Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

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Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: i; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm140 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Comments:

Andrzej Wiecek, Marcin Adamczak, and Jerzy Chudek

Adiponectin—an adipokine with unique metabolic properties
NDT Advance Access published on January 18, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 981-988; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl814 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lorraine Bell

Adolescents with renal disease in an adult world: meeting the challenge of transition of care
NDT Advance Access published on January 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 988-991; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl770 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bernardo Rodriguez-Iturbe and Nosratola D. Vaziri

Salt-sensitive hypertension—update on novel findings
NDT Advance Access published on January 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 992-995; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl757 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Haferkamp and M. Hohenfellner

Medical treatment options in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma
NDT Advance Access published on January 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 996-999; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl734 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paul Michielsen

In memoriam ‘analgesic nephropathy’ (circa 1972–2006)
NDT Advance Access published on January 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 999-1001; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl797 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

In-Depth Reviews:

Pascal Meier, Jérôme Rossert, Pierre-François Plouin, and Michel Burnier

Atherosclerotic renovascular disease: beyond the renal artery stenosis
NDT Advance Access published on January 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1002-1006; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl784 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Francesco Pizzarelli

From cold dialysis to isothermic dialysis: a twenty-five year voyage
NDT Advance Access published on January 25, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1007-1012; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl822 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Patricia M. Stassen, Cees G. M. Kallenberg, and Coen A. Stegeman

Use of mycophenolic acid in non-transplant renal diseases
NDT Advance Access published on February 16, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1013-1019; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl844 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Translational Nephrology:

Maria Pia Rastaldi

Necrotizing crescentic glomerulonephritis—a conditional knockout model discloses new therapeutic challenges
NDT Advance Access published on January 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1020-1022; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl776 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter M. T. Deen

Mouse models for congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus: what can we learn from them?
NDT Advance Access published on February 3, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1023-1026; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl787 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Claas Ulrich and Eggert Stockfleth

Azathioprine, UV light, and skin cancer in organ transplant patients—do we have an answer?
NDT Advance Access published on January 18, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1027-1029; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl762 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Short Communication:

Mohamed H. Kamel, Anil A. Thomas, Ponnusamy Mohan, and David P. Hickey

Renal vessel reconstruction in kidney transplantation using a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) vascular graft
NDT Advance Access published on January 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1030-1032; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl782 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles: Experimental Nephrology:

Chiz-Tzung Chang, Cheng-Chieh Hung, Ya-Chung Tian, Chih-Wei Yang, and Mai-Szu Wu

Ciclosporin reduces paracellin-1 expression and magnesium transport in thick ascending limb cells
NDT Advance Access published on February 13, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1033-1040; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl817 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Xuan Li, Hideki Kimura, Kiichi Hirota, Hidehiro Sugimoto, Noriyo Kimura, Naoki Takahashi, Hiroshi Fujii, and Haruyoshi Yoshida

Hypoxia reduces the expression and anti-inflammatory effects of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor- in human proximal renal tubular cells
NDT Advance Access published on January 25, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1041-1051; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl766 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Charles L. Edelstein, Thomas S. Hoke, Hilary Somerset, Wenfeng Fang, Christina L. Klein, Charles A. Dinarello, and Sarah Faubel

Proximal tubules from caspase-1-deficient mice are protected against hypoxia-induced membrane injury
NDT Advance Access published on January 25, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1052-1061; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl775 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marie-Louise Koepke, Manfred Weber, Eckhard Schulze-Lohoff, Bogdan Beirowski, Stephan Segerer, and Oliver Gross

Nephroprotective effect of the HMG-CoA-reductase inhibitor cerivastatin in a mouse model of progressive renal fibrosis in Alport syndrome
NDT Advance Access published on February 6, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1062-1069; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl810 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Angelique L. Rops, Cor W. Jacobs, Peter C. Linssen, Jan B. Boezeman, Joost F. Lensen, Tessa J. Wijnhoven, Lambert P. van den Heuvel, Toin H. van Kuppevelt, Johan van der Vlag, and Jo H. Berden

Heparan sulfate on activated glomerular endothelial cells and exogenous heparinoids influence the rolling and adhesion of leucocytes
NDT Advance Access published on January 25, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1070-1077; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl801 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kazuhiro Shiizaki, Naohiko Hayakawa, Ikuo Imazeki, Ikuji Hatamura, Tadashi Okada, Shigeo Negi, Toshifumi Sakaguchi, Takashi Shigematsu, and Tadao Akizawa

