Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Editorial Comments:

Christopher J. Danpure

Primary hyperoxaluria: from gene defects to designer drugs?
NDT Advance Access published on June 14, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1525-1529; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh923 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hans-Joachim Anders and Prashant S. Patole

Toll-like receptors recognize uropathogenic Escherichia coli and trigger inflammation in the urinary tract
NDT Advance Access published on June 7, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1529-1532; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh922 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Judit Nagy, Tibor Kovács, and István Wittmann

Renal protection in IgA nephropathy requires strict blood pressure control
NDT Advance Access published on June 14, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1533-1539; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh920 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Edwina A. Brown

Peritonitis: limiting the damage
NDT Advance Access published on May 17, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1539-1541; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh885 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Review:

Simona Detrenis, Michele Meschi, Sabrina Musini, and Giorgio Savazzi

Lights and shadows on the pathogenesis of contrast-induced nephropathy: state of the art
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1542-1550; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh868 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

Patrizia Galletti, Chiara Iolanda Di Gennaro, Valentina Migliardi, Stefania Indaco, Fulvio Della Ragione, Caterina Manna, Paolo Chiodini, Giovanni Capasso, and Vincenzo Zappia

Diverse effects of natural antioxidants on cyclosporin cytotoxicity in rat renal tubular cells
NDT Advance Access published on April 26, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1551-1558; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh846 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Masato Kimura, Mitsuko Asano, Katsushige Abe, Masanobu Miyazaki, Takayuki Suzuki, and Akira Hishida

Role of atrophic changes in proximal tubular cells in the peritubular deposition of type IV collagen in a rat renal ablation model
NDT Advance Access published on May 3, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1559-1565; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh872 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Johannes Woitzik, Nils Abromeit, Markus Daschner, Meike Hömme, Marcel Vogel, and Franz Schaefer

Hypothalamic release of nitric oxide and interaction with amino acid neurotransmitters in chronically uraemic rats
NDT Advance Access published on May 3, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1566-1572; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh878 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yuichi Kikuchi, Toshihiko Imakiire, Muneharu Yamada, Takamitsu Saigusa, Toshitake Hyodo, Naomi Hyodo, Shigenobu Suzuki, and Soichiro Miura

Mizoribine reduces renal injury and macrophage infiltration in non-insulin-dependent diabetic rats
NDT Advance Access published on May 19, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1573-1581; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh888 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

José Mauro Vieira, Jr, Eduardo Mantovani, Leonardo Tavares Rodrigues, Humberto Dellê, Irene Lourdes Noronha, Clarice Kazue Fujihara, and Roberto Zatz

Simvastatin attenuates renal inflammation, tubular transdifferentiation and interstitial fibrosis in rats with unilateral ureteral obstruction
NDT Advance Access published on April 26, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1582-1591; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh859 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stephen G. Rostand, Suzanne P. Cliver, and Robert L. Goldenberg

Racial disparities in the association of foetal growth retardation to childhood blood pressure
NDT Advance Access published on April 19, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1592-1597; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh833 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sanjeev Gulati, Raj K. Sharma, Kiran Gulati, Uttam Singh, and Arvind Srivastava

Longitudinal follow-up of bone mineral density in children with nephrotic syndrome and the role of calcium and vitamin D supplements
NDT Advance Access published on June 14, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1598-1603; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh809 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Attilio Losito, Rosa Errico, Paola Santirosi, Tommaso Lupattelli, Giovanni Battista Scalera, and Luciano Lupattelli

Long-term follow-up of atherosclerotic renovascular disease. Beneficial effect of ACE inhibition
NDT Advance Access published on May 3, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1604-1609; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh865 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Fu-Mei Chung, Yi-Hsin Yang, Tien-Yu Shieh, Shyi-Jang Shin, Jack C.-R. Tsai, and Yau-Jiunn Lee

Effect of alcohol consumption on estimated glomerular filtration rate and creatinine clearance rate
NDT Advance Access published on May 3, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1610-1616; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh842 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Normand L. Proulx, Ayub Akbari, Amit X. Garg, Alaa Rostom, Jim Jaffey, and Heather D. Clark

Measured creatinine clearance from timed urine collections substantially overestimates glomerular filtration rate in patients with liver cirrhosis: a systematic review and individual patient meta-analysis
NDT Advance Access published on April 26, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1617-1622; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh839 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Georgios Kalambokis, Michalis Economou, Andreas Fotopoulos, Jihad Al Bokharhii, Afroditi Katsaraki, and Epameinondas V. Tsianos

Renal effects of treatment with diuretics, octreotide or both, in non-azotemic cirrhotic patients with ascites
NDT Advance Access published on May 10, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1623-1629; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh871 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dominik E. Uehlinger, Stephan M. Jakob, Paolo Ferrari, Markus Eichelberger, Uyen Huynh-Do, Hans-Peter Marti, Markus G. Mohaupt, Bruno Vogt, Hans Ulrich Rothen, Bruno Regli, Jukka Takala, and Felix J. Frey

