Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Special Feature:

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

NDT contributes to a collection of 100 seminal papers published by Oxford University Press
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2047-2048; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl441 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Comments:

Claude Jacobs

Costs and benefits of improving renal failure treatment—where do we go?
NDT Advance Access published on April 20, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2049-2052; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl168 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eberhard Ritz

Salt—friend or foe?
NDT Advance Access published on December 29, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2052-2056; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi256 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter Kotanko, Mary Carter, and Nathan W. Levin

Intestinal bacterial microflora—a potential source of chronic inflammation in patients with chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on June 8, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2057-2060; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl281 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jeremy R. Chapman and Brian J. Nankivell

Nephrotoxicity of ciclosporin A: short-term gain, long-term pain?
NDT Advance Access published on May 25, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2060-2063; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl219 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gill Rumsby

Is liver analysis still required for the diagnosis of primary hyperoxaluria type 2?
NDT Advance Access published on July 4, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2063-2064; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl305 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Reviews:

Vincenzo Savica, Lorenzo A. Calò, Pietro Monardo, Domenico Santoro, and Guido Bellinghieri

Phosphate binders and management of hyperphosphataemia in end-stage renal disease
NDT Advance Access published on June 9, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2065-2068; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl289 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Translational Nephrology:

Hendrica Belge and Olivier Devuyst

Aquaporin-1—a water channel on the move
NDT Advance Access published on April 20, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2069-2071; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl162 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tilman Bernhard Drüeke

Haematopoietic stem cells—role of calcium-sensing receptor in bone marrow homing
NDT Advance Access published on May 15, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2072-2074; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl206 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ralf Westenfeld, Markus Ketteler, and Vincent M. Brandenburg

Anti-RANKL therapy—implications for the bone-vascular-axis in CKD? Denosumab in post-menopausal women with low bone mineral density
NDT Advance Access published on May 15, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2075-2077; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl245 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles: Experimental Nephrology:

Ming Yang Chang, Emma Parker, Salwa Ibrahim, John R. Shortland, Meguid El Nahas, John L. Haylor, and Albert C. M. Ong

Haploinsufficiency of Pkd2 is associated with increased tubular cell proliferation and interstitial fibrosis in two murine Pkd2 models
NDT Advance Access published on May 23, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2078-2084; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl150 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sik Lee, Sang-Ok Moon, Won Kim, Mi Jeong Sung, Duk Hoon Kim, Kyung Pyo Kang, Yong Bum Jang, Jung Eun Lee, Kyu Yun Jang, Sang Yong Lee, and Sung Kwang Park

Protective role of L-2-oxothiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid in cisplatin-induced renal injury
NDT Advance Access published on May 16, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2085-2095; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl209 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sik Lee, Won Kim, Sang-Ok Moon, Mi Jeong Sung, Duk Hoon Kim, Kyung Pyo Kang, Yong Bum Jang, Jung Eun Lee, Kyu Yun Jang, and Sung Kwang Park

Rosiglitazone ameliorates cisplatin-induced renal injury in mice
NDT Advance Access published on May 25, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2096-2105; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl194 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Neil G. Docherty, José M. López-Novoa, Miguel Arevalo, Annette Düwel, Ana Rodriguez-Peña, Fernando Pérez-Barriocanal, Carmelo Bernabeu, and Nélida Eleno

Endoglin regulates renal ischaemia–reperfusion injury
NDT Advance Access published on June 4, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2106-2119; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl179 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles: Clinical Nephrology:

Bertrand Dussol, Sophie Morange, Anderson Loundoun, Pascal Auquier, and Yvon Berland

A randomized trial of saline hydration to prevent contrast nephropathy in chronic renal failure patients
NDT Advance Access published on April 12, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2120-2126; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl133 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bettina Zimmermann, Christian Plank, Martin Konrad, Wolfgang Stöhr, Chara Gravou-Apostolatou, Wolfgang Rascher, and Jörg Dötsch

Hydrochlorothiazide in CLDN16 mutation
NDT Advance Access published on April 4, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2127-2132; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl144 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Chris Jones, Paul Roderick, Scott Harris, and Mary Rogerson

Decline in kidney function before and after nephrology referral and the effect on survival in moderate to advanced chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on April 27, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2133-2143; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl198 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joachim H. Ix, Glenn M. Chertow, Michael G. Shlipak, Vincent M. Brandenburg, Markus Ketteler, and Mary A. Whooley

Fetuin-A and kidney function in persons with coronary artery disease—data from the heart and soul study
NDT Advance Access published on April 27, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2144-2151; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl204 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Néstor Fontseré, Isabel Salinas, Jordi Bonal, Beatriz Bayés, Joaquim Riba, Ferran Torres, Jose Rios, Ana Sanmartí, and Ramón Romero

Are prediction equations for glomerular filtration rate useful for the long-term monitoring of type 2 diabetic patients?
NDT Advance Access published on May 15, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2152-2158; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl221 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Johan Fagerudd, Carol Forsblom, Kim Pettersson-Fernholm, Markku Saraheimo, Johan Wadén, Mats Rönnback, Milla Rosengård-Bärlund, Clas-Göran af Björkesten, Lena Thorn, Maija Wessman, and Per-Henrik Groop on behalf of the FinnDiane Study Group

Low birth weight does not increase the risk of nephropathy in Finnish type 1 diabetic patients
NDT Advance Access published on May 15, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2159-2165; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl217 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Klaus Rave, Leszek Nosek, John Posner, Tim Heise, Kerstin Roggen, and Ewoud-Jan van Hoogdalem

Renal glucose excretion as a function of blood glucose concentration in subjects with type 2 diabetes—results of a hyperglycaemic glucose clamp study
NDT Advance Access published on April 20, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2166-2171; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl175 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michio Fukuda, Masahiro Motokawa, Sota Miyagi, Kinya Sengo, Wataru Muramatsu, Nobuo Kato, Takeshi Usami, Atsuhiro Yoshida, and Genjiro Kimura

Polynocturia in chronic kidney disease is related to natriuresis rather than to water diuresis
NDT Advance Access published on April 20, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2172-2177; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl165 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

The ESRD Incidence Study Group

Geographic, ethnic, age-related and temporal variation in the incidence of end-stage renal disease in Europe, Canada and the Asia-Pacific region, 1998–2002
NDT Advance Access published on April 4, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2178-2183; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl145 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles: Dialysis and Transplantation:

Uday S. Nori, Anup Manoharan, John I. Thornby, Jerry Yee, Ravi Parasuraman, and Venkataraman Ramanathan

Mortality risk factors in chronic haemodialysis patients with infective endocarditis
NDT Advance Access published on April 27, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2184-2190; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl200 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Juliane K. Unger, Claudia Haltern, Britta Portz, Bernd Dohmen, Axel Gressner, and Rolf Rossaint

Relation of haemofilter type to venous catheter resistance is crucial for filtration performance and haemocompatibility in CVVH—an in vitro study
NDT Advance Access published on March 27, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2191-2201; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl068 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nataliya Volkova, William McClellan, J. Michael Soucie, and Anton Schoolwerth

Racial disparities in the prevalence of cardiovascular disease among incident end-stage renal disease patients
NDT Advance Access published on March 7, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2202-2209; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl078 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christopher W. McIntyre, Nicholas M. Selby, Mhairi Sigrist, Lyndsay E. Pearce, Thomas H. Mercer, and Patrick F. Naish

Patients receiving maintenance dialysis have more severe functionally significant skeletal muscle wasting than patients with dialysis-independent chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on February 27, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2210-2216; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl064 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Goce B. Spasovski, Aleksandar Sikole, Saso Gelev, Jelka Masin-Spasovska, Tony Freemont, Isabel Webster, Maggie Gill, Chris Jones, Marc E. De Broe, and Patrick C. D'Haese

Evolution of bone and plasma concentration of lanthanum in dialysis patients before, during 1 year of treatment with lanthanum carbonate and after 2 years of follow-up
NDT Advance Access published on April 4, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2217-2224; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl146 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Fredrik Uhlin, Ivo Fridolin, Martin Magnusson, and Lars-Göran Lindberg

Dialysis dose (Kt/V) and clearance variation sensitivity using measurement of ultraviolet-absorbance (on-line), blood urea, dialysate urea and ionic dialysance
NDT Advance Access published on April 12, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2225-2231; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl147 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Manuel Carlos Martins Castro, Cláudio Luders, Rosilene Motta Elias, Hugo Abensur, and João Egidio Romão Junior

