Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Editorial Comments:

Holger Schmid, Clemens D. Cohen, Anna Henger, Detlef Schlöndorff, and Matthias Kretzler

Gene expression analysis in renal biopsies
NDT Advance Access published on March 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1347-1351; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh181 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sei Sasaki

Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus: update of genetic and clinical aspects
NDT Advance Access published on March 5, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1351-1353; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh172 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter J. Blankestijn

Sympathetic hyperactivity in chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on April 6, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1354-1357; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh242 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jeremy B. Levy, E. Joanna Chambers, and Edwina A. Brown

Supportive care for the renal patient
NDT Advance Access published on March 5, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1357-1360; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh178 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bruno Hoen

Infective endocarditis: a frequent disease in dialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on March 5, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1360-1362; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh149 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jean-Pierre Wauters and Dominik Uehlinger

Non-medical factors influencing peritoneal dialysis utilization: the Swiss experience
NDT Advance Access published on February 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1363-1367; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh090 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Review:

Boye L. Jensen, Ulla G. Friis, Pernille B. Hansen, Ditte Andreasen, Torben Uhrenholt, Jeppe Schjerning, and Ole Skøtt

Voltage-dependent calcium channels in the renal microcirculation
NDT Advance Access published on March 5, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1368-1373; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh176 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Historical Notes:

Alexander Woywodt, Jens Bahlmann, Marion Haubitz, Hermann Haller, and Karl-Martin Koch

From the Prague Spring to a Chair in Nephrology in Germany: Jan Brod (1912–1985)
NDT Advance Access published on April 6, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1374-1377; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh087 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

Xiao Yang, Rengao Ye, Qingyu Kong, Qiongqiong Yang, Xiuqing Dong, and Xueqing Yu

CD40 is expressed on rat peritoneal mesothelial cells and upregulates ICAM-1 production
NDT Advance Access published on April 6, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1378-1384; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh144 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Björn Samnegård, Stefan H. Jacobson, Bo-Lennart Johansson, Karin Ekberg, Britta Isaksson, John Wahren, and Mats Sjöquist

C-peptide and captopril are equally effective in lowering glomerular hyperfiltration in diabetic rats
NDT Advance Access published on March 5, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1385-1391; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh163 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christian Delles, Arnfried U. Klingbeil, Markus P. Schneider, Renate Handrock, Tim Schäufele, and Roland E. Schmieder

The role of nitric oxide in the regulation of glomerular haemodynamics in humans
NDT Advance Access published on March 5, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1392-1397; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh187 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pietro E. G. Foglia, Alberto Bettinelli, Camillo Tosetto, Cinzia Cortesi, Laura Crosazzo, Alberto Edefonti, and Mario G. Bianchetti

Cardiac work up in primary renal hypokalaemia-hypomagnesaemia (Gitelman syndrome)
NDT Advance Access published on March 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1398-1402; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh204 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sven Weidner, Steffen Geuss, Syrus Hafezi-Rachti, Andrea Wonka, and Harald D. Rupprecht

ANCA-associated vasculitis with renal involvement: an outcome analysis
NDT Advance Access published on April 6, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1403-1411; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh161 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jan-Stephan F. Sanders, Harry van Goor, Roeland Hanemaaijer, Cees G. M. Kallenberg, and Coen A. Stegeman

Renal expression of matrix metalloproteinases in human ANCA-associated glomerulonephritis
NDT Advance Access published on March 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1412-1419; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh186 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrew Sharman, Peter Furness, and John Feehally

Distinguishing C1q nephropathy from lupus nephritis
NDT Advance Access published on March 5, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1420-1426; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh139 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ana Paula Bazilio, Vilma S. T. Viana, Rui Toledo, Viktoria Woronik, Eloisa Bonfá, and Renato C. Monteiro

FcRIIa polymorphism: a susceptibility factor for immune complex-mediated lupus nephritis in Brazilian patients
NDT Advance Access published on March 5, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1427-1431; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh121 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kim J. Pettersson-Fernholm, Carol M. Forsblom, Markus Perola, Johan A. Fagerudd, and Per-Henrik Groop

