Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Editorial Comments:

Joanne M. Bargman and Thomas A. Golper

The importance of residual renal function for patients on dialysis
NDT Advance Access published on March 8, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 671-673; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh723 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Markus Ketteler, Vincent Brandenburg, Willi Jahnen-Dechent, Ralf Westenfeld, and Jürgen Floege

Do not be misguided by guidelines: the calcium x phosphate product can be a Trojan horse
NDT Advance Access published on February 22, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 673-677; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh734 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Review:

Robert W. Schrier and Chirag R. Parikh

Comparison of renal injury in myeloablative autologous, myeloablative allogeneic and non-myeloablative allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on March 1, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 678-683; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh720 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Personal Opinions:

Giuliano Brunori, Pietro Ravani, Salvatore Mandolfo, Enrico Imbasciati, Fabio Malberti, and Giovanni Cancarini

Fistula maturation: doesn't time matter at all?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 684-687; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh777 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rajiv Saran, Ronald L. Pisoni, and Eric W. Young

Timing of first cannulation of arteriovenous fistula: are we waiting too long?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 688-690; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh730 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Special Feature:

William Couser, Tilman Drüeke, Phillip Halloran, Bertram Kasiske, Saulo Klahr, and Peter Morris

Trial registry policy: common editorial statement A uniform clinical trial registration policy for journals of kidney diseases, dialysis and transplantation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 691; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh715 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

Simone A. Joosten, Vanessa van Ham, Maria C. Borrias, Cees van Kooten, and Leendert C. Paul

Antibodies against mesangial cells in a rat model of chronic renal allograft rejection
NDT Advance Access published on February 8, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 692-698; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh706 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kate Wyburn, Huiling Wu, Jianlin Yin, Matthew Jose, Josette Eris, and Steven Chadban

Macrophage-derived interleukin-18 in experimental renal allograft rejection
NDT Advance Access published on February 16, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 699-706; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh712 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Amanda J. W. Branten, Gerald Vervoort, and Jack F. M. Wetzels

Serum creatinine is a poor marker of GFR in nephrotic syndrome
NDT Advance Access published on February 15, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 707-711; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh719 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Barry I. Freedman, Donald W. Bowden, Stephen S. Rich, Christopher J. Valis, Michèle M. Sale, Pamela J. Hicks, and Carl D. Langefeld

A genome scan for all-cause end-stage renal disease in African Americans
NDT Advance Access published on February 8, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 712-718; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh704 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jie Wu, Xiangmei Chen, Yuansheng Xie, Nobuaki Yamanaka, Suozhu Shi, Di Wu, Shuwen Liu, and Guangyan Cai

Characteristics and risk factors of intrarenal arterial lesions in patients with IgA nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on February 8, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 719-727; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh716 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Chang-Li Wei, Wai Cheung, Chew-Kiat Heng, Novi Arty, Samuel S. Chong, Bee-Wah Lee, Ken-Lee Puah, and Hui-Kim Yap

Interleukin-13 genetic polymorphisms in Singapore Chinese children correlate with long-term outcome of minimal-change disease
NDT Advance Access published on February 22, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 728-734; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh648 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ihab Mahmoud, Fathi Basuni, Alaa Sabry, Amr El-Husseini, Nabil Hassan, Nagy Sayed Ahmad, Mahmoud Elbaz, Fatma Moustafa, and Mohamed Sobh

Single-centre experience with cyclosporin in 106 children with idiopathic focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 735-742; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh766 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hassane Izzedine, Jean Sebastien Hulot, Daniel Vittecoq, Joel E. Gallant, Schlomo Staszewski, Vincent Launay-Vacher, Andrew Cheng, and Gilbert Deray for the Study 903 Team

Long-term renal safety of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate in antiretroviral-naïve HIV-1-infected patients. Data from a double-blind randomized active-controlled multicentre study
NDT Advance Access published on March 1, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 743-746; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh658 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eric A. J. Hoste, Jorn Damen, Raymond C. Vanholder, Norbert H. Lameire, Joris R. Delanghe, Kristof Van den Hauwe, and Francis A. Colardyn

