Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Editorial Comments:

Maurice Laville and Eric Alamartine

Treatment options for IgA nephropathy in adults: a proposal for evidence-based strategy
NDT Advance Access published on May 25, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1947-1951; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh309 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Francesco Santangelo, Véronique Witko-Sarsat, Tilman Drüeke, and Béatrice Descamps-Latscha

Restoring glutathione as a therapeutic strategy in chronic kidney disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1951-1955; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh266 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Patrick Wiese and Barbara Nonnast-Daniel

Colour Doppler ultrasound in dialysis access
NDT Advance Access published on June 15, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1956-1963; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh244 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Review:

Anthony D. Booth, Charles D. Pusey, and David R. Jayne

Renal vasculitis—an update in 2004
NDT Advance Access published on June 22, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1964-1968; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh318 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

Michele Carraro, Cristina Zennaro, Mary Artero, Giovanni Candiano, Gian Marco Ghiggeri, Luca Musante, Cristina Sirch, Maurizio Bruschi, and Luigi Faccini

The effect of proteinase inhibitors on glomerular albumin permeability induced in vitro by serum from patients with idiopathic focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
NDT Advance Access published on June 8, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1969-1975; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh343 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joseph C. K. Leung, Loretta Y. Y. Chan, Anita W. L. Tsang, Emily W. L. Liu, Man Fai Lam, Sydney C. W. Tang, and Kar Neng Lai

Anti-macrophage migration inhibitory factor reduces transforming growth factor-ß1 expression in experimental IgA nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on June 8, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1976-1985; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh323 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Aquiles Jara, Cecilia Chacón, Magdalena Ibaceta, Andres Valdivieso, and Arnold J. Felsenfeld

Effect of ammonium chloride and dietary phosphorus in the azotaemic rat. I. Renal function and biochemical changes
NDT Advance Access published on June 1, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1986-1992; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh311 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Aquiles Jara, Cecilia Chacón, Magdalena Ibaceta, Andres Valdivieso, and Arnold J. Felsenfeld

Effect of ammonium chloride and dietary phosphorus in the azotaemic rat. Part II–kidney hypertrophy and calcium deposition
NDT Advance Access published on May 25, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1993-1998; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh301 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Davy Hucks, Raj C. Thuraisingham, Martin J. Raftery, and Magdi M. Yaqoob

Homocysteine induced impairment of nitric oxide-dependent vasorelaxation is reversible by the superoxide dismutase mimetic TEMPOL
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1999-2005; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh270 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Evagelos N. Liberopoulos, George A. Miltiadous, Marios Cariolou, Rigas Kalaitzidis, Kostas C. Siamopoulos, and Moses S. Elisaf

Influence of apolipoprotein E polymorphisms on serum creatinine levels and predicted glomerular filtration rate in healthy subjects
NDT Advance Access published on June 8, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2006-2012; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh349 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bunyong Phakdeekitcharoen, Chatuporn Ruangraksa, and Piyanuch Radinahamed

Hypokalaemia and paralysis in the Thai population
NDT Advance Access published on June 8, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2013-2018; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh328 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bryan R. Conway, Rosalind Martin, Amy-Jayne McKnight, David A. Savage, Hugh R. Brady, and Alexander P. Maxwell

Role of -adducin DNA polymorphisms in the genetic predisposition to diabetic nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on June 8, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2019-2024; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh342 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Masao Kanauchi, Kuniko Kimura, Yasuhiro Akai, and Yoshihiko Saito

Insulin resistance and pancreatic beta-cell function in patients with hypertensive kidney disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2025-2029; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh294 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ulf Persson, Jens Michael Hertz, Malin Carlsson, Thomas Hellmark, Inger Juncker, Jörgen Wieslander, and Mårten Segelmark

Patients with Goodpasture's disease have two normal COL4A3 alleles encoding the NC1 domain of the type IV collagen 3 chain
NDT Advance Access published on June 15, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2030-2035; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh355 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peggy W. G. du Buf-Vereijken and Jack F. M. Wetzels

Efficacy of a second course of immunosuppressive therapy in patients with membranous nephropathy and persistent or relapsing disease activity
NDT Advance Access published on June 8, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2036-2043; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh312 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kenji Wakai, Shigeru Nakai, Kenjiro Kikuchi, Kunitoshi Iseki, Naoko Miwa, Ikuto Masakane, Atsushi Wada, Takahiro Shinzato, Yuji Nagura, and Takashi Akiba

Trends in incidence of end-stage renal disease in Japan, 1983–2000: age-adjusted and age-specific rates by gender and cause
NDT Advance Access published on June 1, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2044-2052; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh317 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dvora Rubinger, Nina Revis, Arthur Pollak, Myron H. Luria, and Dan Sapoznikov

Predictors of haemodynamic instability and heart rate variability during haemodialysis
NDT Advance Access published on May 25, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2053-2060; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh306 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Akishi Momose, Shigemasa Kudo, Motoaki Sato, Hisao Saito, Katunori Nagai, Yasuo Katabira, and Tomihisa Funyu

Calcium ions are abnormally distributed in the skin of haemodialysis patients with uraemic pruritus
NDT Advance Access published on June 8, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2061-2066; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh287 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Matsuhiko Hayashi, Yoshitsugu Tsuchiya, Yoshiaki Itaya, Tsuneo Takenaka, Kenji Kobayashi, Mamoru Yoshizawa, Ryuichi Nakamura, Toshiaki Monkawa, and Atsuhiro Ichihara

Comparison of the effects of calcitriol and maxacalcitol on secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients on chronic haemodialysis: a randomized prospective multicentre trial
NDT Advance Access published on June 8, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2067-2073; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh329 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joanna Matuszkiewicz-Rowinska, Katarzyna Skórzewska, Stanislaw Radowicki, Stanislaw Niemczyk, Antoni Sokalski, Jerzy Przedlacki, Janusz Puka, Marek Switalski, Kazimierz Wardyn, Janusz Grochowski, and Kazimierz Ostrowski

Endometrial morphology and pituitary-gonadal axis dysfunction in women of reproductive age undergoing chronic haemodialysis—a multicentre study
NDT Advance Access published on June 1, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2074-2077; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh279 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Adrian Covic, Anca Seica, Paul Gusbeth-Tatomir, Ovidiu Gavrilovici, and David J. A. Goldsmith

Illness representations and quality of life scores in haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on June 22, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2078-2083; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh254 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Giorgina Barbara Piccoli, Francesca Bermond, Elisabetta Mezza, Manuel Burdese, Fabrizio Fop, Giovanni Mangiarotti, Alfonso Pacitti, Stefano Maffei, Guido Martina, Alberto Jeantet, Giuseppe Paolo Segoloni, and Giuseppe Piccoli

Vascular access survival and morbidity on daily dialysis: a comparative analysis of home and limited care haemodialysis
NDT Advance Access published on June 22, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2084-2094; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh346 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Miguel Pérez-Fontán, Fernando Cordido, Ana Rodríguez-Carmona, Javier Peteiro, Rafael García-Naveiro, and Jesús García-Buela

Plasma ghrelin levels in patients undergoing haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis
NDT Advance Access published on June 8, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2095-2100; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh313 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andreas Fusshoeller, Marcus Plail, Bernd Grabensee, and Joerg Plum

Biocompatibility pattern of a bicarbonate/lactate-buffered peritoneal dialysis fluid in APD: a prospective, randomized study
NDT Advance Access published on June 22, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2101-2106; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh326 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Salvatore di Paolo, Annalisa Teutonico, Giovanni Stallone, Barbara Infante, Antonio Schena, Giuseppe Grandaliano, Michele Battaglia, Pasquale Ditonno, and Paolo F. Schena

Cyclosporin exposure correlates with 1 year graft function and histological damage in renal transplanted patients
NDT Advance Access published on June 8, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2107-2112; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh344 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John Stoves, Charles G. Newstead, Andrew J. Baczkowski, Geoffrey Owens, Marius Paraoan, and Abdul Q. Hammad

A randomized controlled trial of immunosuppression conversion for the treatment of chronic allograft nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on May 25, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2113-2120; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh188 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief Reports:

Carlo Schönholzer, Gerald Keusch, Luzia Nigg, Dominique Robert, and Jean-Pierre Wauters

High prevalence in Switzerland of pure red-cell aplasia due to anti-erythropoietin antibodies in chronic dialysis patients: report of five cases
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2121-2125; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh307 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Emerson Q. Lima, Filipe C. Aguiar, Daniela M. Barbosa, and Emmanuel A. Burdmann