Dopamine D3 receptor gene polymorphisms, blood pressure and nephropathy in type 1 diabetic patients
NDT Advance Access published on March 5, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1432-1436; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh174 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kathryn E. White and Rudolf W. Bilous

Structural alterations to the podocyte are related to proteinuria in type 2 diabetic patients
NDT Advance Access published on February 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1437-1440; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh129 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nicholas Torpey, Tim Barker, and Calum Ross

Drug-induced tubulo-interstitial nephritis secondary to proton pump inhibitors: experience from a single UK renal unit
NDT Advance Access published on March 5, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1441-1446; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh137 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Toshiyuki Ohta, Takashi Sakano, Takashi Igarashi, Noritomo Itami, and Takahiko Ogawa

Exercise-induced acute renal failure associated with renal hypouricaemia: results of a questionnaire-based survey in Japan
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1447-1453; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh094 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Francesco G. Casino and Mark R. Marshall

Simple and accurate quantification of dialysis in acute renal failure patients during either urea non-steady state or treatment with irregular or continuous schedules
NDT Advance Access published on March 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1454-1466; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh218 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mariko Tamano, Hiroyuki Ohi, Sukemasa Sudo, and Yasuhiko Tomino

Quantitative polymorphism of complement receptor type 1 (CR1) in patients undergoing haemodialysis
NDT Advance Access published on April 6, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1467-1473; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh184 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yukiko Hasuike, Takeshi Nakanishi, Rintarou Moriguchi, Yoshinaga Otaki, Masayoshi Nanami, Yasue Hama, Miki Naka, Koji Miyagawa, Masaaki Izumi, and Yoshihiro Takamitsu

Accumulation of cyanide and thiocyanate in haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on February 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1474-1479; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh076 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teresa Adragao, Ana Pires, Carlos Lucas, Rita Birne, Luís Magalhaes, Margarida Gonçalves, and Acácio Pita Negrao

A simple vascular calcification score predicts cardiovascular risk in haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on March 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1480-1488; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh217 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Glenn M. Chertow, Paolo Raggi, Scott Chasan-Taber, Juergen Bommer, Herwig Holzer, and Steven K. Burke

Determinants of progressive vascular calcification in haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on April 21, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1489-1496; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh125 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shirley Yumi Hayashi, Lars-Åke Brodin, Anders Alvestrand, Britta Lind, Peter Stenvinkel, Marcelo Mazza do Nascimento, Abdul Rashid Qureshi, Samir Saha, Bengt Lindholm, and Astrid Seeberger

Improvement of cardiac function after haemodialysis. Quantitative evaluation by colour tissue velocity imaging
NDT Advance Access published on March 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1497-1506; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh205 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, Joel D. Kopple, Michael H. Humphreys, and Gladys Block

Comparing outcome predictability of markers of malnutrition–inflammation complex syndrome in haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on April 6, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1507-1519; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh143 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Graham J. Kemp, Alexander V. Crowe, Hameed K. I. Anijeet, Qiyong Y. Gong, William E. Bimson, Simon P. Frostick, J. Michael Bone, Gordon M. Bell, and J. Neil Roberts

Abnormal mitochondrial function and muscle wasting, but normal contractile efficiency, in haemodialysed patients studied non-invasively in vivo
NDT Advance Access published on March 5, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1520-1527; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh189 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anindya Banerjee, Chiew H. Kong, and Ken Farrington

The haemodynamic response to submaximal exercise during isovolaemic haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1528-1532; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh237 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jorden M. Veeneman, Hermi A. Kingma, Frans Stellaard, Paul E. de Jong, Dirk-Jan Reijngoud, and Roel M. Huisman

Comparison of amino acid oxidation and urea metabolism in haemodialysis patients during fasting and meal intake
NDT Advance Access published on April 6, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1533-1541; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh236 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maarten W. Taal, Lindsay J. Chesterton, and Christopher W. McIntyre

Venography at insertion of tunnelled internal jugular vein dialysis catheters reveals significant occult stenosis
NDT Advance Access published on March 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1542-1545; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh216 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michiel G. H. Betjes and Madelon van Agteren

