Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Editorial Comments:

Christine Geffers and Henning Rüden

Let MRSA-positive patients live a normal life
NDT Advance Access published on March 6, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 835-836; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl061 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dirk Vogelaers

MRSA: total war or tolerance?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 837-838; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl058 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kunitoshi Iseki

Screening for renal disease—what can be learned from the Okinawa experience
NDT Advance Access published on February 16, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 839-843; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl026 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Luis M. Ruilope and Julian Segura

Blood pressure lowering or selection of antihypertensive agent: which is more important?
NDT Advance Access published on December 29, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 843-845; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk025 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Toshio Miyata and Charles van Ypersele de Strihou

Renoprotection of angiotensin receptor blockers: beyond blood pressure lowering
NDT Advance Access published on February 13, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 846-849; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl013 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paolo Pauletto and Marcello Rattazzi

Inflammation and hypertension: the search for a link
NDT Advance Access published on February 7, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 850-853; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl019 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Reviews:

Adrian Covic, Paul Gusbeth-Tatomir, and David J. A. Goldsmith

Is it time for spironolactone therapy in dialysis patients?
NDT Advance Access published on January 31, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 854-858; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk086 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Matthias Hermann and Frank Ruschitzka

Novel anti-inflammatory drugs in hypertension
NDT Advance Access published on January 23, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 859-864; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk054 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David T. Janigan and David J. Hirsch

Does obesity play a role in the pathogenesis of calcific uraemic arteriolopathy?
NDT Advance Access published on January 23, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 865-868; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk039 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles: Experimental Nephrology:

Klaus Thomsen and David G. Shirley

A hypothesis linking sodium and lithium reabsorption in the distal nephron
NDT Advance Access published on January 12, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 869-880; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk029 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sandrine Placier, Jean-Jacques Boffa, Jean-Claude Dussaule, and Christos Chatziantoniou

Reversal of renal lesions following interruption of nitric oxide synthesis inhibition in transgenic mice
NDT Advance Access published on December 29, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 881-888; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Merav Cohen-Lahav, Shraga Shany, David Tobvin, Cidio Chaimovitz, and Amos Douvdevani

Vitamin D decreases NFB activity by increasing IB levels
NDT Advance Access published on February 2, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 889-897; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi254 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cheng-Chieh Hung, Chiz-Tzung Chang, Ya-Chung Tian, Mai-Szu Wu, Chun-Chen Yu, Ming-Jeng Pan, Alain Vandewalle, and Chih-Wei Yang

Leptospiral membrane proteins stimulate pro-inflammatory chemokines secretion by renal tubule epithelial cells through toll-like receptor 2 and p38 mitogen activated protein kinase
NDT Advance Access published on December 8, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 898-910; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi316 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Masahide Mizobuchi, Hiroaki Ogata, Ikuji Hatamura, Fumihiko Koiwa, Fumie Saji, Kazuhiro Shiizaki, Shigeo Negi, Eriko Kinugasa, Akira Ooshima, Shozo Koshikawa, and Tadao Akizawa

Up-regulation of Cbfa1 and Pit-1 in calcified artery of uraemic rats with severe hyperphosphataemia and secondary hyperparathyroidism
NDT Advance Access published on December 29, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 911-916; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Aquiles Jara, Andrea von Höveling, Ximena Jara, M. Eugenia Burgos, Andres Valdivieso, Sergio Mezzano, and Arnold J. Felsenfeld

Effect of endothelin receptor antagonist on parathyroid gland growth, PTH values and cell proliferation in azotemic rats
NDT Advance Access published on January 23, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 917-923; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Momoko Ogawa, Nobuhito Hirawa, Takamasa Tsuchida, Naomi Eguchi, Yukari Kawabata, Atsushi Numabe, Hideyuki Negoro, Rie Hakamada-Taguchi, Kousuke Seiki, Satoshi Umemura, Yoshihiro Urade, and Yoshio Uehara

Urinary excretions of lipocalin-type prostaglandin D2 synthase predict the development of proteinuria and renal injury in OLETF rats
NDT Advance Access published on December 29, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 924-934; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles: Clinical Nephrology:

Dorothea Nitsch, Denise Felber Dietrich, Arnold von Eckardstein, Jean-Michel Gaspoz, Sara H. Downs, Philippe Leuenberger, Jean-Marie Tschopp, Otto Brändli, Roland Keller, Margaret W. Gerbase, Nicole M. Probst-Hensch, Elisabeth Zemp Stutz, Ursula Ackermann-Liebrich, and the SAPALDIA team

Prevalence of renal impairment and its association with cardiovascular risk factors in a general population: results of the Swiss SAPALDIA study
NDT Advance Access published on January 3, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 935-944; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk021 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Colin C. Geddes, Paul C. W. van Dijk, Stephen McArthur, Wendy Metcalfe, Kitty J. Jager, Aeilko H. Zwinderman, Michael Mooney, Jonathan G. Fox, and Keith Simpson

The ERA-EDTA cohort study—comparison of methods to predict survival on renal replacement therapy
NDT Advance Access published on December 8, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 945-956; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi326 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anna Jander, Michael Nowicki, Marcin Tkaczyk, Maria Roszkowska-Blaim, Tomasz Jarmolinski, Ewa Marczak, Ewa Paluba, Jacek A. Pietrzyk, Grzegorz Siten, Roman Stankiewicz, Krystyna Szprynger, Maria Zajaczkowska, J. Zachwieja, W. Zoch-Zwierz, and D. Zwolinska

Does a late referral to a nephrologist constitute a problem in children starting renal replacement therapy in Poland? – a nationwide study
NDT Advance Access published on December 8, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 957-961; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi313 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vedat Schwenger, Christian Morath, Alex Hofmann, Oskar Hoffmann, Martin Zeier, and Eberhard Ritz

Late referral – a major cause of poor outcome in the very elderly dialysis patient
NDT Advance Access published on January 5, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 962-967; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk030 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carlo Basile, Carlo Lomonte, Luigi Vernaglione, Francesco Casucci, Domenico Chimienti, Andrea Bruno, Savino Cocola, Erminia Antonicelli Verrelli, and Francesco Cazzato

A high body mass index and female gender are associated with an increased risk of nodular hyperplasia of parathyroid glands in chronic uraemia
NDT Advance Access published on December 2, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 968-974; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi311 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Debasish Banerjee, Stephan Brincat, Helen Gregson, Gabriel Contreras, Chris Streather, David Oliveira, and Stephen Nelson

Pulse pressure and inhibition of renin–angiotensin system in chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on December 29, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 975-978; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi345 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary Data [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles: Dialysis and Transplantation:

Monika Buraczynska, Piotr Ksiazek, Andrzej Drop, Wojciech Zaluska, Danuta Spasiewicz, and Andrzej Ksiazek

Genetic polymorphisms of the renin-angiotensin system in end-stage renal disease
NDT Advance Access published on December 29, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 979-983; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk012 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Beatriz Bayés, Mari Cruz Pastor, Jordi Bonal, Andreu Foraster, and Ramón Romero

Oxidative stress, inflammation and cardiovascular mortality in haemodialysis—role of seniority and intravenous ferrotherapy: analysis at 4 years of follow-up
NDT Advance Access published on December 2, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 984-990; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi294 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Francesco Locatelli, Simeone Andrulli, Bruno Memoli, Camilla Maffei, Lucia Del Vecchio, Stefano Aterini, Walter De Simone, Antonella Mandalari, Giuliano Brunori, Marcello Amato, Bruno Cianciaruso, and Carmine Zoccali

Nutritional-inflammation status and resistance to erythropoietin therapy in haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on December 29, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 991-998; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk011 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mustafa Arici, Serkan Kahraman, Gültekin Gençtoy, Bülent Altun, Umut Kalyoncu, Aytekin Oto, Serafettin Kirazli, Yunus Erdem, Ünal Yasavul, and Çetin Turgan

