Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Editorial Comments:

William M. McClellan

The epidemic of renal disease—what drives it and what can be done?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1461-1464; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi317 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cecile Grootscholten and Jo H. M. Berden

Discontinuation of immunosuppression in proliferative lupus nephritis: is it possible?
NDT Advance Access published on April 27, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1465-1469; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl208 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joel M. Neutel

The role of combination therapy in the management of hypertension
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1469-1473; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk064 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eric H. Y. Ie and Robert Zietse

Evaluation of cardiac function in the dialysis patient—a primer for the non-expert
NDT Advance Access published on April 12, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1474-1481; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl167 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Reviews:

G. Colucci, J. Floege, and F. P. Schena

The urinary sediment beyond light microscopical examination
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1482-1485; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl223 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Translational Nephrology:

Ben Sprangers, Mark Waer, and An D. Billiau

Xenograft rejection—all that glitters is not Gal
NDT Advance Access published on April 6, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1486-1488; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl087 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles: Experimental Nephrology:

Masayuki Nakamura, Hideaki Yamabe, Hiroshi Osawa, Norio Nakamura, Michiko Shimada, Ryuichiro Kumasaka, Reiichi Murakami, Takeshi Fujita, Tomohiro Osanai, and Ken Okumura

Hypoxic conditions stimulate the production of angiogenin and vascular endothelial growth factor by human renal proximal tubular epithelial cells in culture
NDT Advance Access published on February 20, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1489-1495; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl041 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eun-Young Lee, Choon Hee Chung, Jung Hyun Kim, Hea-Jung Joung, and Sae Yong Hong

Antioxidants ameliorate the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor mediated by protein kinase C in diabetic podocytes
NDT Advance Access published on February 16, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1496-1503; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl022 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Susan Yung, Candice Y. Y. Lee, Qing Zhang, Shuk Kei Lau, Ryan C. W. Tsang, and Tak Mao Chan

Elevated glucose induction of thrombospondin-1 up-regulates fibronectin synthesis in proximal renal tubular epithelial cells through TGF-ß1 dependent and TGF-ß1 independent pathways
NDT Advance Access published on February 22, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1504-1513; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl017 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carlo Ricci, Carla Iacobini, Giovanna Oddi, Lorena Amadio, Stefano Menini, Maria Pia Rastaldi, Aurora Frasheri, Flavia Pricci, Francesco Pugliese, and Giuseppe Pugliese

Role of TGF-ß/GLUT1 axis in susceptibility vs resistance to diabetic glomerulopathy in the Milan rat model
NDT Advance Access published on January 31, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1514-1524; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk089 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles: Clinical Nephrology:

Stein Hallan, Brad Astor, and Stian Lydersen

Estimating glomerular filtration rate in the general population: the second Health Survey of Nord-Trondelag (HUNT II)
NDT Advance Access published on February 28, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1525-1533; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl035 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rebecca Wing-Yan Chan, Fernand Mac-Moune Lai, Edmund Kwok-Ming Li, Lai-Shan Tam, Kai-Ming Chow, Philip Kam-Tao Li, and Cheuk-Chun Szeto

The effect of immunosuppressive therapy on the messenger RNA expression of target genes in the urinary sediment of patients with active lupus nephritis
NDT Advance Access published on January 31, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1534-1540; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gabriella Moroni, Beniamina Gallelli, Silvana Quaglini, Giovanni Banfi, Emilio Rivolta, Piergiorgio Messa, and Claudio Ponticelli

Withdrawal of therapy in patients with proliferative lupus nephritis: long-term follow-up
NDT Advance Access published on February 2, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1541-1548; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk073 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Daniel Patschan, Oliver Witzke, Ulrich Dührsen, Raimund Erbel, Thomas Philipp, and Stefan Herget-Rosenthal

Acute myocardial infarction in thrombotic microangiopathies—clinical characteristics, risk factors and outcome
NDT Advance Access published on March 30, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1549-1554; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl127 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Chantal Capeillère-Blandin, Valérie Gausson, Anh Thu Nguyen, Béatrice Descamps-Latscha, Tilman Drüeke, and Véronique Witko-Sarsat

Respective role of uraemic toxins and myeloperoxidase in the uraemic state
NDT Advance Access published on February 13, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1555-1563; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