High-efficiency short daily haemodialysis—morbidity and mortality rate in a long-term study
NDT Advance Access published on April 21, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2232-2238; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl171 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paolo Fanti, Reto Asmis, Tammy J. Stephenson, B. Peter Sawaya, and Adrian A. Franke

Positive effect of dietary soy in ESRD patients with systemic inflammation—correlation between blood levels of the soy isoflavones and the acute-phase reactants
NDT Advance Access published on June 9, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2239-2246; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl169 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robert M. Q. Shanks, Jennifer L. Sargent, Raquel M. Martinez, Martha L. Graber, and George A. O'Toole

Catheter lock solutions influence staphylococcal biofilm formation on abiotic surfaces
NDT Advance Access published on April 20, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2247-2255; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl170 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Herwig-Ulf Meier-Kriesche, Alice H. Chu, Kristin M. David, Katherine Chi-Burris, and Bettina J. Steffen

Switching immunosuppression medications after renal transplantation—a common practice
NDT Advance Access published on March 30, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2256-2262; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl134 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jasper W. L. Hartog, Aiko P. J. de Vries, Stephan J. L. Bakker, Reindert Graaff, Willem J. van Son, Jaap J. Homan van der Heide, Reinold O. B. Gans, Bruce H. R. Wolffenbuttel, Paul E. de Jong, and Andries J. Smit

Risk factors for chronic transplant dysfunction and cardiovascular disease are related to accumulation of advanced glycation end-products in renal transplant recipients
NDT Advance Access published on April 5, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2263-2269; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl132 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Olwyn Johnston, Patrick O'Kelly, Susan Spencer, John Donohoe, J. Joseph Walshe, Dilly M. Little, David Hickey, and Peter J. Conlon

Reduced graft function (with or without dialysis) vs immediate graft function—a comparison of long-term renal allograft survival
NDT Advance Access published on May 23, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2270-2274; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christa Mitterbauer, Christoph Schwarz, Martin Haas, and Rainer Oberbauer

Effects of bisphosphonates on bone loss in the first year after renal transplantation—a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
NDT Advance Access published on March 30, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2275-2281; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Inga Soveri, Hallvard Holdaas, Alan Jardine, Claudio Gimpelewicz, Beatrix Staffler, and Bengt Fellström

Renal transplant dysfunction—importance quantified in comparison with traditional risk factors for cardiovascular disease and mortality
NDT Advance Access published on March 30, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2282-2289; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl095 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief Reports:

Bilgin Emrecan, Levent Yilik, Cengiz Özbek, and Ali Gürbüz

Bovine ureter graft for haemodialysis access surgery
NDT Advance Access published on April 21, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2290-2291; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl164 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John Knight, Ross P. Holmes, Dawn S. Milliner, Carla G. Monico, and Scott D. Cramer

Glyoxylate reductase activity in blood mononuclear cells and the diagnosis of primary hyperoxaluria type 2
NDT Advance Access published on April 5, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2292-2295; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl142 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Technical Notes:

Daljit Kaur Hothi, Cecilia St George-Hyslop, Denis Geary, Desmond Bohn, and Elizabeth Harvey

Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) in children using the AQUARIUS^TM
NDT Advance Access published on May 30, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2296-2300; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl265 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Gianluca Caridi, Monica Dagnino, Antonella Trivelli, Francesco Emma, Francesco Perfumo, and Gian Marco Ghiggeri

Stop codon at arginine 586 is the prevalent nephronopthisis type 1 mutation in Italy
NDT Advance Access published on June 8, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2301-2303; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl277 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mohammed Reza Ardalan, R. Shane Tubbs, Sadegh Chinikar, and Mohammadali Mohajel Shoja

Crimean–Congo haemorrhagic fever presenting as thrombotic microangiopathy and acute renal failure
NDT Advance Access published on May 30, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2304-2307; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl248 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Prajej Ruangkanchanasetr, Thananat Bangchuad, Pasiri Sithinamsuwan, Yupin Benjasuratwong, Warin Chuankrerkkul, Suchinta Ubolwatra, and Thanom Supaporn