Binding of highly concentrated maxacalcitol to the nuclear vitamin D receptors of parathyroid cells
NDT Advance Access published on January 18, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1078-1086; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl713 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles: Clinical Nephrology:

David Singh, Mary A. Whooley, Joachim H. Ix, Sadia Ali, and Michael G. Shlipak

Association of cystatin C and estimated GFR with inflammatory biomarkers: the Heart and Soul Study
NDT Advance Access published on January 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1087-1092; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl744 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LuXia Zhang, Li Zuo, GuoBin Xu, Fang Wang, Mei Wang, ShuYu Wang, JiCheng Lv, LiSheng Liu, and HaiYan Wang

Community-based screening for chronic kidney disease among populations older than 40 years in Beijing
NDT Advance Access published on January 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1093-1099; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl763 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jing Chen, Dongfeng Gu, Chung-Shiuan Chen, Xigui Wu, L. Lee Hamm, Paul Muntner, Vecihi Batuman, Chien-Hung Lee, Paul K. Whelton, and Jiang He

Association between the metabolic syndrome and chronic kidney disease in Chinese adults
NDT Advance Access published on February 1, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1100-1106; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl759 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nicolas Rodondi, Patrick Yerly, Anne Gabriel, Walter F. Riesen, Michel Burnier, Fred Paccaud, and Pascal Bovet

Microalbuminuria, but not cystatin C, is associated with carotid atherosclerosis in middle-aged adults
NDT Advance Access published on January 5, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1107-1114; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl733 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brigitte Bauvois, Nadya Mothu, Juliette Nguyen, Thao Nguyen-Khoa, Laure-Hélène Nöel, and Paul Jungers

Specific changes in plasma concentrations of matrix metalloproteinase-2 and -9, TIMP-1 and TGF-ß1 in patients with distinct types of primary glomerulonephritis
NDT Advance Access published on January 5, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1115-1122; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl743 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Oliver Vonend, Christian Altenhenne, Nicolaus J. Büchner, Gabriele Dekomien, Christiane Maser-Gluth, Stefan M. Weiner, Lorenz Sellin, Stefan Hofebauer, Jörg T. Epplen, and Lars C. Rump

A German family with glucocorticoid-remediable aldosteronism
NDT Advance Access published on February 3, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1123-1130; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl706 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Barry I. Freedman, Pamela J. Hicks, Michele M. Sale, Eric D. Pierson, Carl D. Langefeld, Stephen S. Rich, Jianzhao Xu, Caitrin McDonough, Bart Janssen, Benito A. Yard, Fokko J. van der Woude, and Donald W. Bowden

A leucine repeat in the carnosinase gene CNDP1 is associated with diabetic end-stage renal disease in European Americans
NDT Advance Access published on January 5, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1131-1135; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl717 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vesna D. Garovic, Steven J. Wagner, Lydia M. Petrovic, Catherine E. Gray, Pauline Hall, Hikaru Sugimoto, Raghu Kalluri, and Joseph P. Grande

Glomerular expression of nephrin and synaptopodin, but not podocin, is decreased in kidney sections from women with preeclampsia
NDT Advance Access published on January 25, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1136-1143; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl711 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles: Dialysis and Transplantation:

Lanfroi Graziani, Antonio Silvestro, Vittorio Bertone, Ermanna Manara, Alberto Alicandri, Giovanni Parrinello, and Annunciata Manganoni

Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty is feasible and effective in patients on chronic dialysis with severe peripheral artery disease
NDT Advance Access published on January 31, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1144-1149; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl764 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sang-Woong Han, Young-Woong Won, Joo-Hark Yi, and Ho-Jung Kim

No impact of hyperkalaemia with renin–angiotensin system blockades in maintenance haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on January 25, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1150-1155; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl752 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christophe Bovy, André Gothot, Pierre Delanaye, Xavier Warling, Jean-Marie Krzesinski, and Yves Beguin

Mature erythrocyte parameters as new markers of functional iron deficiency in haemodialysis: sensitivity and specificity
NDT Advance Access published on January 20, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1156-1162; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl765 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

George R Bailie, Stacey J Elder, Nancy A Mason, Yasushi Asano, Jose M Cruz, Shunichi Fukuhara, Antonio A Lopes, Donna L Mapes, David C Mendelssohn, Juergen Bommer, and Eric W Young

Sexual dysfunction in dialysis patients treated with antihypertensive or antidepressive medications: results from the DOPPS
NDT Advance Access published on February 1, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1163-1170; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl755 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lourdes Craver, Maria Paz Marco, Isabel Martínez, Montserrat Rue, Merce Borràs, Maria Luisa Martín, Felipe Sarró, José Manuel Valdivielso, and Elvira Fernández

