Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

In This Issue

In this issue
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: i; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn628 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Comments

Adrian Covic, Jorge Cannata-Andia, Giovanni Cancarini, Rosanna Coppo, João M. Frazão, David Goldsmith, Pierre Ronco, Goce B. Spasovski, Peter Stenvinkel, Cengiz Utas, Andrzej Wiecek, Carmine Zoccali, and Gerard London

Biosimilars and biopharmaceuticals: what the nephrologists need to know—a position paper by the ERA-EDTA Council
NDT Advance Access published on September 18, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3731-3737; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn519 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Prasad Devarajan

Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin—an emerging troponin for kidney injury
NDT Advance Access published on September 22, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3737-3743; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn531 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter Lamprecht and Wolfgang L. Gross

A little help from our friends: what an epidemiologic study teaches us about autoinflammation, granuloma and proteinase-3-specific antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies
NDT Advance Access published on October 13, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3743-3745; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn561 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Fliss E. M. Murtagh, Emma Murphy, and Neil S. Sheerin

Illness trajectories: an important concept in the management of kidney failure
NDT Advance Access published on September 22, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3746-3748; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn532 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Charina Gayomali, Scoot Sutherland, and Fredric O. Finkelstein

The challenge for the caregiver of the patient with chronic kidney disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3749-3751; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn577 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Reviews

Dunia de Miguel, Julio García-Suárez, Yolanda Martín, Juan José Gil-Fernández, and Carmen Burgaleta

Severe acute renal failure following high-dose methotrexate therapy in adults with haematological malignancies: a significant number result from unrecognized co-administration of several drugs
NDT Advance Access published on September 8, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3762-3766; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn503 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Translational Nephrology

Carmine Zoccali and Francesca Mallamaci

Obesity, diabetes, adiponectin and the kidney: a podocyte affair
NDT Advance Access published on September 18, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3767-3770; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn517 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Johan van der Vlag and Jo H. M. Berden

Proteasome inhibition: a new therapeutic option in lupus nephritis?
NDT Advance Access published on September 22, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3771-3772; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn536 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yves Pirson

Does TNF- enhance cystogenesis in ADPKD?
NDT Advance Access published on September 26, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3773-3775; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn533 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

II. Scientific Papers

Original Articles

Experimental Nephrology

Get checked abstract Ulf Panzer, Gunther Zahner, Ulrike Wienberg, Oliver M. Steinmetz, Anett Peters, Jan-Eric Turner, Hans-Joachim Paust, Gunter Wolf, Rolf A. K. Stahl, and André Schneider

15-Deoxy-^12,14-prostaglandin J₂ inhibits INF--induced JAK/STAT1 signalling pathway activation and IP-10/CXCL10 expression in mesangial cells
NDT Advance Access published on July 2, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3776-3785; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn361 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract David Vansthertem, Nathalie Caron, Anne-Emilie Declèves, Stéphanie Cludts, Annabel Gossiaux, Denis Nonclercq, Bruno Flamion, Alexandre Legrand, and Gérard Toubeau

Label-retaining cells and tubular regeneration in postischaemic kidney
NDT Advance Access published on August 1, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3786-3797; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn412 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Nelson A. Lutaif, Eduardo M. Rocha, Lício A.Veloso, Leda M. Bento, and José A. R. Gontijo

Renal contribution to thermolability in rats: role of renal nerves
NDT Advance Access published on July 1, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3798-3805; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn368 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Mirjan M. van Timmeren, Marie-Luise Gross, