Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Editorial Comments:

Aileen Grassmann, Simona Gioberge, Stefan Moeller, and Gail Brown

ESRD patients in 2004: global overview of patient numbers, treatment modalities and associated trends
NDT Advance Access published on October 4, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2587-2593; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi159 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Manuel Praga

Synergy of low nephron number and obesity: a new focus on hyperfiltration nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on October 13, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2594-2597; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi201 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael Eikmans, Hans J. Baelde, Emile de Heer, and Jan A. Bruijn

Messenger RNA assessment in clinical nephrology: perspectives and progress of methodology
NDT Advance Access published on October 4, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2598-2601; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi176 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Juan F. Navarro and Carmen Mora

Role of inflammation in diabetic complications
NDT Advance Access published on September 27, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2601-2604; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi155 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Howard L. Corwin and Kai-Uwe Eckardt

Erythropoietin in the critically ill: what is the evidence?
NDT Advance Access published on October 12, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2605-2608; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh970 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Osnat Klein, Ze'ev Korzets, and Jacques Bernheim

Is a major psychiatric illness a contraindication to chronic dialysis?
NDT Advance Access published on October 4, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2608-2610; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi147 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Roland E. Schmieder

The role of non-haemodynamic factors of the genesis of LVH
NDT Advance Access published on October 12, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2610-2612; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi190 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Reviews:

Stefan P. Berger, Anja Roos, and Mohamed R. Daha

Complement and the kidney: What the nephrologist needs to know in 2006?
NDT Advance Access published on October 4, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2613-2619; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi166 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Translational Nephrology:

Andrzej Wicek

How does leptin contribute to uraemic cachexia?
NDT Advance Access published on October 14, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2620-2622; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi192 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dialysis and Transplantation News:

Vytautas Kuzminskis, Edita Ziginskiene, and Inga Arune Bumblyte

A registry of haemodialysis patients and the progress of haemodialysis services in Lithuania
NDT Advance Access published on October 4, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2623-2628; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi170 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Historical Notes:

Klaus Konner

History of vascular access for haemodialysis
NDT Advance Access published on October 4, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2629-2635; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi168 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

Hidekazu Sugiura, Takumi Yoshida, Ken Tsuchiya, Michihiro Mitobe, Sayoko Nishimura, Satsuki Shirota, Takashi Akiba, and Hiroshi Nihei

Klotho reduces apoptosis in experimental ischaemic acute renal failure
NDT Advance Access published on October 4, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2636-2645; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi165 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Miranda Bartels-Stringer, Jack F. M. Wetzels, Alfons C. Wouterse, Eric Steenbergen, Frans G. M. Russel, and Cornelis Kramers

Iron chelators do not reduce cold-induced cell injury in the isolated perfused rat kidney model
NDT Advance Access published on October 4, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2646-2653; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi127 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Leda M. A. Bento, Jose B. C. Carvalheira, Leonardo F. Menegon, Mario J. A. Saad, and Jose A. R. Gontijo

Effects of NH₄Cl intake on renal growth in rats: role of MAPK signalling pathway
NDT Advance Access published on September 16, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2654-2660; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi133 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Masaomi Nangaku, Yuko Izuhara, Nobuteru Usuda, Reiko Inagi, Takeo Shibata, Satoshi Sugiyama, Kiyoshi Kurokawa, Charles van Ypersele de Strihou, and Toshio Miyata

In a type 2 diabetic nephropathy rat model, the improvement of obesity by a low calorie diet reduces oxidative/carbonyl stress and prevents diabetic nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on September 27, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2661-2669; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi096 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hitoshi Sugiyama, Mizuho Kobayashi, Da-Hong Wang, Reiko Sunami, Yohei Maeshima, Yasushi Yamasaki, Noriyoshi Masuoka, Shohei Kira, and Hirofumi Makino

Telmisartan inhibits both oxidative stress and renal fibrosis after unilateral ureteral obstruction in acatalasemic mice
NDT Advance Access published on September 2, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2670-2680; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi045 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andreas Patzak, Julia Bontscho, EnYin Lai, Eckehardt Kupsch, Angela Skalweit, Claus-Michael Richter, Mathias Zimmermann, Christa Thöne-Reineke, Olaf Joehren, Michael Godes, Andreas Steege, and Berthold Hocher