Comparison of continuous and intermittent renal replacement therapy for acute renal failure
NDT Advance Access published on May 10, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1630-1637; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh880 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Suresh Chand Dash, Mohammad Irshad, Sreebhuasn Raju, Ravinder Singh, and Ravinder Mohan Pandey

Prevalence of chronic renal failure in adults in Delhi, India
NDT Advance Access published on April 26, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1638-1642; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh855 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mhairi K. Sigrist, Lisa Devlin, Maarten W. Taal, Richard J. Fluck, and Christopher W. McIntyre

Length of interdialytic interval influences serum calcium and phosphorus concentrations
NDT Advance Access published on May 3, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1643-1646; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh874 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Toshiharu Kihara, Yasuyoshi Miyata, Masataka Furukawa, Mitsuru Noguchi, Masaharu Nishikido, Shigehiko Koga, and Hiroshi Kanetake

Predictive value of serum macrophage colony-stimulating factor for development of aortic calcification in haemodialysis patients: a 6 year longitudinal study
NDT Advance Access published on May 26, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1647-1652; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh879 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hans-Gernot Asmus, Johan Braun, Rolfdieter Krause, Reinhard Brunkhorst, Herwig Holzer, Walter Schulz, Hans-Hellmut Neumayer, Paolo Raggi, and Jürgen Bommer

Two year comparison of sevelamer and calcium carbonate effects on cardiovascular calcification and bone density
NDT Advance Access published on June 1, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1653-1661; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh894 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, Charles J. McAllister, and Loren G. Miller

Clinical characteristics and mortality in hepatitis C-positive haemodialysis patients: a population based study
NDT Advance Access published on May 19, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1662-1669; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh895 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Emmanuel Morelon, François Berthoux, Catherine Brun-Strang, Suzanne Fior, and Régis Volle

Partners' concerns, needs and expectations in ESRD: results of the CODIT Study
NDT Advance Access published on June 14, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1670-1675; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh717 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Angela Yee-Moon Wang, Jean Woo, Christopher Wai-Kei Lam, Mei Wang, Iris Hiu-Shuen Chan, Ping Gao, Siu-Fai Lui, Philip Kam-Tao Li, and John E. Sanderson

Associations of serum fetuin-A with malnutrition, inflammation, atherosclerosis and valvular calcification syndrome and outcome in peritoneal dialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on May 17, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1676-1685; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh891 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Farid Nakhoul, Mordechai Yigla, Rima Gilman, Shimon A. Reisner, and Zaid Abassi

The pathogenesis of pulmonary hypertension in haemodialysis patients via arterio-venous access
NDT Advance Access published on April 19, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1686-1692; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh840 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alexander S. Goldfarb-Rumyantzev, Bradley C. Baird, John K. Leypoldt, and Alfred K. Cheung

The association between BP and mortality in patients on chronic peritoneal dialysis
NDT Advance Access published on May 17, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1693-1701; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh856 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christopher Thiam-Seong Lim, Kok-Seng Wong, and Marjorie Wai-Yin Foo

The impact of topical mupirocin on peritoneal dialysis infection rates in Singapore General Hospital
NDT Advance Access published on April 26, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1702-1706; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh860 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Margareta A. Sanner

The donation process of living kidney donors
NDT Advance Access published on April 26, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1707-1713; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh861 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pieter Evenepoel, Kathleen Claes, Dirk Kuypers, Bart Maes, and Yves Vanrenterghem

Impact of parathyroidectomy on renal graft function, blood pressure and serum lipids in kidney transplant recipients: a single centre study
NDT Advance Access published on May 26, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1714-1720; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh892 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief Reports:

Cüneyt Ensari, Arzu Ensari, Necmiye Tümer, and Ergun Ertug

Clinicopathological and epidemiological analysis of amyloidosis in Turkish patients
NDT Advance Access published on June 21, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1721-1725; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh890 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Dipankar Bhowmik, Vatsala Dadhwal, Amit K. Dinda, Rohini Handa, and Suresh C. Dash

Steroid-responsive focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in primary antiphospholipid syndrome with successful pregnancy outcome
NDT Advance Access published on May 26, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1726-1728; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh910 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Benjamin Wiesinger, Wolfgang Schöber, Gunnar Tepe, Christiane Erley, and Stephan H. Duda

Complication after embolization of a complex renal vascular malformation
NDT Advance Access published on April 26, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1729-1733; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh863 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christina M. Wyatt, Steven Dikman, Vinita Sehgal, Barbara T. Murphy, Jonathan S. Bromberg, Scott Ames, and Enver Akalin

