Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Editorial Note:

Norbert Lameire

Note from the Editor-in-Chief
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 675; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm058 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Call for Action:

William G. Couser, and Sudhir Shah For the joint international Society of Nephrology/International Federation of Kidney Foundations World Kidney Day 2007 Steering Committee.

A call to action on World Kidney Day, 8 March 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 676-677; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm059 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Comments:

Kitty J. Jager and Paul C. W. van Dijk

Has the rise in the incidence of renal replacement therapy in developed countries come to an end?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 678-680; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm060 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eli A. Friedman and Amy L. Friedman

Is there really good news about pandemic diabetic nephropathy?
NDT Advance Access published on January 5, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 681-683; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl735 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Simon D. Roger and Adeera Levin

Epoetin trials: randomised controlled trials don't always mimic observational data
NDT Advance Access published on January 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 684-686; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl740 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Scott M. Williams

Lumping, splitting and mapping: assessing linkage in different ethnic groups for albuminuria and glomerular filtration rate in the HyperGen study
NDT Advance Access published on January 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 687-689; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl815 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Thomas Klaas Alphons Wierema, Abraham Anthonie Kroon, and Peter Wilhelmus de Leeuw

Poor performance of diagnostic tests for atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis—discrepancies between stenosis and renal function
NDT Advance Access published on December 15, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 689-692; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl673 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bernd Krumme and Markus Hollenbeck

Doppler sonography in renal artery stenosis—does the Resistive Index predict the success of intervention?
NDT Advance Access published on December 27, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 692-696; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl686 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Friedhelm Raue and Karin Frank-Raue

Primary hyperparathyroidism—what the nephrologist should know—an update
NDT Advance Access published on November 30, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 696-699; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl728 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Francesc Moreso and Josep M. Grinyo

Graft dysfunction and cardiovascular risk—an unholy alliance
NDT Advance Access published on November 11, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 699-702; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl657 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kidney Diseases beyond Nephrology:

Guntram Schernthaner

Kidney disease in diabetology
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 703-707; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm061 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Zaccaria Ricci and Claudio Ronco

Kidney diseases beyond nephrology—intensive care
NDT Advance Access published on January 23, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 708-711; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl832 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Translational Nephrology:

José M. López-Novoa

Soluble endoglin is an accurate predictor and a pathogenic molecule in pre-eclampsia
NDT Advance Access published on January 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 712-714; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl768 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Historical Note:

J. Stewart Cameron

Nephrologist extraordinary—Michael Darmady (1906–1989)
NDT Advance Access published on January 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 715-721; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl778 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles: Experimental Nephrology:

Chiz-Tzung Chang, Mai-Szu Wu, Ya-Chung Tian, Kuan-Hsing Chen, Chun-Chen Yu, Chang-Hui Liao, Cheng-Chieh Hung, and Chih-Wei Yang

Enhancement of epithelial sodium channel expression in renal cortical collecting ducts cells by advanced glycation end products
NDT Advance Access published on December 27, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 722-731; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl668 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shu-Hui Juan, Cheng-Hsien Chen, Yung-Ho Hsu, Chun-Cheng Hou, Tso-Hsiao Chen, Heng Lin, Yen-Ling Chu, and Yuh-Mou Sue

Tetramethylpyrazine protects rat renal tubular cell apoptosis induced by gentamicin
NDT Advance Access published on November 28, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 732-739; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl699 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Takashi Oda, Nobuyuki Yoshizawa, Kazuo Yamakami, Aki Ishida, Osamu Hotta, Shigenobu Suzuki, and Soichiro Miura

Significance of glomerular cell apoptosis in the resolution of acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis
NDT Advance Access published on January 5, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 740-748; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl712 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary data [Request Permissions]  

Joyce M. Geelen, Thea J. A. M. van der Velden, D. Maroeska W. M. te Loo, Otto C. Boerman, Lambertus P. W. J. van den Heuvel, and Leo A. H. Monnens

Lack of specific binding of Shiga-like toxin (verocytotoxin) and non-specific interaction of Shiga-like toxin 2 antibody with human polymorphonuclear leucocytes
NDT Advance Access published on November 24, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 749-755; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl688 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