Assessment of renal function in recently admitted critically ill patients with normal serum creatinine
NDT Advance Access published on February 8, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 747-753; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh707 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tomohisa Teraoka, Takao Sugai, Sunao Nakamura, Hiroyuki Hirasawa, Shigeto Oda, Hidetoshi Shiga, Mio Suga, Shinji Yamane, Hiroyuki Ishii, Shin-ichi Yamagata, Nobunori Satoh, and Shiro Ueda

Prediction of iopromide reduction rates during haemodialysis using an in vitro dialysis system
NDT Advance Access published on February 1, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 754-759; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh676 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alaattin Yildiz, Esat Memisoglu, Huseyin Oflaz, Halil Yazici, Hamdi Pusuroglu, Vakur Akkaya, Faruk Erzengin, and Savas Tepe

Atherosclerosis and vascular calcification are independent predictors of left ventricular hypertrophy in chronic haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on February 16, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 760-767; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh611 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Björn Friedrich, Dorothea Alexander, Wilhelm Karl Aicher, Michael Duszenko, Thomas Patrick Schaub, Jutta Passlick-Deetjen, Siegfried Waldegger, Sabine Wolf, Teut Risler, and Florian Lang

Influence of standard haemodialysis treatment on transcription of human serum- and glucocorticoid-inducible kinase SGK1 and taurine transporter TAUT in blood leukocytes
NDT Advance Access published on February 8, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 768-774; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh697 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Fouad Al-Baaj, Mary Speake, and Alastair J. Hutchison

Control of serum phosphate by oral lanthanum carbonate in patients undergoing haemodialysis and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis in a short-term, placebo-controlled study
NDT Advance Access published on February 9, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 775-782; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh693 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cecilia M. Øien, Anna Varberg Reisæter, Torbjørn Leivestad, Per Pfeffer, Per Fauchald, and Ingrid Os

Gender imbalance among donors in living kidney transplantation: the Norwegian experience
NDT Advance Access published on February 8, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 783-789; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh696 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ilkka Helanterä, Raisa Loginov, Petri Koskinen, Tom Törnroth, Carola Grönhagen-Riska, and Irmeli Lautenschlager

Persistent cytomegalovirus infection is associated with increased expression of TGF-ß₁, PDGF-AA and ICAM-1 and arterial intimal thickening in kidney allografts
NDT Advance Access published on February 16, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 790-796; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh714 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alev Atasever, Feza Bacakoglu, Huseyin Toz, Ozen Kacmaz Basoglu, Soner Duman, Kemal Basak, Asuman Guzelant, and Abdullah Sayiner

Tuberculosis in renal transplant recipients on various immunosuppressive regimens
NDT Advance Access published on February 9, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 797-802; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh691 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Roberto Marcén, Juan José Villafruela, Julio Pascual, José Luis Teruel, Javier Ocaña, María Teresa Tenorio, Francisco Javier Burgos, and Joaquín Ortuño

Clinical outcomes and C2 cyclosporin monitoring in maintenance renal transplant recipients: 1 year follow-up study
NDT Advance Access published on February 1, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 803-810; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh664 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Preliminary Communications:

Tsuneo Takenaka and Hiromichi Suzuki

New strategy to attenuate pulse wave velocity in haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 811-816; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh656 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Manuel Burdese, Valentina Consiglio, Elisabetta Mezza, Daniela Bergamo, Giorgio Grassi, Giorgio Soragna, Maura Rossetti, Giuseppe Paolo Segoloni, Gianna Mazzucco, and Giorgina Barbara Piccoli

‘Primary’ nephrosclerosis in a type 1 diabetic patient
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 817-819; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh659 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Václav Janík, Vojtech Martínek, Radek Pádr, Jirí Lisy, Jirí Neuwirth, Jana Pafcugová, Tomás Vanecek, and Josef Stejskal

Embolization of lumbar artery due to retroperitonal bleeding following renal biopsy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 820-822; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh685 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nigel Toussaint, David Goodman, Robyn Langham, Hilton Gock, and Prue Hill

Haemorrhagic Campylobacter jejuni and CMV colitis in a renal transplant recipient
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 823-826; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh687 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Interesting Case:

Talya Wolak, Boris Rogachev, David Tovbin, Yancu Hertzanu, Moshe Zlotnik, and Gilles Lugassy

Renal vein thrombosis as a presenting symptom of multiple genetic pro-coagulant defects
NDT Advance Access published on March 1, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 827-829; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh655 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Points:

Estelle Desport, Frank Bridoux, Ramzi Abou Ayache, Antoine Thierry, Simohamed Belmouaz, Jacques Irani, Jean Michel Goujon, Marc Bauwens, and Guy Touchard

Papillary necrosis following segmental renal infarction: an unusual cause of early renal allograft dysfunction
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 830-833; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh586 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sophie Domhan, Christian Morath, Peter Schnülle, Rüdiger Waldherr, and Martin Zeier

A generalized seizure in a renal allograft recipient
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 834-836; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh630 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nephroquiz:

Sibylle von Vietinghoff, Ute Kettritz, Wolfgang Flügel, Wolfgang Schneider, and Ralph Kettritz

Lumpy jaw revisited
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 837-839; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh627 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in Nephrology:

Giovanni B. Fogazzi, Mariadele Cantù, and Giuseppe Garigali

Anisocytes and poikilocytes in the urine
NDT Advance Access published on March 8, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 840-841; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh529 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Chang-Min Lin, Feng-Pin Chung, Guang-Huan Sun, and Shih-Hua Lin

Bilateral renal mass lesions
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 842-843; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh592 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Obituaries:

James Douglas

Professor Mary G. (Mollie) McGeown (1923–2004)
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 844-845; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh692 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters and Replies:

Barbara J. Boucher

Reduced cardiovascular mortality in oral 1-hydroxy vitamin D3 users in a haemodialysis population; do CRP and MMP markers of inflammation reflect this finding?
NDT Advance Access published on February 22, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 846; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh678 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tesuo Shoji

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on February 22, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 846; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh679 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Franck Reynaud, Laurent Mallet, Alain Lyon, and Jean Marc Rodolfo

Rhabdomyolysis and acute renal failure in Plasmodium falciparum malaria
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 847; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh686 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mustafa Altay, Murat Duranay, and Mevlut Ceri

Rhabdomyolysis due to hypothyroidism
NDT Advance Access published on February 16, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 847-848; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh745 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Omer Toprak, Figen Kaptan, Mustafa Cirit, Bahar Ormen, Atilla Uzum, Rifki Ersoy, and Nesrin Turker

Recurrent rhabdomyolysis and mild acute renal failure associated with acute Brucella infection
NDT Advance Access published on February 16, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 848-849; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh703 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrew Fry, Asad Saleemi, Meryl Griffiths, and Ken Farrington

Acute renal failure following intravesical bacille Calmette–Guérin chemotherapy for superficial carcinoma of the bladder
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 849-850; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh688 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Glen S. Markowitz, Joseph Whelan, and Vivette D. D'Agati

Renal failure following bowel cleansing with a sodium phosphate purgative
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 850-851; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh718 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Junichiro J. Kazama, Fumitake Gejyo, and Isei Ei

The immunohistochemical localization of ₂-Heremans–Schmid glycoprotein/fetuin-A (AHSG)
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 851-852; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh690 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hassane Izzedine, Vincent Launay-Vacher, Gilles Peytavin, Marc Antoine Valantin, and Gilbert Deray

Atazanavir: a novel inhibitor of HIV-protease in haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 852-853; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh684 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Özlem Kurt Azap, Göknur Yapar, Funda Timurkaynak, Hande Arslan, Siren Sezer, and Nurhan Özdemir

Gemella morbillorum peritonitis in a patient being treated with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 853-854; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh721 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John Stoves, Richard Baker, and Charles G. Newstead

Measurement of cyclosporin exposure in renal transplant recipients during the early post-operative period: is C2 alone sufficient?
NDT Advance Access published on March 8, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 854-855; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh725 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcements:

Announcements
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