Prevention of dialysis catheter-related sepsis with a citrate–taurolidine-containing lock solution
NDT Advance Access published on February 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1546-1551; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh014 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rolf Dario Frank, Vincent M. Brandenburg, Regina Lanzmich, and Jürgen Floege

Factor Xa-activated whole blood clotting time (Xa-ACT) for bedside monitoring of dalteparin anticoagulation during haemodialysis
NDT Advance Access published on March 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1552-1558; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh203 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Atul Aggarwal, Deborah A. Whitaker, Jeffrey M. Rimmer, Richard J. Solomon, F. John Gennari, Burton E. Sobel, and David J. Schneider

Attenuation of platelet reactivity by enoxaparin compared with unfractionated heparin in patients undergoing haemodialysis
NDT Advance Access published on March 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1559-1563; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh209 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Caterina Canavese, Daniela Bergamo, Giovannino Ciccone, Manuel Burdese, Emanuela Maddalena, Sara Barbieri, Alessandra Thea, and Fabrizio Fop

Low-dose continuous iron therapy leads to a positive iron balance and decreased serum transferrin levels in chronic haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on March 5, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1564-1570; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh136 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Glenn M. Chertow, Phillip D. Mason, Odd Vaage-Nilsen, and Jarl Ahlmén

On the relative safety of parenteral iron formulations
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1571-1575; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh185 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Beckie Michael, Daniel W. Coyne, Vaughn W. Folkert, Naomi V. Dahl, and David G. Warnock

Sodium ferric gluconate complex in haemodialysis patients: a prospective evaluation of long-term safety
NDT Advance Access published on March 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1576-1580; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh222 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mark Wright, Graham Woodrow, Siobahn O'Brien, Neil King, Louise Dye, John Blundell, Aleck Brownjohn, and John Turney

Polydipsia: a feature of peritoneal dialysis
NDT Advance Access published on April 6, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1581-1586; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh227 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carmen Sánchez, Fernando López-Barea, Jesús Sánchez-Cabezudo, Auxiliadora Bajo, Alberto Mate, Eugenia Martínez, and Rafael Selgas

Low vs standard calcium dialysate in peritoneal dialysis: differences in treatment, biochemistry and bone histomorphometry. A randomized multicentre study
NDT Advance Access published on April 6, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1587-1593; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh214 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jean-Blaise Wasserfallen, Georges Halabi, Patrick Saudan, Thomas Perneger, Harold I. Feldman, Pierre-Yves Martin, and Jean-Pierre Wauters

Quality of life on chronic dialysis: comparison between haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis
NDT Advance Access published on March 5, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1594-1599; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh175 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Annette Lennerling, Anna Forsberg, Käthe Meyer, and Gudrun Nyberg

Motives for becoming a living kidney donor
NDT Advance Access published on March 5, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1600-1605; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh138 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sonia Velez-Roa, Jolanta Neubauer, Martin Wissing, Alberto Porta, Virend K. Somers, Philippe Unger, and Philippe van de Borne

Acute arterio-venous fistula occlusion decreases sympathetic activity and improves baroreflex control in kidney transplanted patients
NDT Advance Access published on March 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1606-1612; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh124 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Khalid Farouk El-Dahshan, Mohamed Adel Bakr, Ahmed Farouk Donia, Ali El-Sayed Badr, and Mohamed Abdel-Kader Sobh

Co-administration of ketoconazole to tacrolimus-treated kidney transplant recipients: a prospective randomized study
NDT Advance Access published on March 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1613-1617; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh191 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief Reports:

Waclaw Weyde, Roman Badowski, Magdalena Krajewska, Jozef Penar, Krzysztof Moron, and Marian Klinger

Femoral and iliac vein stenoses after prolonged femoral vein catheter insertion
NDT Advance Access published on March 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1618-1621; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh192 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Giovanni M. Frascà, Letizia Soverini, Elena Tampieri, Guido Franceschini, Laura Calabresi, Livia Pisciotta, Paola Preda, Alba Vangelista, Sergio Stefoni, and Stefano Bertolini

A 33-year-old man with nephrotic syndrome and lecithin–cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) deficiency. Description of two new mutations in the LCAT gene
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1622-1624; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh179 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Oliver Jung, Tilmann Ditting, Hermann Josef Gröne, Helmut Geiger, and Ingeborg A. Hauser