Angiotensin II sensitivity of afferent glomerular arterioles in endothelin-1 transgenic mice
NDT Advance Access published on September 27, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2681-2689; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi136 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yuichi Kikuchi, Toshihiko Imakiire, Toshitake Hyodo, Taketoshi Kushiyama, Keishi Higashi, Naomi Hyodo, Shigenobu Suzuki, and Soichiro Miura

Advanced glycation end-product induces fractalkine gene upregulation in normal rat glomeruli
NDT Advance Access published on October 18, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2690-2696; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi232 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yukihiko Kawasaki, Mieko Tanji, Kei Takano, Yutaka Fukuda, Masato Isome, Ruriko Nozawa, Hitoshi Suzuki, and Mitsuaki Hosoya

The leukotriene B4 receptor antagonist ONO-4057 inhibits mesangioproliferative changes in anti-Thy-1 nephritis
NDT Advance Access published on October 12, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2697-2703; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi169 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yohei Ikezumi, Toshiaki Suzuki, Shinichi Hayafuji, Soichiro Okubo, David J Nikolic-Paterson, Hiroshi Kawachi, Fujio Shimizu, and Makoto Uchiyama

The sialoadhesin (CD169) expressing a macrophage subset in human proliferative glomerulonephritis
NDT Advance Access published on September 16, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2704-2713; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi105 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Francesca Diomedi-Camassei, Lucilla Ravà, Evelyne Lerut, Francesco Callea, and Boudewijn Van Damme

Protein gene product 9.5 and ubiquitin are expressed in metabolically active epithelial cells of normal and pathologic human kidney
NDT Advance Access published on September 27, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2714-2719; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi124 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Machiraju S. Ravi Shankar, A. N. Aravindan, Preet M. Sohal, Harbir S. Kohli, Kamal Sud, Krishan L. Gupta, Vinay Sakhuja, and Vivekanand Jha

The prevalence of tuberculin sensitivity and anergy in chronic renal failure in an endemic area: tuberculin test and the risk of post-transplant tuberculosis
NDT Advance Access published on September 27, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2720-2724; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi141 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Melanie S. Joy, Susan L. Hogan, J. Charles Jennette, Ronald J. Falk, and Patrick H. Nachman

A pilot study using mycophenolate mofetil in relapsing or resistant ANCA small vessel vasculitis
NDT Advance Access published on September 27, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2725-2732; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi117 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ying Wang, Maggie C. Y. Ng, Wing-Yee So, Ronald Ma, Gary T. C. Ko, Peter C. Y. Tong, and Juliana C. N. Chan

Association between tumour necrosis factor- G-308A polymorphism and risk of nephropathy in obese Chinese type 2 diabetic patients
NDT Advance Access published on September 2, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2733-2738; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi101 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Charlotte Jones-Burton, Stephen L. Seliger, Jeanine Brown, Lucy Stackiewicz, Van Doren Hsu, and Jeffrey C. Fink

Racial variations in erythropoietic response to epoetin alfa in chronic kidney disease and the impact of smoking
NDT Advance Access published on September 27, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2739-2745; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi128 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Isabelle Fauriel, Grégoire Moutel, Nathalie Duchange, Luc Montuclard, Marie-Laure Moutard, Pierre Cochat, and Christian Hervé

Decision making concerning life-sustaining treatment in paediatric nephrology: professionals' experiences and values
NDT Advance Access published on October 4, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2746-2750; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi160 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Muriel P. C. Grooteman, Mareille Gritters, Inge M. P. M. J. Wauters, Casper G. Schalkwijk, Frank Stam, Jos Twisk, Piet M. ter Wee, and Menso J. Nubé

Patient characteristics rather than the type of dialyser predict the variability of endothelial derived surface molecules in chronic haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on September 27, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2751-2758; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi126 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bryan Conway, Maureen McLaughlin, Peter Sharpe, and John Harty

Use of cardiac troponin T in diagnosis and prognosis of cardiac events in patients on chronic haemodialysis
NDT Advance Access published on September 27, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2759-2764; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi125 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jerrilynn D. Burrowes, Brett Larive, Glenn M. Chertow, David B. Cockram, Johanna T. Dwyer, Tom Greene, John W. Kusek, June Leung, Michael V. Rocco, and for the HEMO Study Group