George Liamis, Michalis Kalogirou, Vasilios Saugos, and Moses Elisaf

Therapeutic approach in patients with dysnatraemias
NDT Advance Access published on January 31, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1564-1569; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk090 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yunfeng Xia, Youji Li, Yong Du, Niansheng Yang, Caixia Li, Joseph C. K. Leung, Man F. Lam, Weijun Huang, Suqin Chen, Patrick H. Maxwell, Kar N. Lai, and Yiming Wang

Association of MEGSIN 2093C–2180T haplotype at the 3' untranslated region with disease severity and progression of IgA nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on January 23, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1570-1574; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk096 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Francisco Caravaca, María Victoria Martín, Sergio Barroso, Belén Ruiz, and Román Hernández-Gallego

Do inflammatory markers add predictive information of death beyond that provided by age and comorbidity in chronic renal failure patients?
NDT Advance Access published on February 16, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1575-1581; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl033 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yoshio Shimizu, Michio Nagata, Joichi Usui, Kouichi Hirayama, Keigyo Yoh, Kunihiro Yamagata, Masaki Kobayashi, and Akio Koyama

Tissue-specific distribution of an alternatively spliced COL4A5 isoform and non-random X chromosome inactivation reflect phenotypic variation in heterozygous X-linked Alport syndrome
NDT Advance Access published on March 3, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1582-1587; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl051 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wendy P. J. den Elzen, Jeannette G. van Manen, Elisabeth W. Boeschoten, Raymond T. Krediet, and Friedo W. Dekker

The effect of single and repeatedly high concentrations of C-reactive protein on cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular mortality in patients starting with dialysis
NDT Advance Access published on January 31, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1588-1595; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk092 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles: Dialysis and Transplantation:

Christof Ulrich, Gunnar H. Heine, Patric Garcia, Birgit Reichart, Thomas Georg, Matthias Krause, Hans Köhler, and Matthias Girndt

Increased expression of monocytic angiotensin-converting enzyme in dialysis patients with cardiovascular disease
NDT Advance Access published on February 13, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1596-1602; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mohamed E. Suliman, A. Rashid Qureshi, Olof Heimbürger, Bengt Lindholm, and Peter Stenvinkel

Soluble adhesion molecules in end-stage renal disease: a predictor of outcome
NDT Advance Access published on February 13, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1603-1610; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Matthew A. Roberts, Merlin C. Thomas, Dharsh Fernando, Neil Macmillan, David A. Power, and Francesco L. Ierino

Low molecular weight advanced glycation end products predict mortality in asymptomatic patients receiving chronic haemodialysis
NDT Advance Access published on March 6, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1611-1617; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl053 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary Data [Request Permissions]  

Diana Poli, Laura Pavone, Pius Tansinda, Matteo Goldoni, Dante Tagliavini, Salvatore David, Antonio Mutti, and Innocente Franchini

Organic contamination in dialysis water: trichloroethylene as a model compound
NDT Advance Access published on February 20, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1618-1625; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl036 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marta Albalate, Concepción de la Piedra, Cristina Fernández, Mar Lefort, Henar Santana, Paloma Hernando, Jesús Hernández, and Carlos Caramelo

Association between phosphate removal and markers of bone turnover in haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on February 20, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1626-1632; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl034 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nobuhiko Joki, Hiroki Hase, Yuri Tanaka, Yasunori Takahashi, Tomokatsu Saijyo, Hiroyaou Ishikawa, Yoji Inishi, Yoshihiko Imamura, Hisao Hara, Taro Tsunoda, and Masato Nakamura

Relationship between serum albumin level before initiating haemodialysis and angiographic severity of coronary atherosclerosis in end-stage renal disease patients
NDT Advance Access published on February 17, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1633-1639; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl037 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Masato Nishimura, Tetsuya Hashimoto, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Satoru Yamazaki, Koji Okino, Hiroshi Fujita, Naoto Inoue, Hakuo Takahashi, and Toshihiko Ono

Association of the circulating adiponectin concentration with coronary in-stent restenosis in haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on January 23, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1640-1647; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk088 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Francesco Pizzarelli, Tiziano Cerrai, Pietro Dattolo, and Giuseppe Ferro

On-line haemodiafiltration with and without acetate
NDT Advance Access published on February 7, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1648-1651; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk093 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tricia L. Roberts, Robert N. Foley, Eric D. Weinhandl, David T. Gilbertson, and Allan J. Collins