Acute interstitial nephritis in a case of Ascaris lumbricoides infection
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1625-1628; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh183 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Adamasco Cupisti, Rossella Riccioni, Giovanni Carulli, Sabrina Paoletti, Adele Tognetti, Mario Meola, Francesco Francesca, Giuliano Barsotti, and Mario Petrini

Bilateral primary renal lymphoma treated by surgery and chemotherapy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1629-1633; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh250 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andre Werner Demant, Alexandra Schmiedel, Saila Maaria Simula, Burkhard Klein, Hans Ulrich Klehr, Tilman Sauerbruch, and Rainer Peter Woitas

High-risk dialysis: pregnancy in a patient with extended Stanford-B-aneurysm of the aorta and end-stage renal disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1634-1636; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh177 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Samual P. Sterrett, David Mercer, Jason Johanning, and Jean F. Botha

Salvage of renal allograft using venous thrombectomy in the setting of iliofemoral venous thrombosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1637-1639; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh228 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stefan Kukura, Ondrej Viklicky, Jirí Lácha, Ludek Voska, Eva Honsová, and Vladimír Teplan

Recurrence of sarcoidosis in renal allograft during pregnancy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1640-1642; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh197 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Interesting Case:

Andreas L. Birkenfeld, Maik Gollasch, Ursula Göbel, and Friedrich C. Luft

The phosphorus connection—a puzzling business
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1643-1645; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh252 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Points:

Thomas Fehr, Dieter R. Zimmermann, Rudolf P. Wüthrich, and Peter Ammann

A young renal transplant recipient with unexplained resting sinus tachycardia, hypertension and ß-blocker resistance
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1646-1649; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh134 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nephroquiz:

Grace Lai-Hung Wong, Kai Ming Chow, Angela Yee-Moon Wang, and Philip Kam-Tao Li

Anasarca secondary to problems in three organs: one man with three diseases?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1651-1653; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh224 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in Nephrology:

Irene Koneth, Dominik Weishaupt, and Esther B. Bachli

Persistent nephrogram after administration of an isoosmolar contrast medium
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1654-1655; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh157 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Iain Moore, Saeed Ahmed, John A. Sayer, and Michael K. Ward

Digital ischaemia in a renal transplant patient
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1656-1657; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh047 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters and Replies:

Yi Zhang, Mae Thamer, Kevin Stefanik, and Dennis J. Cotter

Does dose matter?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1658; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh233 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Francesco Locatelli, Ronald L. Pisoni, Friedrich K. Port, Harold I. Feldman, and Philip J. Held

Reply
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1658-1659; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh234 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nadica Ristoska-Bojkovska, Vladimir Nikolov, and Velibor Tasic

Vesicoureteral reflux and idiopathic hypercalciuria: an association by chance?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1659-1660; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh115 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Víctor García-Nieto

Reply
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1660; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh116 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Troels Ring

1-Hydroxy vitamin D3 and cardiovascular mortality
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1660-1661; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh195 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tetsuo Shoji

Reply
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1661; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh196 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Byoung Geun Han, Jang Young Kim, Jong Uk Choi, Seung Hwan Lee, and Seung Ok Choi

An acute renal failure patient successfully stented for bilateral renal artery occlusion with a distal embolism protection device
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1662-1663; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh220 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Frederic Jacobs and Francois G. Brivet

Conventional haemodialysis significantly lowers toxic levels of phenobarbital
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1663-1664; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh221 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Masaaki Nakayama, Kazunobu Yoshimura, Yukio Maruyama, Miwako Numata, Tatsuo Hosoya, and Giichi Izumi

Possible involvement of cross-linking advanced glycation endproducts in long-term CAPD peritoneal degeneration
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1664-1665; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh198 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Errata:

Francesco Locatelli, Ronald L. Pisoni, Christian Combe, Juergen Bommer, Vittorio E. Andreucci, Luis Piera, Roger Greenwood, Harold I. Feldman, Friedrich K. Port FK, and Philip J. Held

Anaemia in haemodialysis patients of five European countries: association with morbidity and mortality in the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS)
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1666; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh314 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcements:

Announcements
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