Severe hypernatraemia (221 mEq/l), rhabdomyolysis and acute renal failure after cerebral aneurysm surgery
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2126-2129; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh324 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pierre Monney, Quan-Vinh Nguyen, Henri Perroud, and Eric Descombes

Rapid improvement of calciphylaxis after intravenous pamidronate therapy in a patient with chronic renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2130-2132; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh305 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cae Tolman, Shams Duja, Donald Richardson, Ramina Rashid, Anthony McVerry, Andrew Mooney, Richard Baker, and Eric Will

Four cases of pure red cell aplasia secondary to epoetin ß, with strong temporal relationships
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2133-2136; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh249 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shaun A. Summers, Ante Matijevic, and Mike K. Almond

Successful re-introduction of recombinant human erythropoietin following antibody induced pure red cell aplasia
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2137-2139; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh319 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hayet Kaaroud, Soumaya Beji, Amel Jebali, Karima Boubaker, Sami Turki, Ezzeddine Abderrahim, Taïeb Ben Abdallah, Fatma Ben Moussa, Khaled Ayed, and Hédi Ben Maiz

A rare cause of fever associated with leukopenia in a renal transplant patient
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2140-2141; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh327 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Points:

Vincent M. Brandenburg, Sören Gaertner, Katharina Lindemann-Docter, Jan R. Ortlepp, Ralf Westerhuis, Markus Ketteler, Ralf Westenfeld, and Jürgen Floege

Underestimated complications in thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura—haemolytic uraemic syndrome
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2142-2146; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh230 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nephroquiz:

Roland Schmitt, Franziska Hampich, and Friedrich C. Luft

Apricot urine in autumn
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2147-2148; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh113 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in Nephrology:

Chia-Chao Wu, Shih-Hua Lin, Pauling Chu, Jenn-Haung Lai, Deh-Ming Chang, and Yuh-Feng Lin

An unrecognized cause of oedema in a patient with lupus nephritis: protein losing enteropathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2149-2150; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh226 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yuh-Mou Sue, Chia-Chen Wang, and Jeng-Jong Huang

Calcification of end-stage renal allograft in a peritoneal dialysis patient
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2151-2152; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh164 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters and Replies:

Mohamed Benyahia, Irina Shahapuni, Abderramane Ghazali, Ziad Massy, and Albert Fournier

Bone mineral density, biochemical markers and skeletal fractures in haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2153-2154; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh339 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reply:

Pablo Ureña, Oana Bernard-Poenaru, Agnes Ostertag, Claude Boudoin, Martine Cohen-Solal, Tom Canter, and Marie Christine de Vernejoul

Reply
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2153-2154; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh340 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Adam Gordon, Solomon Menahem, Joanne Mitchell, Peter Jenkins, John Dowling, and Stuart K. Roberts

Combination pegylated interferon and ribavirin therapy precipitating acute renal failure and exacerbating IgA nephropathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2155; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh336 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kosaku Nitta, Takashi Akiba, and Hiroshi Nihei

Colestimide co-administered with atorvastatin attenuates the progression of vascular calcification in haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2156; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh338 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kai-Dietrich Nüsken, Michael Gröschl, Manfred Rauh, Wolfgang Stöhr, Wolfgang Rascher, and Jörg Dötsch

Effect of renal failure and dialysis on circulating ghrelin concentration in children
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2156-2157; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh310 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ulf Panzer, Stefan Kluge, Georg Kreymann, and Gunter Wolf

Combination of intermittent haemodialysis and high-volume continuous haemofiltration for the treatment of severe metformin-induced lactic acidosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2157-2158; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh337 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

James A. Chess, Gareth Scholey, and Ashraf I. Mikhail

Neutropenia associated with the use of low-dose methotrexate in a peritoneal dialysis patient
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2159; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh357 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Errata:

Soon Hyo Kwon, Jung Hoon Kim, Jong Oh Yang, Eun-Young Lee, and Sae Young Hong

Ethambutol-induced acute renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2160; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh410 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Enrico Fiaccadori, Umberto Maggiore, Carlo Rotelli, Roberto Giacosa, Maria Lombardi, Sibilla Sagripanti, Silvia Buratti, Diego Ardissino, and Aderville Cabassi

Plasma and urinary free 3-nitrotyrosine following cardiac angiography procedures with non-ionic radiocontrast media
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2160; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh411 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcements:

Announcements
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2161-2162. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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