Hypothalamic neurocysticercosis presenting with polyuria: a first report of an unusual manifestation
NDT Advance Access published on November 1, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2308-2310; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi226 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Laurie Tomlinson, Kevin Davies, David A. Wright, and Stephen Holt

Granulomatous interstitial nephritis treated with a tumour necrosis factor- inhibitor
NDT Advance Access published on May 23, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2311-2314; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl018 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yann Goueffic, Roger Carbajal, Marc Burban, and Gilles Blancho

Successful endovascular treatment of bilateral renal artery paradoxical embolus by a modified standard technique
NDT Advance Access published on April 20, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2315-2317; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl161 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

George I. Varughese, Abd A. Tahrani, Jen L. Smith, Richard N. Clayton, and Fahmy W. Hanna

Carbimazole therapy in the setting of end-stage renal disease and haemodialysis
NDT Advance Access published on May 15, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2318-2319; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl231 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Interesting Case:

Oriol Bestard, Josep M. Cruzado, Guadalupe Ercilla, Montse Gomà, Joan Torras, Daniel Serón, Inés Rama, Meritxell Ibernon, Odette Viñas, Marta Carrera, and Josep M. Grinyó

Rituximab induces regression of hepatitis C virus-related membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis in a renal allograft
NDT Advance Access published on June 4, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2320-2324; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl266 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Points:

Anne Guetgemann, Vincent M. Brandenburg, Markus Ketteler, Jochen Riehl, and Jürgen Floege

Unclear fever 7 weeks after renal transplantation in a 56-year-old patient
NDT Advance Access published on June 4, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2325-2327; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl280 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael Rüster, Michael Kiehntopf, Hermann-Josef Gröne, and Gunter Wolf

A Friday afternoon case of apparent anti-glomerular basement nephritis
NDT Advance Access published on April 27, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2328-2330; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl220 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in Nephrology:

Ravi Bansal and Suresh C. Tiwari

Back pain in chronic renal failure
NDT Advance Access published on May 23, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2331-2332; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl254 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ulrich Wenzel, Matthias Janneck, Christoph Weber, Rolf A. K. Stahl, and Winfried Brenner

A patient with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney and liver disease presenting with urinary tract infection...‘Unable to see the wood for the trees’
NDT Advance Access published on May 23, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2333-2334; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl252 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Przemyslaw Sikora, Marek Majewski, Grzegorz Kandzierski, Malgorzata Zajaczkowska, Halina Borzecka, Agnieszka Korolczuk, and Kazimierz Kozlowski

Juvenile nephronophtisis, short stature, partial adontia and skeletal abnormalities—a new syndromic association
NDT Advance Access published on February 20, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2335-2336; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl047 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Giorgina Barbara Piccoli, Loredana Colla, Elisabetta Mezza, Manuel Burdese, Teresa Cammarota, and Giuseppe Piccoli

Oestroprogestagens and severe acute pyelonephritis: a casual or causal association?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2337; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi054 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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

Changing mizoribine administration from three divided doses to one single dose induced remission of relapsed membranous nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on March 17, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2337-2338; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl108 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jung Eun Lee, Chan Hong Jeon, Dong Kyung Chang, Myung-Shik Lee, and Ha Young Oh

Henoch–Schönlein purpura associated with propylthiouracil overdose
NDT Advance Access published on March 22, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2338-2339; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl109 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Martin Sedlacek, Arief A. Suriawinata, Anton Schoolwerth, and Brian D. Remillard

Ciprofloxacin crystal nephropathy—a ‘new’ cause of acute renal failure
NDT Advance Access published on April 12, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2339-2340; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl160 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hamid T. Khosroshahi and Mohammadali Mohajel Shoja

Tubulointerstitial disease and ulcerative colitis
NDT Advance Access published on April 20, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2340; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl163 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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

The search for a link between inflammation and hypertension—contribution from Bartter's/Gitelman's syndromes
NDT Advance Access published on April 12, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2340-2342; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl173 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pilar Rodrigo and María Rosa Andrés

Cockroft–Gault or abbreviated-MDRD equations—which ‘weighs’ more in cardiovascular risk?
NDT Advance Access published on April 20, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 21: 2342-2343; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl177 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcements:

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