Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Special Feature:

N. Lameire, J. Floege, and D.C. Wheeler

Report from the editorial office
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi349 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Comments:

Gert Mayer and Guido G. Persijn

Eurotransplant kidney allocation system (ETKAS): rationale and implementation
NDT Advance Access published on November 15, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2-3; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi269 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Boleslaw Rutkowski

Highlights of the epidemiology of renal replacement therapy in Central and Eastern Europe
NDT Advance Access published on November 9, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 4-10; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi251 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Caroline Hervé and Jacques Dantal

Possible new perspectives for our understanding of nephrotic syndrome recurrence
NDT Advance Access published on November 8, 2005
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Michèle M. Sale and Barry I. Freedman

Genetic determinants of albuminuria and renal disease in diabetes mellitus
NDT Advance Access published on October 18, 2005
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Marta Ruiz-Ortega, Mónica Rupérez, Vanesa Esteban, Juan Rodríguez-Vita, Elsa Sánchez-López, Giselle Carvajal, and Jesús Egido

Angiotensin II: a key factor in the inflammatory and fibrotic response in kidney diseases
NDT Advance Access published on November 9, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 16-20; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi265 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cesare Cuspidi, Michele Ciulla, and Alberto Zanchetti

Hypertensive myocardial fibrosis
NDT Advance Access published on November 1, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 20-23; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi237 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Helmut Reichel

Current treatment options in secondary renal hyperparathyroidism
NDT Advance Access published on September 6, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 23-28; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi097 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pascal Houillier, Marc Froissart, Gérard Maruani, and Anne Blanchard

What serum calcium can tell us and what it can't
NDT Advance Access published on November 15, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 29-32; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi268 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Translational Nephrology:

Markus Ketteler and Jürgen Floege

Calcification and the usual suspect phosphate: still guilty but there are other guys behind the scenes
NDT Advance Access published on November 15, 2005
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Dialysis and Transplantation News:

Aljosa Kandus, Miha Arnol, and Andrej F. Bren

Renal transplantation in Slovenia after joining Eurotransplant
NDT Advance Access published on November 15, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 36-39; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi277 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Raymond Vanholder

Intervention of the renal disaster relief task force (RDRTF) in the Kashmir earthquake
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Original Articles: Experimental Nephrology:

Yoshihide Fujigaki, Tetsuo Goto, Masanori Sakakima, Hirotaka Fukasawa, Takehiko Miyaji, Tatsuo Yamamoto, and Akira Hishida

Kinetics and characterization of initially regenerating proximal tubules in S3 segment in response to various degrees of acute tubular injury
NDT Advance Access published on August 2, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 41-50; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi035 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Prasun K. Datta, Shawn Dhupar, and Elias A. Lianos

Regulatory effects of inducible nitric oxide synthase on cyclooxygenase-2 and heme oxygenase-1 expression in experimental glomerulonephritis
NDT Advance Access published on October 4, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 51-57; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi135 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rainer Birck, Mark Newman, Claude Braun, Irmgard Neumann, Kyuichi Nemoto, Benito Yard, Rüdiger Waldherr, and Fokko J. van der Woude

15-Deoxyspergualin and cyclophosphamide, but not mycophenolate mofetil, prolong survival and attenuate renal disease in a murine model of ANCA-associated crescentic nephritis
NDT Advance Access published on September 2, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 58-63; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi070 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles: Clinical Nephrology:

Tanya Pankhurst, Alexander J. Howie, Dwomoa Adu, D. Michael A. Wallace, and Graham W. Lipkin

Incidental neoplasms in renal biopsies
NDT Advance Access published on October 4, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 64-69; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi149 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ewout J. Hoorn, Jan Lindemans, and Robert Zietse

Development of severe hyponatraemia in hospitalized patients: treatment-related risk factors and inadequate management
NDT Advance Access published on September 2, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 70-76; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi082 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wim Van Biesen, Raymond Vanholder, Nic Veys, Francis Verbeke, Joris Delanghe, Dirk De Bacquer, and Norbert Lameire