Anaemia and mortality in haemodialysis patients: interaction of propensity score for predicted anaemia and actual haemoglobin levels
NDT Advance Access published on January 31, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1652-1662; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk095 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. Dolores Arenas, Fernando Alvarez-Ude, M. Teresa Gil, Antonio Soriano, Juan José Egea, Isabel Millán, M. Luisa Amoedo, Salomé Muray, and M. Antonia Carretón

Application of NKF-K/DOQI Clinical Practice Guidelines for Bone Metabolism and Disease: changes of clinical practices and their effects on outcomes and quality standards in three haemodialysis units
NDT Advance Access published on February 7, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1663-1668; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hylke de Jonge, Bert Bammens, Wim Lemahieu, Bart D. Maes, and Yves Vanrenterghem

Comparison of peritoneal dialysis and haemodialysis after renal transplant failure
NDT Advance Access published on February 9, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1669-1674; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl010 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ali M. Sherif, Masaaki Nakayama, Yukio Maruyama, Hiraku Yoshida, Hiroyasu Yamamoto, Keitaro Yokoyama, and Makio Kawakami

Quantitative assessment of the peritoneal vessel density and vasculopathy in CAPD patients
NDT Advance Access published on March 22, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1675-1681; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl054 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

James R. Rodrigue, Michelle R. Widows, Robert Guenther, Robert C. Newman, Bruce Kaplan, and Richard J. Howard

The expectancies of living kidney donors: do they differ as a function of relational status and gender?
NDT Advance Access published on February 16, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1682-1688; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl024 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Isabel Quiroga, Philip McShane, Dicken D. H. Koo, Derek Gray, Peter J. Friend, Susan Fuggle, and Christopher Darby

Major effects of delayed graft function and cold ischaemia time on renal allograft survival
NDT Advance Access published on February 20, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1689-1696; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl042 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Short Communication:

Paul A. Davis, Michele Mussap, Elisa Pagnin, Lara Bertipaglia, Vincenzo Savica, Andrea Semplicini, and Lorenzo A. Calò

Early markers of inflammation in a high angiotensin II state—results of studies in Bartter's/Gitelman's syndromes
NDT Advance Access published on March 30, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1697-1701; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl112 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Velibor Tasic, Zoran Trajkovski, Gjorgji Zafirovski, Zoran Gucev, and Richard S. Trompeter

Aseptic necrosis of both tali in a child with steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome
NDT Advance Access published on January 6, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1702-1704; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi131 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Omer Toprak, Atilla Uzum, Mustafa Cirit, Ertap Esi, Ayca Inci, Rifki Ersoy, Mehmet Tanrisev, Ercan Ok, and Brunella Franco

Oral–facial–digital syndrome type 1, Caroli's disease and cystic renal disease
NDT Advance Access published on December 29, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1705-1709; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk013 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kenneth Wu and David Throssell

A new treatment for polyarteritis nodosa
NDT Advance Access published on January 18, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1710-1712; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk082 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Aso Saeed, Gregor Guron, Anders Oldfors, Björn Lindelöw, and Hans Herlitz

Cardiac fibrosis triggered by the kidney: a case report
NDT Advance Access published on March 22, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1713-1715; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl015 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kerstin Benz, Christian Plank, Kerstin Amann, Bettina Mucha, Helmuth G. Dörr, Wolfgang Rascher, and Jörg Dötsch

Hypergonadotropic hypogonadism and renal failure due to WT1 mutation
NDT Advance Access published on February 13, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1716-1718; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl023 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Daniela Molino, Domenico De Lucia, Alessandra F. Perna, Massimo Cirillo, and Natale Gaspare De Santo

Thrombosis of vascular access associated with factor V Leiden, antiphospholipid antibodies and antiheparin antibodies in a young woman on dialysis receiving warfarin following mitral valve replacement
NDT Advance Access published on February 13, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1719-1720; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl027 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Points:

Andrew Davenport

Sudden collapse during haemodialysis due to immune-mediated heparin-induced thrombocytopaenia
NDT Advance Access published on March 22, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1721-1724; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl124 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in Nephrology:

Wen-Chi Lai and Ji-Tseng Fang

Renal cyst mimicking arteriovenous malformation
NDT Advance Access published on March 22, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1725-1726; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl105 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Takamitsu Inoue, Shigeru Satoh, Kazuyuki Numakura, Mitsuru Saito, Norihiko Tsuchiya, Hiroshi Nanjo, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Noritoshi Amada, and Tomonori Habuchi

External iliac pseudoaneurysm ruptured into non-functioning intrarenal allograft abscessed mass
NDT Advance Access published on March 22, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1727-1728; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl128 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters and Replies:

Abdulla K. Salahudeen

The obesity paradox as it relates to survival and hypertension in dialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on March 17, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1729; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl099 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Krzysztof Narkiewicz

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on March 17, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1729; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl100 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Atsushi Satomura, Takayuki Fujita, and Koichi Matsumoto

Mannose-binding lectin level and polymorphism in patients on long-term peritoneal dialysis—level of serum mannose binding lectin with end-stage renal disease
NDT Advance Access published on April 12, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1729-1730; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl129 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Man-Fai Lam, Joseph C. Leung, and Kar-Neng Lai

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on April 12, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1730-1731; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl148 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B. Di Iorio, M. Martiromo, M. C. Cesare, and R. M. De Santo

Do sleep disorders start in dialysis or in early chronic kidney disease?
NDT Advance Access published on April 12, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1731; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl122 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Giovanni Merlino, Iacopo Cancelli, and Gian Luigi Gigli

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on April 12, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1732; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl149 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vincent Rigalleau, Catherine Lasseur, Philippe Chauveau, Christelle Raffaitin, Caroline Perlemoine, Nicole Barthe, Christian Combe, and Henri Gin

Is the diagnosis of chronic kidney disease missed in diabetic women?
NDT Advance Access published on April 12, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1732-1733; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl180 [Extract] [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

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on April 12, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1733-1734; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl181 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Nikolina Basic-Jukic, Petar Kes, and Bruna Brunetta

Fatal relapse of thrombotic thrombocytopaenic purpura after cardiac surgery in patient with congenital absence of vWF-cleaving protease activity
NDT Advance Access published on January 18, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1734-1735; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk091 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Giovanni Tripepi and Carmine Zoccali

Is oxidative stress implicated in high bone turnover in end-stage renal disease (ESRD)?
NDT Advance Access published on December 19, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1735-1736; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk003 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Niall Leonard and John H. Brown

Persistent and symptomatic post-transplant hyperparathyroidism: a dramatic response to cinacalcet
NDT Advance Access published on December 19, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1736; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk018 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hanna Bachorzewska-Gajewska, Jolanta Malyszko, Jacek S. Malyszko, Slawomir Dobrzycki, Bozena Sobkowicz, and Wlodzimierz Musial

Estimation of glomerular filtration rate in patients with normal serum creatinine undergoing primary PCI: is it really normal?
NDT Advance Access published on December 19, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1736-1738; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi324 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Per-Ola Attman

Prevention of clot formation during haemodialysis using the direct thrombin inhibitor melagatran in patients with chronic uraemia
NDT Advance Access published on December 19, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1738; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk015 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robert Ekart, Matjaz Horvat, Radovan Hojs, and Breda Pecovnik-Balon

An accident with Tenckhoff catheter placement: urinary bladder perforation
NDT Advance Access published on January 13, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1738-1739; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk022 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Charles J. Diskin

Looking backward: a review of the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus in end-stage renal disease after a quarter of century
NDT Advance Access published on December 29, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1739; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi306 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rebecca Suckling, Fhorkan Uddin, James Pilcher, Iain A. M. MacPhee, John B. Eastwood, and Debasish Banerjee

Page kidney: successful radiological management of acute renal failure
NDT Advance Access published on January 3, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1740; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk044 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ming-Yu Lai, Wu-Chang Yang, Shon-Dong Lee, and Yee-Yung Ng

Long-term lamivudine therapy is not reasonable for HBV-associated nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on December 22, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1740-1741; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk001 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yasar Caliskan, Savas Ozturk, Mustafa Demirturk, Oktay Özkan, Halil Yazici, Tevfik Ecder, Aydin Turkmen, and Mehmet Sukru Sever

A renal transplant patient with a solitary plasmacytoma in the oral cavity
NDT Advance Access published on January 5, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1741-1742; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk053 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stefan H. Jacobson, Ronald van Vollenhoven, and Iva Gunnarsson

Rituximab-induced long-term remission of membranous lupus nephritis
NDT Advance Access published on January 23, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1742-1743; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk068 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mohammad Reza Ardalan and Mohammadali Mohajel Shoja

Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis in a patient with brucellosis
NDT Advance Access published on January 23, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1743-1744; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfk060 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Errata:

Thomas Grobner

Gadolinium—a specific trigger for the development of nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy and nephrogenic systemic fibrosis?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 1745; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl294 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcements:

Announcements
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