Association of mineral metabolism with an increase in cellular adhesion molecules: another link to cardiovascular risk in maintenance haemodialysis?
NDT Advance Access published on December 2, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 999-1005; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi308 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jean-Philippe Lafrance, Linda Nolin, Lynne Senécal, and Martine Leblanc

Predictors and outcome of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) calls in a large haemodialysis unit over a seven-year period
NDT Advance Access published on December 29, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1006-1012; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rolf Dario Frank, Ute Müller, Regina Lanzmich, Christian Groeger, and Jürgen Floege

Anticoagulant-free Genius® haemodialysis using low molecular weight heparin-coated circuits
NDT Advance Access published on December 2, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1013-1018; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi293 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Raoul Bergner, Martin Hoffmann, Klaus-Dieter Riedel, Gerd Mikus, Dirk M. Henrich, Walter E. Haefeli, Michael Uppenkamp, and Ingeborg Walter-Sack

Fluconazole dosing in continuous veno-venous haemofiltration (CVVHF): need for a high daily dose of 800 mg
NDT Advance Access published on November 25, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1019-1023; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi284 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michele H. Mokrzycki, Meilin Zhang, Hillel Cohen, Ladan Golestaneh, Jeffrey M. Laut, and Stuart O. Rosenberg

Tunnelled haemodialysis catheter bacteraemia: risk factors for bacteraemia recurrence, infectious complications and mortality
NDT Advance Access published on January 31, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1024-1031; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gaëtan Clerbaux, Julie Francart, Pierre Wallemacq, Annie Robert, and Eric Goffin

Evaluation of peritoneal transport properties at onset of peritoneal dialysis and longitudinal follow-up
NDT Advance Access published on December 19, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1032-1039; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi344 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Olivier Moranne, Serge Willoteaux, Dominique Pagniez, Philippe Dequiedt, and Eric Boulanger

Effect of iodinated contrast agents on residual renal function in PD patients
NDT Advance Access published on December 13, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1040-1045; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi327 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tzung-Hai Yen, Chiu-Ching Huang, Hsin-Hung Lin, Jeng-Yi Huang, Ya-Chun Tian, Chih-Wei Yang, Mai-Szu Wu, Ji-Tseng Fang, Chun-Chen Yu, Yang-Jen Chiang, and Sheng-Hsieh Chu

Does hepatitis C virus affect the reactivation of hepatitis B virus following renal transplantation?
NDT Advance Access published on January 3, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1046-1052; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk023 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Agathe Pardon, Vincent Audard, Sophie Caillard, Bruno Moulin, Dominique Desvaux, Bouteina Bentaarit, Philippe Remy, Dil Sahali, Françoise Roudot-Thoraval, Philippe Lang, and Philippe Grimbert

Risk factors and outcome of focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis recurrence in adult renal transplant recipients
NDT Advance Access published on December 19, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1053-1059; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mads Nybo, Hans Dieperink, and Søren Risom Kristensen

Prolonged aPTT after kidney transplantation due to transient lupus anticoagulants
NDT Advance Access published on December 29, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1060-1065; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk017 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief Reports:

Robert L. Lins, Monique M. Elseviers, and Ronny Daelemans

Severity scoring and mortality 1 year after acute renal failure
NDT Advance Access published on February 13, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1066-1068; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk094 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Technical Notes:

Wim Van Biesen, Sunny Eloot, Annick Verleysen, Griet Glorieux, Nic Veys, Raymond Vanholder, and Norbert Lameire

Clamping of the dialysate outlet line in the Genius® dialysis system does not alter dialysate flow or clearances
NDT Advance Access published on January 12, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1069-1072; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk038 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Technical Reports:

Togo Aoyama, Kouju Kamata, Nozomu Yamanaka, Yasuo Takeuchi, Masaaki Higashihara, and Seishi Kato