Self-reported appetite, hospitalization and death in haemodialysis patients: findings from the Hemodialysis (HEMO) Study
NDT Advance Access published on October 4, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2765-2774; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi132 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hisanori Morimoto, Kazushi Nakao, Kousuke Fukuoka, Ai Sarai, Ai Yano, Takashi Kihara, Shinji Fukuda, Jun Wada, and Hirofumi Makino

Long-term use of vitamin E-coated polysulfone membrane reduces oxidative stress markers in haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on October 12, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2775-2782; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi121 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mohammad Zareie, Geert-Jan Tangelder, Piet M. ter Wee, Liesbeth HP Hekking, Anton A. van Lambalgen, Eelco D. Keuning, Inge L. Schadee-Eestermans, Casper G. Schalkwijk, Robert HJ Beelen, and Jacob van den Born

Beneficial effects of aminoguanidine on peritoneal microcirculation and tissue remodelling in a rat model of PD
NDT Advance Access published on October 4, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2783-2792; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi138 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cheuk-Chun Szeto, Kai-Ming Chow, Kwok-Yi Chung, Bonnie Ching-Har Kwan, Chi-Bon Leung, and Philip Kam-Tao Li

The clinical course of peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis caused by Corynebacterium species
NDT Advance Access published on October 4, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2793-2796; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi123 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yui Pong Siu, Kay Tai Leung, Matthew Ka Hang Tong, Tze Hoi Kwan, and Chi Chiu Mok

Clinical outcomes of systemic lupus erythematosus patients undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
NDT Advance Access published on October 4, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2797-2802; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi060 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vianda S. Stel, Paul C. W. van Dijk, Jeannette G. van Manen, Friedo W. Dekker, David Ansell, Ferruccio Conte, Reinhard Kramar, Torbjørn Leivestad, Emili Vela, J. Douglas Briggs, and Kitty J. Jager

Prevalence of co-morbidity in different European RRT populations and its effect on access to renal transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on September 27, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2803-2811; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi099 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Monica P. Revelo, Charles Federspiel, Harold Helderman, and Agnes B. Fogo

Chronic allograft nephropathy: expression and localization of PAI-1 and PPAR-
NDT Advance Access published on October 12, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2812-2819; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi172 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Hiroshi Nishi, Yugo Shibagaki, Shuji Hatakeyama, Takafumi Ito, Taiji Nagata, Minoru Ohno, Akihiro Tojo, Masaomi Nangaku, and Toshiro Fujita

Metastatic intracranial subdural empyema from renal cyst infection in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on October 12, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2820-2823; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi183 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

George Chin, Grant Luxton, and Jennet M. Harvey

Infliximab and nephrotic syndrome
NDT Advance Access published on October 4, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2824-2826; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi180 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Boshell, Rohan Sabharwal, Ross Keen, Patrick Coleman, Philip Vladica, and Simon D. Roger

Fistula dysfunction secondary to a subcutaneous myelomatous deposit
NDT Advance Access published on July 26, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2827-2829; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi034 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pedro Costa Ferreira, José Miguel Pereira, Isabel Oliveira, Carlos Pinho, Augusta Cardoso, Jorge Reis, and José Amarante

Unusual Kaposi's sarcoma in a renal transplant recipient
NDT Advance Access published on October 4, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2830-2831; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi161 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Henri Vacher-Coponat, Adriana Opris, Anne Denizot, Bertrand Dussol, and Yvon Berland

Hypercalcaemia induced by excessive parathyroid hormone secretion in a patient with a neuroendocrine tumour
NDT Advance Access published on September 27, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2832-2835; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi065 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carole L. Foot, John F. Fraser, and Daniel V. Mullany

Pyroglutamic acidosis in a renal transplant patient
NDT Advance Access published on October 12, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2836-2838; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi184 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Antonietta De Blasio, Giuseppe Palmiero, and Domenico Russo

Kaposi's sarcoma occurring in a young black man after kidney transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on October 12, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2839-2841; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi182 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Technical Notes:

Roel M. Huisman, Marja van Dijk, Cor de Bruin, Jan Loonstra, Wim J. Sluiter, Clark J. Zeebregts, and Jan J. A. M. van den Dungen

Within-session and between-session variability of haemodialysis shunt flow measurements
NDT Advance Access published on October 4, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2842-2847; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi142 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Points:

Anna Richards, Jenny Ng Kam Chuen, Clive Taylor, Ralph Jackson, Geoffrey Toms, and David Kavanagh

Acute respiratory infection in a renal transplant recipient
NDT Advance Access published on October 12, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2848-2850; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi167 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wolfgang Derer, Saban Elitok, Theresa Claus, Henry Schütt, Rainer Ruf, Ralph Kettritz, Friedrich C. Luft, and Bernard Pilz

Lactate in a Laubenpieper
NDT Advance Access published on October 12, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2851-2854; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi057 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nephroquiz:

Caterina Canavese, Veronica Morellini, Elisa Lazzarich, Maddalena Brustia, Marco Quaglia, and Piero Stratta

Seizures and renal failure: is there a link?
NDT Advance Access published on October 4, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2855-2857; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi140 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in Nephrology:

Hsin-Hsu Wu, Chiz-Tzung Chang, Tzung-Hai Yen, and Cheng-Cheih Hung

A case of adrenal aldosteronoma with horseshoe kidney and duplicated inferior vena cava
NDT Advance Access published on September 6, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2858-2860; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi120 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

William S. Priestman, Mario DeNunzio, Maarten W. Taal, Richard J. Fluck, and Christopher W. McIntyre

An unusual case of renovascular hypertension–renal artery stenosis of a pelvic kidney with aberrant blood supply
NDT Advance Access published on October 4, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2861-2863; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi148 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters and Replies:

Ming-Yu Lai, Yao-Ping Lin, Chih-Ching Lin, and Wu-Chang Yang

Evaluation and treatment of penile gangrene in a chronic dialysis patient
NDT Advance Access published on August 22, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2864; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi090 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hung-Wei Liao and Yuh-Mou Sue

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on August 22, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2864; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi091 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Henri Boulanger, Jean Philippe Haymann, Bruno Fouqueray, Rafik Mansouri, Fabien Metivier, Emile Sarfati, and Denis Glotz

Therapeutic failure of cinacalcet in a renal transplant patient presenting hyperparathyroidism with severe hypercalcaemia
NDT Advance Access published on August 22, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2865; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi110 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Freddie C. L. Banks, Anand Kelkar, Chris J. Harvey, and Gordon Williams

Aspergillosis prostatitis post-renal transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on September 6, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2865-2866; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi077 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alessandro Allegra, Maria Stella Giacobbe, Ermanno Corvaia, Maurizio Cinquegrani, Elio Corvaja, Giovanna Giorgianni, and Michele Buemi

Possible role of erythropoietin in the pathogenesis of chronic cor pulmonale
NDT Advance Access published on August 22, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2866-2867; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi098 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Caroline Dean, David Bloomfield, and Stephen Holt

The challenge of germ cell tumour therapy in dialysis and transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on August 22, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2867-2868; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi108 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joost Rutten, Bart van den Berg, Teun van Gelder, and Jan van Saase

Severe theophylline intoxication: a delay in charcoal haemoperfusion solved by oral activated charcoal
NDT Advance Access published on August 22, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2868-2869; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi050 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Magdalena Wilczynska-Borawska, Jacek Borawski, Oksana Kovalchuk, Lech Chyczewski, Michal Mysliwiec, and Wanda Stokowska

Unexpected effect of haemodialysis on salivary hepatocyte growth factor
NDT Advance Access published on September 16, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2869-2870; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi129 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kenan Keven, Basol Canbakan, and Atilla H. Elhan

The long-term effect of serum magnesium on cyclosporin A toxicity
NDT Advance Access published on September 16, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2870; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi134 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Auke H. Brantsma, Ted R. Prins, Eltjo F. de Maar, Jaap J. Homan van der Heide, Rutger J. Ploeg, and Willem J. van Son

To haemodialysis and back: saving a kidney graft by treatment of an arteriovenous fistula
NDT Advance Access published on September 14, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2870-2871; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi107 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Josè Garcia Medina, Antonio Basile, Isabel Saura-Luján, Alberto Andreu, and Gracia Alvarez

Percutaneous trans-jugular mechanical thrombectomy for the treatment of thrombosed upper arm fistulas
NDT Advance Access published on September 16, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2872-2873; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi130 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcements:

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