An-Hang Yang, Seng-Wong Huang, Jin-Yang Chen, Jan-Kou Lin, and Chun-Yi Chen

Leptin augments myofibroblastic conversion and fibrogenic activity of human peritoneal mesothelial cells: A functional implication for peritoneal fibrosis
NDT Advance Access published on December 1, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 756-762; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl715 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles: Clinical Nephrology:

Joanlise M. Leon, Barry I. Freedman, Michael B. Miller, Kari E. North, Steven C. Hunt, John H. Eckfeldt, Cora E. Lewis, Aldi T. Kraja, Luc Djoussé, and Donna K. Arnett

Genome scan of glomerular filtration rate and albuminuria: the HyperGEN study
NDT Advance Access published on December 21, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 763-771; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl674 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hussein H. Karnib, Simone Sanna-Cherchi, Pierre A. Zalloua, Walid Medawar, Vivette D. D’Agati, Richard P. Lifton, Kamal Badr, and Ali G. Gharavi

Characterization of a large Lebanese family segregating IgA nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on December 15, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 772-777; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl677 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kati Kaartinen, Jaana Syrjänen, Ilkka Pörsti, Aimo Harmoinen, Amos Pasternack, Heini Huhtala, Onni Niemelä, and Jukka Mustonen

Insulin resistance and the progression of IgA glomerulonephritis
NDT Advance Access published on December 12, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 778-783; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl704 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Iain C. Macdougall, R. Mark Temple, and Jonathan T. C. Kwan on behalf of the EPO-GBR-2 Study Group

Is early treatment of anaemia with epoetin- beneficial to pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease patients? Results of a multicentre, open-label, prospective, randomized, comparative group trial
NDT Advance Access published on September 12, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 784-793; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl483 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jérôme Rossert, Cristiana Gassmann-Mayer, Dieter Frei, and William McClellan

Prevalence and predictors of epoetin hyporesponsiveness in chronic kidney disease patients
NDT Advance Access published on January 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 794-800; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl716 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carmine Zoccali, Renke Maas, Sebastiano Cutrupi, Patrizia Pizzini, Piero Finocchiaro, Francesco Cambareri, Vincenzo Panuccio, Carmela Martorano, Friedrich Schulze, Giuseppe Enia, Giovanni Tripepi, and Rainer Boger

Asymmetric dimethyl-arginine (ADMA) response to inflammation in acute infections
NDT Advance Access published on December 13, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 801-806; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl719 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stephen Walsh, Clare M. Turner, Ashley Toye, Carsten Wagner, Philippe Jaeger, Christopher Laing, and Robert Unwin

Immunohistochemical comparison of a case of inherited distal renal tubular acidosis (with a unique AE1 mutation) with an acquired case secondary to autoimmune disease
NDT Advance Access published on January 5, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 807-812; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl662 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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

The Mayo Clinic quadratic equation improves the prediction of glomerular filtration rate in diabetic subjects
NDT Advance Access published on November 24, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 813-818; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl649 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Omer Toprak, Mustafa Cirit, Murat Yesil, Serdar Bayata, Mehmet Tanrisev, Umut Varol, Rifki Ersoy, and Ertap Esi

Impact of diabetic and pre-diabetic state on development of contrast-induced nephropathy in patients with chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on November 7, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 819-826; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl636 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Monika Buraczynska, Piotr Ksiazek, Iwona Baranowicz-Gaszczyk, and Lucyna Jozwiak

Association of the VEGF gene polymorphism with diabetic retinopathy in type 2 diabetes patients
NDT Advance Access published on November 22, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 827-832; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl641 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles: Dialysis and Transplantation:

William Lee, Sarah Campoy, Gerard Smits, Zung Vu Tran, and Michel Chonchol

Effectiveness of a chronic kidney disease clinic in achieving K/DOQI guideline targets at initiation of dialysis—a single-centre experience
NDT Advance Access published on November 24, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 833-838; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl701 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maria A. Kamimura, Sergio A. Draibe, Maria A. Dalboni, Miguel Cendoroglo, Carla M. Avesani, Silvia R. Manfredi, Maria E. F. Canziani, and Lilian Cuppari

Serum and cellular interleukin-6 in haemodialysis patients: relationship with energy expenditure
NDT Advance Access published on January 5, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 839-844; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl705 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Melissa S. Y. Thong, Adrian A. Kaptein, Raymond T. Krediet, Elisabeth W. Boeschoten, and Friedo W. Dekker for the Netherlands Cooperative Study on the Adequacy of Dialysis (NECOSAD) Study Group

Social support predicts survival in dialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on December 12, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 845-850; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl700 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Louis Carrega, Emmanuel Fenouillet, Philippe Giaime, Annie Charavil, Laurence Mercier, Victoria Gerolami, Jean-Louis Berge-Lefranc, Yvon Berland, Jean Ruf, Alain Saadjian, Bertrand Dussol, and Regis Guieu

Influence of haemodialysis and left ventricular failure on peripheral A_2A adenosine receptor expression
NDT Advance Access published on November 28, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 851-856; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl665 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yu-Sen Peng, Chih-Kang Chiang, Kung-Yu Hung, Shou-Shang Chiang, Chia-Sheng Lu, Chwei-Shiun Yang, Kwan-Dun Wu, Chin-Ching Yang, Ru-Ping Lin, Chee-Jen Chang, Tun-Jun Tsai, and Wang-Yu Chen

The association of higher depressive symptoms and sexual dysfunction in male haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on November 22, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 857-861; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl666 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Daniel Teta, Marc Maillard, Andrée Tedjani, Jutta Passlick-Deetjen, and Michel Burnier

The effect of pH-neutral peritoneal dialysis fluids on adipokine secretion from cultured adipocytes
NDT Advance Access published on November 28, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 862-869; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl698 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nicholas M. Selby, Jana Fialova, James O. Burton, and Christopher W. McIntyre

The haemodynamic and metabolic effects of hypertonic-glucose and amino-acid-based peritoneal dialysis fluids
NDT Advance Access published on November 22, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 870-879; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl654 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Isabelle Tostivint, Sophie Tezenas du Montcel, Marie Chantal Jaudon, Alain Mallet, Phuc Le Hoang, Bahram Bodaghi, Gilbert Deray, and Corinne Isnard Bagnis

Renal outcome after ciclosporin-induced nephrotoxicity
NDT Advance Access published on November 24, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 880-885; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl634 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. Sarkio, K. Salmela, L. Kyllönen, M. Rosliakova, E. Honkanen, and L. Halme

Complications of gallstone disease in kidney transplantation patients
NDT Advance Access published on January 5, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 886-890; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl708 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Abdou S. Gueye, Madhukar Chelamcharla, Bradley C. Baird, Cuong Nguyen, Hongying Tang, Anna L. Barenbaum, James K. Koford, Fuad Shihab, and Alexander S. Goldfarb-Rumyantzev

The association between recipient alcohol dependency and long-term graft and recipient survival
NDT Advance Access published on December 15, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 891-898; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl689 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mabel Aoun, Pascal Eschewege, Yacine Hamoudi, Severine Beaudreuil, Jacques Duranteau, Gaelle Cheisson, Christian Noel, Gerard Benoit, Bernard Charpentier, and Antoine Durrbach

Very early steroid withdrawal in simultaneous pancreas–kidney transplants
NDT Advance Access published on November 24, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 899-905; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl660 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kenan Keven, Ramazan Ozturk, Sule Sengul, Sim Kutlay, Ihsan Ergun, Sehsuvar Erturk, and Bulent Erbay

Renal tubular acidosis after kidney transplantation—incidence, risk factors and clinical implications
NDT Advance Access published on January 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 906-910; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl714 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief Report:

Toako Kato, Takeshi Horio, Mari Tomiyama, Kei Kamide, Satoko Nakamura, Fumiki Yoshihara, Hiroto Nakata, Hajime Nakahama, and Yuhei Kawano

Reverse white-coat effect as an independent risk for microalbuminuria in treated hypertensive patients
NDT Advance Access published on December 1, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 911-916; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl642 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Amir Kazory and I. David Weiner

Primary hyperaldosteronism in a patient with end-stage renal disease
NDT Advance Access published on November 24, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 917-919; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl702 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Willy Aasebø, Helge Scott, and Rüdiger Ganss

Kidney biopsies taken before and after oral sodium phosphate bowel cleansing
NDT Advance Access published on November 30, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 920-922; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl694 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Zulfikar Jabbar, Vivekanand Jha, Harinder Kumar Bali, Harbir Singh Kohli, Krishan Lal Gupta, and Vinay Sakhuja

Looking beyond the obvious—a young woman with septic abortion and acute renal failure
NDT Advance Access published on November 23, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 923-925; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl685 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Amishi Desai, Robert A. Goldschmidt, and George C. Kim

Sequential development of pulmonary renal syndrome associated with c-ANCA 3 years after development of anti-GBM glomerulonephritis
NDT Advance Access published on January 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 926-929; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl751 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Zachary Z. Brener, Igor Zhuravenko, Codrin E. Jacob, and Michael Bergman

An unusual presentation of renal cell carcinoma with late metastases to the small intestine, thyroid gland, nose and skull base
NDT Advance Access published on January 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 930-932; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl772 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Natasha M. Rogers and Paul D. Lawton

Ischaemic monomelic neuropathy in a non-diabetic patient following creation of an upper limb arteriovenous fistula
NDT Advance Access published on December 13, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 933-935; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl722 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Te-Li Chen, Chiao-Lin Chuang, Leung-Kei Siu, Chang-Phone Fung, and Wen-Long Cho

Genomic species identification is important to delineate the pathological characteristics of Acinetobacter in tunnelled, cuffed haemodialysis catheter-related bacteraemia
NDT Advance Access published on January 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 936-938; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl785 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Muhammad R. Saleem, Sohaib Mustafa, Peter J. T. Drew, Aled Lewis, Yaser Shah, Jai Shankar, and Wasim Ahmed

Endophthalmitis, a rare metastatic bacterial complication of haemodialysis catheter-related sepsis
NDT Advance Access published on November 23, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 939-941; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl683 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Roger Carbajal, Georges Karam, Karine Renaudin, Frédéric Maillet, Anne Cesbron, Lionel Rostaing, Diego Cantarovich, Jean-Paul Soulillou, and Gilles Blancho

Specific humoral rejection of a pancreas allograft in a recipient of pancreas after kidney transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on January 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 942-944; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl729 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Point:

Polycarpos Polycarpou, Efthyvoulos Anastassiades, and Loizos Antoniades

From the heart to the soul
NDT Advance Access published on January 12, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 945-948; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl726 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nephroquiz:

Khalil el Karoui, Aude Servais, Fouad Fadel, Mathieu Jablonski, Fadi Fakhouri, Philippe Lesavre, and Aurélie Hummel

Acute renal failure and febrile rash—infectious or not?
NDT Advance Access published on January 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 949-951; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl792 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in Nephrology:

Mei-Yi Wu, Chuang-Chi Liaw, Yung-Chang Chen, Ya-Chung Tian, Swei Hsueh, Chang-Chyi Jenq, Ji-Tseng Fang, and Chin-Wei Yang

A giant sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma
NDT Advance Access published on December 15, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 952-953; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl746 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters and Replies:

Biagio R. Di Iorio, Pasquale Guastaferro, Nicola Cillo, Emanuele Cucciniello, and Vincenzo Bellizzi

Effect of L-carnitine administration on erythropoietin use in thalassemic minor haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on November 28, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 954-955; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl630 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Arduino Arduini and Mario Bonomini

Reply: potential Mode of Action of L-carnitine on uraemic anaemia
NDT Advance Access published on November 28, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 955-956; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl741 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Albert Fournier, Laid Harbouche, Jeanette Mansour, and Irina Shahapuni

Impact of calcium and vitamin D therapy on arterial and cardiac disease in young adults with childhood-onset end stage renal disease
NDT Advance Access published on November 28, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 956-957; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl692 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Uwe Querfeld and Dieter Haffner

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on November 28, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 957-958; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl693 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Daniel Sánchez-Cano, José Luis Callejas-Rubio, Raquel Ríos-Fernández, and Norberto Ortego-Centeno

Use of rituximab in Wegener's granulomatosis: comment on the article by Wong
NDT Advance Access published on January 20, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 958-959; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl796 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christopher F. Wong

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on January 20, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 959; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm001 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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

Prediction of glomerular filtration rate decline in diabetic subjects with impaired renal function
NDT Advance Access published on December 19, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 959-960; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl723 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Néstor Fontseré, Jordi Bonal, and Ramón Romero

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on December 20, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 960; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl731 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tom Liu, Nasr Hanna, and Dianne Summers

Retained central venous haemodialysis access catheters
NDT Advance Access published on December 27, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 960-961; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl730 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrew Davenport

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on December 27, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 961; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl724 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nurhan Seyahi