The importance of standardization of creatinine in the implementation of guidelines and recommendations for CKD: implications for CKD management programmes
NDT Advance Access published on October 12, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 77-83; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi185 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Timothy P. Taylor, Wei Wang, M. Zakarea Shrayyef, DeAnna Cheek, Florence N. Hutchison, and Crystal A. Gadegbeku

Glomerular filtration rate can be accurately predicted using lean mass measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry
NDT Advance Access published on August 22, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 84-87; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rachel J. Middleton, Robert N. Foley, Janet Hegarty, Ching M. Cheung, Patrick McElduff, J. Martin Gibson, Philip A. Kalra, Donal J. O'Donoghue, and John P. New

The unrecognized prevalence of chronic kidney disease in diabetes
NDT Advance Access published on October 12, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 88-92; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi163 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Aklilu A. Yishak, Tina Costacou, Gabriel Virella, Janice Zgibor, Linda Fried, Michael Walsh, Rhobert W. Evans, Maria Lopes-Virella, Valerian E. Kagan, James Otvos, and Trevor J. Orchard

Novel predictors of overt nephropathy in subjects with type 1 diabetes. A nested case control study from the Pittsburgh Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications cohort
NDT Advance Access published on September 6, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 93-100; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Liffert Vogt, Gozewijn D. Laverman, Arie van Tol, Albert K. Groen, Gerjan Navis, and Robin P. F. Dullaart

Cellular cholesterol efflux to plasma from proteinuric patients is elevated and remains unaffected by antiproteinuric treatment
NDT Advance Access published on September 2, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 101-106; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi068 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kai-Dietrich Nüsken, Jürgen Kratzsch, Veronica Wienholz, Wolfgang Stöhr, Wolfgang Rascher, and Jörg Dötsch

Circulating resistin concentrations in children depend on renal function
NDT Advance Access published on September 6, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 107-112; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi084 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hideki Fujii, Satoko Nakamura, Setsuko Kuroda, Fumiki Yoshihara, Hajime Nakahama, Takashi Inenaga, Hatsue Ueda-Ishibashi, Chikao Yutani, and Yuhei Kawano

Relationship between renal artery stenosis and intrarenal damage in autopsy subjects with stroke
NDT Advance Access published on September 2, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 113-119; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi083 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gabriel Mircescu, Liliana Gârneata, Cristina Capusa, and Nicolae Ursea

Intravenous iron supplementation for the treatment of anaemia in pre-dialyzed chronic renal failure patients
NDT Advance Access published on September 6, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 120-124; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi087 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shirley Yumi Hayashi, Morteza Rohani, Bengt Lindholm, Lars-Åke Brodin, Britta Lind, Peter Barany, Anders Alvestrand, and Astrid Seeberger

Left ventricular function in patients with chronic kidney disease evaluated by colour tissue Doppler velocity imaging
NDT Advance Access published on October 12, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 125-132; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi075 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles: Dialysis and Transplantation:

Helmut Schiffl and Susanne M. Lang

Folic acid deficiency modifies the haematopoietic response to recombinant human erythropoietin in maintenance dialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on September 6, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 133-137; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi086 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Karin Moret, Jeroen Aalten, Warmold van den Wall Bake, Paul Gerlag, Charles Beerenhout, Frank van der Sande, Karel Leunissen, and Jeroen Kooman

The effect of sodium profiling and feedback technologies on plasma conductivity and ionic mass balance: a study in hypotension-prone dialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on September 6, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 138-144; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi118 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jolanta Malyszko, Jacek Malyszko, Slawomir Wolczynski, and Michal Mysliwiec