Mineral metabolism parameters throughout chronic kidney disease stages 1–5—achievement of K/DOQI target ranges
NDT Advance Access published on January 5, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1171-1176; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl718 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alexander V. Crowe, Anne McArdle, Francis McArdle, David M. Pattwell, Gordon M. Bell, Graham J. Kemp, J. Michael Bone, Richard D. Griffiths, and Malcolm J. Jackson

Markers of oxidative stress in the skeletal muscle of patients on haemodialysis
NDT Advance Access published on January 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1177-1183; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl721 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jayme Eduardo Burmeister, Aline Scapini, Diego da Rosa Miltersteiner, Marcelo Generali da Costa, and Bruno Machado Campos

Glucose-added dialysis fluid prevents asymptomatic hypoglycaemia in regular haemodialysis
NDT Advance Access published on February 1, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1184-1189; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl710 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Takeshi Tada, Kengo Fukushima Kusano, Aiko Ogawa, Jun Iwasaki, Satoru Sakuragi, Isao Kusano, Seiko Takatsu, Masashi Miyazaki, and Tohru Ohe

The predictors of central and obstructive sleep apnoea in haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on February 3, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1190-1197; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl748 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hidekazu Moriya, Takayasu Ohtake, and Shuzo Kobayashi

Aortic stiffness, left ventricular hypertrophy and weekly averaged blood pressure (WAB) in patients on haemodialysis
NDT Advance Access published on January 25, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1198-1204; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl732 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marc M. H. Hermans, Jeroen P. Kooman, Vincent Brandenburg, Markus Ketteler, Jan G. M. C. Damoiseaux, Jan W. Cohen Tervaert, Isabel Ferreira, Pieter L. Rensma, Ulrich Gladziwa, Abraham A. Kroon, Arnold P. G. Hoeks, Coen D. A. Stehouwer, and Karel M. L. Leunissen

Spatial inhomogeneity of common carotid artery intima-media is increased in dialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on January 25, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1205-1212; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl750 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jai Prakash, Rubina Vohra, I. A. Wani, A. S. Murthy, P. K. Srivastva, K. Tripathi, L. K. Pandey, Usha, and R. Raja

Decreasing incidence of renal cortical necrosis in patients with acute renal failure in developing countries: a single-centre experience of 22 years from Eastern India
NDT Advance Access published on January 31, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1213-1217; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl761 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christian Verger, Mirela Duman, Pierre-Yves Durand, Ghislaine Veniez, Emmanuel Fabre, and Jean-Philippe Ryckelynck

Influence of autonomy and type of home assistance on the prevention of peritonitis in assisted automated peritoneal dialysis patients. An analysis of data from the French Language Peritoneal Dialysis Registry
NDT Advance Access published on January 31, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1218-1223; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl760 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief Report:

Yoshihiko Kanno, Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Hiroshi Takane, Hiroshi Arima, Naofumi Ikeda, Junko Shoda, and Hiromichi Suzuki

Elevation of plasma D-dimer is closely associated with venous thrombosis produced by double-lumen catheter in pre-dialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on February 3, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1224-1227; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl845 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Technical Note:

Samih H. Nasr, Glen S. Markowitz, Anthony M. Valeri, Zhimin Yu, Liqun Chen, and Vivette D. D’Agati

Thin basement membrane nephropathy cannot be diagnosed reliably in deparaffinized, formalin-fixed tissue
NDT Advance Access published on February 3, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1228-1232; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl838 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Sanjeev Sethi, Matthew Lewin, Lauren Lopez, and Donna Lager

Linear anti-glomerular basement membrane IgG but no glomerular disease: Goodpasture's syndrome restricted to the lung
NDT Advance Access published on February 3, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1233-1235; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl841 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Francesco Giofrè, Camillo Pugliese, Giovanni Alati, Antonella Messina, and Domenico Tramontana

Three successive pregnancies in a patient with chronic renal disease progressing from chronic renal dysfunction through to institution of dialysis during pregnancy and then on to maintenance dialysis
NDT Advance Access published on January 20, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1236-1240; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl794 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robert M. Perkins, Rachel George, Charles R. Fox, and Christina M. Yuan

Successful CAVH in an austere environment using readily available disposable hospital supplies
NDT Advance Access published on February 13, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1241-1246; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl828 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Senay Demir, Dilek Torun, Naime Tokmak, Ugur Ozkan, and Levent Oguzkurt