Characteristics of polyclonal anti-human nephrin antibodies induced by genetic immunization using nephrin cDNA
NDT Advance Access published on January 23, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1073-1081; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk101 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Mohamed Zaki, Torsten Schöneberg, Tareq Al Ajrawi, Abdul Nasser Al Said, Katrin Sangkuhl, and Holger Römpler

Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, thiazide treatment and renal cell carcinoma
NDT Advance Access published on January 19, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1082-1086; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk024 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yoshiaki Nishioka, Yoshio Horita, Masato Tadokoro, Koichi Taura, Naofumi Suyama, Masanobu Miyazaki, Takashi Harada, and Shigeru Kohno

Mizoribine induces remission of relapsed ANCA-associated renal vasculitis
NDT Advance Access published on December 2, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1087-1088; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi295 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Roger T. Getts, Shawn M. Hazlett, Sandeep B. Sharma, Rita L. McGill, Robert W. W. Biederman, Richard J. Marcus, and Stephen E. Sandroni

Regression of left ventricular hypertrophy after bilateral nephrectomy
NDT Advance Access published on December 7, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1089-1091; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi321 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Motoko Tanaka, Yoshihiro Tominaga, Kazuko Itoh, Kazunori Matsushita, Kazutaka Matsushita, Susumu Matsuoka, Tsuneo Ueki, Norihiko Goto, Tetsuhiko Sato, Akio Katayama, Toshihito Haba, and Kazuharu Uchida

Autoinfarction of the parathyroid gland diagnosed by power Doppler ultrasonography in a patient with secondary hyperparathyroidism
NDT Advance Access published on December 19, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1092-1095; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi337 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K. M. Ho

Hyperlactataemia induced by CVVHDF with low lactate bicarbonate-buffered solutions in patients with liver dysfunction
NDT Advance Access published on December 15, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1096-1099; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi339 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cesar Yaghi, Aida Moussali, Gerard Abadjian, Bahaa Kheir, Lina Menassa, Rita Slim, Khalil Honein, and Raymond Sayegh

Hepatic candidiasis in a kidney transplant recipient treated successfully with amphotericin B and itraconazole
NDT Advance Access published on December 29, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1100-1103; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk019 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Interesting Case:

Thomas Grobner

Gadolinium – a specific trigger for the development of nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy and nephrogenic systemic fibrosis?
NDT Advance Access published on January 23, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1104-1108; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk062 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Points:

Gottfried Rudofsky, Jr, Florian Hoffmann, Klaus Müller, Michael Filser, Peter Lohse, Jörg Beimler, and Vedat Schwenger

A nephrotic patient with tumour necrosis factor receptor-associated periodic syndrome, IgA nephropathy and CNS involvement
NDT Advance Access published on January 23, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1109-1112; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk098 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nephroquiz:

Florian M. E. Wagenlehner, Giorgina B. Piccoli, and Kurt G. Naber

Uraemia, psychosis, young patient: an uncommon link
NDT Advance Access published on February 7, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1113-1116; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl009 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in Nephrology:

Yong Bum Jang, Kyung Pyo Kang, Sik Lee, Won Kim, Myung Ki Kim, Young Gon Kim, and Sung Kwang Park

Treatment of subcapsular haematoma, a complication of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL), by percutaneous drainage
NDT Advance Access published on December 19, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1117-1118; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk002 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vinicius Daher Alvares Delfino, Marcel Jaqueto, Marco Aurélio de Freitas Rodrigues, and Altair Jacob Mocelin

A man with a serum creatinine near 10 mg/dl with an intravenous pyelogram showing normally functioning kidneys
NDT Advance Access published on January 18, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1119-1120; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk097 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jacinthe Babin, Serge Langlois, Juan Friede, Gérald Guay, and Mohsen Agharazii

Green dialysate: asymptomatic perforated cholecystitis without peritonitis
NDT Advance Access published on January 31, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1121-1122; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk099 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