Adiponectin, leptin and thyroid hormones in patients with chronic renal failure and on renal replacement therapy: are they related?
NDT Advance Access published on September 2, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 145-152; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi081 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mareille Gritters, Muriël P. C. Grooteman, Margreet Schoorl, Marianne Schoorl, Piet C. M. Bartels, Peter G. Scheffer, Tom Teerlink, Casper G. Schalkwijk, Marieke Spreeuwenberg, and Menso J. Nubé

Citrate anticoagulation abolishes degranulation of polymorphonuclear cells and platelets and reduces oxidative stress during haemodialysis
NDT Advance Access published on September 6, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 153-159; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi069 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] HTML Page - index.htslp [Request Permissions]  

Camila Sardenberg, Paulo Suassuna, Maria Claudia Cruz Andreoli, Renato Watanabe, Maria Aparecida Dalboni, Sílvia Regina Manfredi, Oscar Pavão dos Santos, Esper Georges Kallas, Sérgio Antônio Draibe, and Miguel Cendoroglo

Effects of uraemia and dialysis modality on polymorphonuclear cell apoptosis and function
NDT Advance Access published on September 9, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 160-165; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi095 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alexander S. Goldfarb-Rumyantzev, John K. Leypoldt, Natalia Nelson, Nancy G. Kutner, and Alfred K. Cheung

A crossover study of short daily haemodialysis
NDT Advance Access published on September 16, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 166-175; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi116 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Frieder Braunschweig, Barbro Kjellström, Mats Söderhäll, Naomi Clyne, and Cecilia Linde

Dynamic changes in right ventricular pressures during haemodialysis recorded with an implantable haemodynamic monitor
NDT Advance Access published on September 6, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 176-183; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi145 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Giovanni Merlino, Antonella Piani, Pierluigi Dolso, Massimo Adorati, Iacopo Cancelli, Mariarosaria Valente, and Gian Luigi Gigli

Sleep disorders in patients with end-stage renal disease undergoing dialysis therapy
NDT Advance Access published on September 6, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 184-190; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi144 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robert M. Perkins, Joel C. Reynolds, Tejinder S. Ahuja, Thomas Reid, Lawrence Y. Agodoa, Erin M. Bohen, Christina M. Yuan, and Kevin C. Abbott

Thrombotic microangiopathy in United States long-term dialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on October 4, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 191-196; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi153 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Matthias Büchler, Steve Chadban, Edward Cole, Karsten Midtvedt, Eric Thervet, Hans Prestele, and Paul Keown

Evolution of the absorption profile of cyclosporine A in renal transplant recipients: a longitudinal study of the de novo and maintenance phases
NDT Advance Access published on October 4, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 197-202; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi113 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Huseyin Kocak, Kaan Ceken, Asuman Yavuz, Selcuk Yucel, Alihan Gurkan, Okan Erdogan, Fevzi Ersoy, Gulsen Yakupoglu, Alper Demirbas, and Murat Tuncer

Effect of renal transplantation on endothelial function in haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on September 6, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 203-207; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi119 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief Reports:

Mohammad Zareie, Eelco D. Keuning, Piet M. ter Wee, Casper G. Schalkwijk, Robert H. J. Beelen, and Jacob van den Born

Improved biocompatibility of bicarbonate/lactate-buffered PDF is not related to pH
NDT Advance Access published on November 1, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 208-216; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi188 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Jose A. Riancho, Gema Saro, Carolina Sañudo, Maria J. Izquierdo, and Maria T. Zarrabeitia

Gitelman syndrome: genetic and expression analysis of the thiazide-sensitive sodium-chloride transporter in blood cells
NDT Advance Access published on October 12, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 217-220; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi093 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Natalia Ridao-Cano, Antolina Rodriguez, Jaime Torrente, Juan Gallego, and Alberto Barrientos

Acute renal failure following endovascular repair of an infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm
NDT Advance Access published on October 25, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 221-222; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi218 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nephroquiz:

Piccoli Giorgina Barbara, Burdese Manuel, Mezza Elisabetta, Soragna Giorgio, Tattoli Fabio, Consiglio Valentina, Maddalena Emanuela, Bergui Massimo, Scarzella Giuseppe, and Segoloni Giuseppe Paolo