Assessment of vascular calcification with computed tomography and simple imaging tools
NDT Advance Access published on January 12, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 961; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl800 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paul Muntner and Paolo Raggi

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on January 12, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 962; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm012 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stanley Shaldon

Does erythropoetin improve survival in ESRD haemodialysis patients?
NDT Advance Access published on January 12, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 962; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl791 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Abraham Jacob

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on January 12, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 963; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm009 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vasilios G. Athyros, Asterios Karagiannis, Anna Kakafika, Moses Elisaf, and Dimitri. P. Mikhailidis

Statins and renal function. Is the compound and dose making a difference?
NDT Advance Access published on January 25, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 963-964; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl802 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jarir Atthobari, Ron T. Gansevoort, Lolkje T. W. de Jong-van den Berg, and Paul E. de Jong

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on February 6, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 964; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm053 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Dusica J. Risovic and Katarina R. Misailovic

Binocular vision in patients undergoing haemodialysis
NDT Advance Access published on October 17, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 965; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl614 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Masayuki Iyoda, Aki Kuroki, and Tetsuzo Sugisaki

Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and MPO-ANCA-associated glomerulonephritis
NDT Advance Access published on October 17, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 965-966; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl622 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tai-Shuan Lai, Wei-Chou Lin, Ming-Shiou Wu, Tun-Jun Tsai, and Kwan-Dun Wu

Primary biliary cirrhosis associated with minimal change disease
NDT Advance Access published on November 2, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 966-967; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl638 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hiroyuki Terawaki, Yukie Matsuyama, Seiichi Era, Nanae Matsuo, Masato Ikeda, Makoto Ogura, Keitaro Yokoyama, Hiroyasu Yamamoto, Tatsuo Hosoya, and Masaaki Nakayama

Elevated oxidative stress measured as albumin redox state in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients correlates with small uraemic solutes
NDT Advance Access published on October 28, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 968; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl635 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Timothy B. L. Ho

Cardiac tamponade—knowing how far to insert the wire
NDT Advance Access published on November 2, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 969; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl611 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shvan Korsheed, Nicholas M. Selby, and Richard J. Fluck

Treatment of severe theophylline poisoning with the molecular adsorbent recirculating system (MARS)
NDT Advance Access published on December 12, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 969-970; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl640 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rebecca Suckling, Mohamed Morsy, and Eric S. Chemla

Right superficial femoral artery to superior vena cava graft using a polytetrafluroethylene graft: a new technique in a complicated dialysis access patient
NDT Advance Access published on November 30, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 970-971; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl648 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Patricia Muñoz, Marisa Rodríguez, Maddalena Giannella, Almudena Vega, Fernando Anaya, María Jesús Ruíz Serrano, and Emilio Bouza

A painful hand in a kidney transplant recipient
NDT Advance Access published on November 18, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 971-972; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl651 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Janez Tomazic, Mateja Pirs, Tadeja Matos, Dusan Ferluga, and Jelka Lindic

Multiple infections after commercial renal transplantation in India
NDT Advance Access published on November 28, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 972-973; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl659 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mohammad Reza Ardalan, R. Shane Tubbs, and Mohammadali Mohajel Shoja

Vitamin E and selenium co-supplementation attenuates oxidative stress in haemodialysis patients receiving intra-dialysis iron infusion
NDT Advance Access published on November 3, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 973-975; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl650 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nathalie Garnier-Viougeat, Olivier Rixe, Gilles Paintaud, David Ternant, Danielle Degenne, Roger Mouawad, Gilbert Deray, and Hassane Izzedine

Pharmacokinetics of bevacizumab in haemodialysis
NDT Advance Access published on November 8, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 975; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl664 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Masashi Nishida, Yasuko Okumura, Maiko Fujii, Tohru Yoneda, Yasutoshi Yamamoto, Sei-ichiro Ozawa, and Kenji Hamaoka

Pancreatitis and pancreatic abscess in a CAPD patient with severe malnutrition
NDT Advance Access published on November 7, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 975-976; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl663 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Errata:

Gankam Kengne Fabrice and Decaux Guy

Inappropriate secretion of ADH and central diabetes insipidus are related to antiphospholipid antibodies in SLE-case report and review of the literature
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 977; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm097 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Adeera Levin

Understanding recent haemoglobin trials in CKD: methods and lesson learned from CREATE and CHOIR
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 977; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm126 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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