Kidney disorders in children and adolescents—a global perspective of clinical practice
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1123; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl059 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters and Replies:

Kent Doi, Eisei Noiri, Toshiro Fujita, and Katsushi Tokunaga

Non-association of VEGF genetic polymorphisms in promoter – 5' UTR with end-stage renal disease
NDT Advance Access published on January 18, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1124-1125; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk100 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Angela Summers, Beatrice Coupes, Colin Short, and P. E. C. Brenchley

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on February 7, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1125; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl014 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maurizio Bossola, Maurizio Muscaritoli, Luigi Tazza, Filippo Rossi Fanelli, and Giovanna Luciani

Does leptin contribute to uraemic cachexia?
NDT Advance Access published on December 13, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1125-1126; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi332 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrzej Wiecek

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on January 27, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1126; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi348 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alok Kumar, Sanjeev Gulati, and R. K. Sharma

Association between BP and mortality in patients on chronic peritoneal dialysis
NDT Advance Access published on January 24, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1126-1127; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk066 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alexander Goldfarb-Rumyantzev

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on January 24, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1127; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk067 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jacek Borawski, Beata Naumnik, Alicja Rydzewska-Rosolowska, and Michal Mysliwiec

Myeloperoxidase up-regulation during haemodialysis: is heparin the missing link?
NDT Advance Access published on February 7, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1128; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl002 [Extract] [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

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on February 7, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1128-1129; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl004 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Chia-Chao Wu, Shih-Hua Lin, and Yuh-Feng Lin

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on February 7, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1129-1130; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl003 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pierre Delanaye, Etienne Cavalier, Jean Paul Chapelle, and Jean Marie Krzesinski

Importance of the creatinine calibration in the estimation of GFR by MDRD equation
NDT Advance Access published on February 16, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1130; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl038 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wim van Biesen

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on February 16, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1130-1131; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl039 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Lorenzo A. Calò, Elisa Pagnin, Michele Mussap, Paul A. Davis, and Andrea Semplicini

Rho/Rho-kinase and C-reactive protein relationship in hypertension and atherosclerosis
NDT Advance Access published on November 15, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1131-1132; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi272 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alexander Wechsler, Rosa Schneider, Marina Sapojnikov, Doron Zamir, Ilia Polyshuk, and Yoram Yagil

Bowel cleansing in patients with chronic renal failure – an often overlooked hazard
NDT Advance Access published on December 6, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1133-1134; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi283 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Philibert, Simon Desmeules, Juan Friede, and Mohsen Agharazii

In vivo quantification of central venous catheter leak
NDT Advance Access published on November 1, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1134-1135; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi247 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Edwin N. Wardle

Renal protection in immunoglobulin-A nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on November 8, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1136; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi260 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrew M. Hall, Emily M. Symington, Stephen A. Sampson, and Jonathan T. C. Kwan

Crescentic transformation of membranous glomerulopathy: a reversible condition
NDT Advance Access published on December 6, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1136-1137; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi259 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gopala K. Rangan, George Kan, Jay H. Steer, Gursharan Dogra, Kevin D. Croft, Helen C. Rhodes, Andrew J. Woodroffe, and David A. Joyce

Altered expression of nuclear factor-B in peripheral blood mononuclear cells in chronic haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on December 6, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1137-1139; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi258 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Giorgina Barbara Piccoli, Antonella Sargiotto, Manuel Burdese, Valentina Consiglio, Elisabetta Mezza, Maura Rossetti, Giuseppe Picciotto, and Giuseppe Paolo Segoloni

Grafted kidney, native kidney and proteinuria after pre-emptive pancreas–kidney transplantation: questions and answers
NDT Advance Access published on November 9, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1139-1140; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh969 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Errata:

Laurence Vernez, Michael Dickenmann, Jürg Steiger, Markus Wenk, and Stephan Krähenbühl

Effect of L-carnitine on the kinetics of carnitine, acylcarnitines and butyrobetaine in long-term haemodialysis
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