Resolution of hepatic subcapsular steatosis after discontinuation of CAPD
NDT Advance Access published on February 13, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1247-1249; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm002 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Interesting Case:

R. S. Moisey, S. McPherson, M. Wright, and S. M. Orme

Thyroiditis and iodide mumps following an angioplasty
NDT Advance Access published on January 18, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1250-1252; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl777 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Point:

Alexander Woywodt, Gabriele Schneider, Herrmann Haller, and Marcus Hiss

A hopeless case?
NDT Advance Access published on January 31, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1253-1256; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl842 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Khaled O. Alsaad, Ana Tobar, Eric Belanger, Mufazzal Ahmad, Daniel C. Cattran, and Andrew M. Herzenberg

Late-onset acute haemorrhagic necrotizing granulomatous adenovirus tubulointerstitial nephritis in a renal allograft
NDT Advance Access published on January 31, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1257-1260; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl843 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in Nephrology:

Mohamed Khalifa, Aine Burns, and Peter Veitch

Renal artery aneurysm in a cadaveric kidney transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on January 18, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1261-1262; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl812 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sang Heon Song, Dong Won Lee, Soo Bong Lee, and Ihm Soo Kwak

Rhabdomyolysis caused by strenuous computer gaming
NDT Advance Access published on January 27, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1263-1264; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl816 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Fariha Chaudhry and Martin Sedlacek

A urine finding associated with obesity
NDT Advance Access published on February 13, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1265-1266; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl850 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters and Replies:

Mauro Negri, Mauro Zamboni, and Giovanni Gambaro

Lean body mass to estimate GFR
NDT Advance Access published on February 3, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1267; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm030 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Timothy Taylor

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on February 3, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1267; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm054 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Ume Pöge, Thomas Gerhardt, and Rainer P. Woitas

Renal handling of cystatin C
NDT Advance Access published on November 16, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1267-1268; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl658 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rapur Ram, Guditi Swarnalatha, Neela Prasad, and Kaligotla Venkata Dakshinamurty

Ulcerative tuberculin skin test in a dialysis patient
NDT Advance Access published on November 30, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1268; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl661 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Katherine A. Barraclough, John P. Dowling, Anthony P. Schwarer, and Gregory J. Perry

Sequential autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation and kidney transplantaion of light chain deposition disease
NDT Advance Access published on November 16, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1268-1269; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl669 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ari Mosenkis, Theodore M. Danoff, Nambi Aiyar, Jonathan Bazeley, and Raymond R. Townsend

Human Urotensin II in the plasma of anephric subjects
NDT Advance Access published on November 28, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1269-1270; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl697 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ezio Movilli, Jeannin Guido, Turina Silvia, Scolari Francesco, and Cancarini Giovanni

Plasma exchange in the treatment of acute renal failure of myeloma
NDT Advance Access published on November 23, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1270-1271; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl628 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Philipp Eller, Susanne Kaser, Karl Lhotta, Emma L. Edghill, Sian Ellard, Christoph Ebenbichler, and Josef R. Patsch

Renal cysts and diabetes due to a heterozygous HNF-1ß gene deletion
NDT Advance Access published on November 24, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1271-1272; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl695 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Toshiro Sugimoto, Masayoshi Sakaguchi, Nobuhiro Ogawa, Naoko Deji, Takashi Uzu, Yoshihiko Nishio, Yutaka Eguchi, and Atsunori Kashiwagi

Marked hypercalcaemia in sepsis-induced multiple organ failure
NDT Advance Access published on November 20, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1272-1273; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl703 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hiroshi Nishi, Akihiro Tojo, Maristela Lika Onozato, Rika Jimbo, Masaomi Nangaku, Hiroshi Uozaki, Kenji Hirano, Hiroyuki Isayama, Masao Omata, and Shinya Kaname

Anti-carbonic anhydrase II antibody in autoimmune pancreatitis and tubulointerstitial nephritis
NDT Advance Access published on November 30, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1273-1275; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl672 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rossana Cavallo, Cristina Costa, Massimiliano Bergallo, Marina Messina, Gianna Mazzucco, and Giuseppe P. Segoloni

A case of ureteral lesions in a renal transplant recipient with a co-infection of BK virus and JC virus
NDT Advance Access published on December 12, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1275; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl725 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Errata:

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: 1276; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm139 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wim Van Biesen, Francio Verbeke, and Raymond Vanholder

Cardiovascular disease in haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis: arguments pro peritoneal dialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1276; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm196 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcements:

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Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 22: 1277-1279; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm197 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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