lara, Julia Carracedo, Rafael Ramírez, Alejandro Martín-Malo, Mariano Rodríguez, Juan Antonio Madueño, and Pedro Aljama

The imbalance in the ratio of Th1 and Th2 helper lymphocytes in uraemia is mediated by an increased apoptosis of Th1 subset
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3084-3090; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh382 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carla Maria Avesani, Sergio Antonio Draibe, Maria Ayako Kamimura, Maria Aparecida Dalboni, Fernando Antonio Basile Colugnati, and Lilian Cuppari

Decreased resting energy expenditure in non-dialysed chronic kidney disease patients
NDT Advance Access published on October 26, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3091-3097; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh547 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Charmaine E. Lok, Matthew J. Oliver, Deanna M. Rothwell, and Janet E. Hux

The growing volume of diabetes-related dialysis: a population based study
NDT Advance Access published on October 26, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3098-3103; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh540 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hendrik Koller, Kathrin Hochegger, Gerhard J. Zlabinger, Karl Lhotta, Gert Mayer, and Alexander R. Rosenkranz

Apoptosis of human polymorphonuclear neutrophils accelerated by dialysis membranes via the activation of the complement system
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3104-3111; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh500 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marcelo M. Nascimento, Mohamed E. Suliman, Annette Bruchfeld, Shirley Y. Hayashi, Roberto C. Manfro, Abdul Rashid Qureshi, Roberto Pecoits-Filho, Maria A. Pachaly, Luciana Renner, Peter Stenvinkel, Miguel C. Riella, and Bengt Lindholm

The influence of hepatitis C and iron replacement therapy on plasma pentosidine levels in haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on October 5, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3112-3116; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh508 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hae Hyuk Jung, Kyung Ran Ma, and Heon Han

Elevated concentrations of cardiac troponins are associated with severe coronary artery calcification in asymptomatic haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on November 16, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3117-3123; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh488 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Catherine Blake and Yvonne M. O'Meara

Subjective and objective physical limitations in high-functioning renal dialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on October 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3124-3129; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh538 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Seppo Ojanen, Vesa Virtanen, Tiit Kööbi, Jukka Mustonen, and Amos Pasternack

The effect of isolated ultrafiltration on Doppler-derived indices of left ventricular diastolic function
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3130-3136; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh498 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ali Ihsan Gunal, Goksel Ozalp, Tahir Kurtulus Yoldas, Servin Yesil Gunal, Ercan Kirciman, and Huseyin Celiker

Gabapentin therapy for pruritus in haemodialysis patients: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3137-3139; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh496 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Thierry Lobbedez, Michael Gardam, Helen Dedier, Dorothy Burdzy, Maggie Chu, Sharon Izatt, Joanne M. Bargman, Sarbjit V. Jassal, Stephen Vas, James Brunton, and Dimitrios G. Oreopoulos

Routine use of mupirocin at the peritoneal catheter exit site and mupirocin resistance: still low after 7 years
NDT Advance Access published on October 5, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3140-3143; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh494 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Janet A. Butler, Robert C. Peveler, Paul Roderick, Peter W. F. Smith, Robert Horne, and Juan C. Mason

Modifiable risk factors for non-adherence to immunosuppressants in renal transplant recipients: a cross-sectional study
NDT Advance Access published on October 12, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3144-3149; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh505 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief Reports:

Sigrid Tinschert, Nico Ruf, Ilenia Bernascone, Kai Sacherer, Giuseppe Lamorte, Hans-Hellmut Neumayer, Peter Nürnberg, Friedrich C. Luft, and Luca Rampoldi

Functional consequences of a novel uromodulin mutation in a family with familial juvenile hyperuricaemic nephropathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3150-3154; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh524 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jose Iglesias, Vivette D. D'Agati, and Jerrold S. Levine

Acute glomerulonephritis occurring during immunoadsorption with staphylococcal protein A column (Prosorba®)
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3155-3159; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh525 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gareth Jones, Maciej Juszczak, Edward Kingdon, Mark Harber, Paul Sweny, and Aine Burns

Treatment of idiopathic membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis with mycophenolate mofetil and steroids
NDT Advance Access published on October 12, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3160-3164; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh526 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Biruh Workeneh, Arun Balakumaran, Daniel G. Bichet, and William E. Mitch

The dilemma of diagnosing the cause of hypernatraemia: drinking habits vs diabetes insipidus
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3165-3167; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh479 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nicola Gittins, Anna Basu, Janet Eyre, Anil Gholkar, and Nadeem Moghal