The suddenly speechless florist on chronic dialysis: the unexpected threats of a flower shop?
NDT Advance Access published on November 9, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 223-225; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh990 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in Nephrology:

Iddo Z. Ben-Dov and Michael Bursztyn

Daytime sleeping and night-time urinating obscure normal dipping
NDT Advance Access published on October 4, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 226-227; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi139 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shen-Yang Lee, Hsiang-Hao Hsu, Chiz-Tzung Chang, Chih-Wei Yang, Yon-Cheong Wong, and Li-Jen Wang

Renal capsular leiomyoma—imaging features on computed tomography and angiography
NDT Advance Access published on October 4, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 228-229; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi156 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Taro Horino, Toshihiro Takao, Tatsuhito Morita, Hiroyuki Ito, and Kozo Hashimoto

Minimal change nephrotic syndrome associated with systemic lupus erythematosus
NDT Advance Access published on October 12, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 230; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh979 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Raghav Talwar, Tapan Sinha, Prem P. Varma, Shailesh C. Karan, Arjun Singh Sandhu, Gurwinder Singh Sethi, Anand Srivastava, Vineet Narang, and Chander Mohan

Transplantation of kidney with retrocaval ureter: what are the pitfalls?
NDT Advance Access published on October 12, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 230-231; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi106 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Aiko P. J. de Vries, Leendert H. Oterdoom, Rijk O. B. Gans, and Stephan J. L. Bakker

Supplementation with anti-oxidants Vitamin C and E decreases cyclosporine A trough-levels in renal transplant recipients
NDT Advance Access published on August 22, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 231-232; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi112 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Suresh Chandra Dash and Sanjay K. Agarwal

Incidence of chronic kidney disease in India
NDT Advance Access published on October 12, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 232-233; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi094 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ming-Yu Lai, Su-Pen Yang, Yee Chao, Pui-Ching Lee, and Shou-Dong Lee

Fever with acute renal failure due to body massage-induced rhabdomyolysis
NDT Advance Access published on October 4, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 233-234; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi158 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Doris Chan, Ashley Irish, Kevin D. Croft, and Gursharan Dogra

Effect of ascorbic acid supplementation on plasma isoprostanes in haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on October 4, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 234-235; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi154 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Georgios Efstratiadis, Evangelia Boura, Panagiotis Giamalis, Evdokia Mandala, Maria Leontsini, Georgios Tsiaousis, and Dimitrios Memmos

Renal involvement in a patient with visceral leishmaniasis
NDT Advance Access published on October 4, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 235-236; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi157 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Costas Fourtounas, Markos Marangos, Pantelitsa Kalliakmani, Erene Savidaki, Dimitrios S. Goumenos, and Jannis G. Vlachojannis

Treatment of peritoneal dialysis related fungal peritonitis with caspofungin plus amphotericin B combination therapy
NDT Advance Access published on November 1, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 236-237; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi162 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Grimaldi, Eric Daugas, Béatrice Mougenot, Jérôme Rossert, and Pierre Ronco

Immuno-allergic interstitial nephritis related to fluindione: first biopsy proven cases
NDT Advance Access published on October 12, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 237; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi173 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Chi-Chih Hung, Mei-Chuan Kuo, Jer-Ming Chang, and Hung-Chun Chen

Fluoroquinolone-induced acute interstitial nephritis in immunocompromised patients: two case reports
NDT Advance Access published on October 4, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 237-238; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi178 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Errata:

Gunter Wolf

"As time goes by": Angiotensin II-mediated transactivation of the EGF-receptor comes of age
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 239; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi320 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

List of Reviewers:

We sincerely thank all our subject and section editors for their hard work over the past year. • The Editorial Office thanks the following colleagues for reviewing papers for the period of 1 January 2005 to 31 October 2005
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Announcements:

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