Chronic organizing microangiopathy in a renal transplant recipient
NDT Advance Access published on June 14, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1734-1737; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh929 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hyeon Hoe Kim, Haeng Il Koh, Bon Il Ku, and Hyun Soon Lee

Late-onset primary hyperoxaluria diagnosed after renal transplantation presented with early recurrence of disease
NDT Advance Access published on May 26, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1738-1740; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh889 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Prue Hill, Elena Gagliardini, Piero Ruggenenti, and Giuseppe Remuzzi

Severe early acute humoral rejection resulting in allograft loss in a renal transplant recipient with Campath-1H induction therapy
NDT Advance Access published on May 3, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1741-1744; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh867 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Richard Yu, Steven Chadban, Frank Svara, Shaundeep Sen, and Josette Eris

Two cases of delayed cyclosporin absorption leading to CsA exposure higher than that predicted by C2 monitoring alone
NDT Advance Access published on April 26, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1745-1747; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh862 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Interesting Case:

Jeffrey S. Zaltzman, Ramesh Prasad, Kathy Chun, and Serge Jothy

Resolution of renal allograft-associated post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder with the introduction of sirolimus
NDT Advance Access published on May 26, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1748-1751; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh884 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Points:

Fergus J. Caskey and Tom M. Pickett

Disturbed calcium metabolism in a patient with bipolar disorder and impaired renal function
NDT Advance Access published on April 12, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1752-1755; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh797 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lisa A. Cerilli

Multiple hepatic masses in a 38-year-old male 10 years after renal transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on April 26, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1756-1758; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh795 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nephroquiz:

Manuel Burdese, Valerio Veglio, Valentina Consiglio, Giorgio Soragna, Elisabetta Mezza, Daniela Bergamo, Fabio Tattoli, Maura Rossetti, Alberto Jeantet, Giuseppe Paolo Segoloni, and Giorgina Barbara Piccoli

A dance teacher with kidney–pancreas transplant and diarrhoea: what is the cause?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1759-1761; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh881 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in Nephrology:

Shen Yang Lee, Li-Jen Wang, Tzung-Hai Yen, and Chiz-Tzung Chang

Transarterial embolization of ruptured angiomyolipoma associated with tuberous sclerosis
NDT Advance Access published on May 10, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1762-1763; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh787 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alexandra Scholze, Christoph Loddenkemper, Maria Grünbaum, Ines Moosmayer, Gerd Offermann, and Martin Tepel

Cutaneous Mycobacterium abscessus infection after kidney transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on March 8, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1764-1765; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh736 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters and Replies:

Stanley Shaldon

The true history of home haemodialysis
NDT Advance Access published on April 26, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1766; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh853 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dominik Uehlinger

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on April 26, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1767; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh854 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Yu-Ting Wang, Shao-Yu Yang, Vin-Cent Wu, Kwan-Dun Wu, and Cheng-Chung Fang

Pseudohyperchloraemia due to bromvalerylurea abuse
NDT Advance Access published on June 21, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1767-1768; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh945 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sanjeev Sethi

Membranous glomerulonephritis with monoclonal immune deposits and crescents
NDT Advance Access published on June 14, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1768-1769; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh938 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lorenzo A. Calò, Paul A. Davis, Andrea Semplicini, and Achille C. Pessina

L-Carnitine and erythropoiesis: relationship with haeme oxygenase-1
NDT Advance Access published on June 14, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1769-1770; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh934 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Beckie Michael

The safety of sodium ferric gluconate complex in haemodialysis patients has been extensively evaluated
NDT Advance Access published on June 14, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1770; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh936 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Suresh C. Tiwari, Dipankar M. Bhowmik, and Suresh C. Dash

Is the term ‘renal support therapy’ more appropriate than ‘renal replacement therapy’?
NDT Advance Access published on June 14, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1770-1771; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh931 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Matthias Meier, Markus Hiss, Carsten Hafer, Werner Buth, Joerg Radermacher, Hermann Haller, and Anke Schwarz

Cytomegalovirus peritonitis after renal transplantation under induction therapy with alemtuzumab in a young woman previously treated with peritoneal dialysis
NDT Advance Access published on May 31, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1771; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh921 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Octavio J. Salgado, Rosa E. Chacón, Bella Urdaneta, Beatriz C. Rosales, and Rafael García

Complications of minimal incision open nephrectomy in living donors
NDT Advance Access published on June 21, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1772; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh937 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Errata:

Dursun Duman, Sena Tokay, Ahmet Toprak, Deniz Duman, Ahmet Oktay, Ishak Cetin Ozener, and Ozlem Unay

Elevated cardiac troponin T is associated with increased left ventricular mass index and predicts mortality in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1773; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh993 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

What is antibody-mediated pure red cell aplasia (PRCA)?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1773; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi001 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcements:

Announcements
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 1774-1776. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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