Cerebral vasculitis in a teenager with Goodpasture's syndrome
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3168-3171; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh448 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andreas Pasch, Julia Hoefele, Herbert Grimminger, Hans-Walter Hacker, and Friedhelm Hildebrandt

Multiple urinary tract malformations with likely recessive inheritance in a large Somalian kindred
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3172-3175; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh514 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Roal van Zyl-Smit, Jean C. Firth, Maureen Duffield, and A. David Marais

Renal tubular toxicity of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3176-3179; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh474 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vin-Cent Wu, Po-Ren Hsueh, Wei-Chou Lin, Jenq-Wen Huang, Hung-Bin Tsai, Yung-Ming Chen, and Kwan-Dun Wu The SARS Research Group of the National Taiwan University College of Medicine and National Taiwan University Hospital

Acute renal failure in SARS patients: more than rhabdomyolysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3180-3182; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh436 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hilde Vanbelleghem, Wim Terryn, Leen Van Leuven, Daniel Van Caesbroeck, Pieter Demetter, and Norbert Lameire

A dramatic case of calciphylaxis 20 years after kidney transplantation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3183-3185; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh442 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ajay Gupta, Brian K. Shenton, Muhammed A. Gok, Colin Wilson, John Asher, Geoff Hide, Bridget Wilkins, and David Talbot

Plasma cell myeloma variant of post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder in a solid organ transplant recipient: a case report
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3186-3189; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh433 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Points:

Ismail Islek, Tuncer Degim, Cemal Akay, Ali Türkay, and Tekin Akpolat

Charcoal haemoperfusion in a child with amitriptyline poisoning
NDT Advance Access published on August 24, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3190-3191; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh232 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nephroquiz:

Sophie Georgin-Lavialle, Hassane Izzedine, Vincent Launay-Vacher, Benoît Barrou, Thierry Petitclerc, and Gilbert Deray

Why is a shrunken bladder and a nephrotic kidney an expression of the same disease?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3193-3195; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh389 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Giorgina Barbara Piccoli, Elisabetta Mezza, Manuel Burdese, Massimo Terzolo, Giorgio Grassi, Francesca Bermond, Giorgio Soragna, Massimo Gai, Franco Dani, Alberto Jeantet, Giuseppe Paolo Segoloni, and Giuseppe Piccoli

Progression of renal failure without proteinuria in a patient with type 1 diabetes
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3197-3199; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh251 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in Nephrology:

Veerle Verjans, Jo Peluso, Raymond Oyen, and Bart Maes

Magnetic resonance imaging of non-tropical chyluria due to distal thoracic duct obstruction
NDT Advance Access published on August 24, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3200-3201; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh356 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Einar Svarstad, Bjarne M. Iversen, and Leif Bostad

Bedside stereomicroscopy of renal biopsies may lead to a rapid diagnosis of Fabry's disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3202-3203; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh395 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters and Replies:

Judith Dasselaar, Roel Huisman, and Casper Franssen

The haemodynamic response to submaximal exercise during isovolaemic haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3204; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh518 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ken Farrington, Anindya Banerjee, and Chiew Kong

Reply
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3204-3205; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh519 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tomasz Stompór, Mieczyslaw Pasowicz, Wladyslaw Sulowicz, Aldona Dembinska-Kiec, and Wieslawa Tracz

Trends in coronary artery calcification in peritoneal dialysis and transplant patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3205-3206; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh522 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sharon M. Moe

Reply
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3206; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh523 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Lars Pape, Michael Mengel, Gisela Offner, and Jochen H.H. Ehrich

Cyclosporin A-induced remission of primary membranous glomerulonephritis in a child
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3207; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh513 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alexandre Braga Libório, Regina C.R.M. Abdulkader, and Luis Yu

Timing of acute renal failure in multiple myeloma: two distinct outcomes?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3207-3208; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh537 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Congress Report:

Tilman B. Drüeke

Seventh Symposium of the Japan/France Nephrology Exchange Association, Brussels, Belgium, 11–12 June 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3209; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh598 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Errata:

Daniel Ackermann, Bruno Vogt, Mathias Gugger, and Hans-Peter Marti

Renal haemosiderosis: an unusual presentation of acute renal failure in a patient following heart valve prosthesis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3210; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh607 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcements:

Announcements
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 3211-3213. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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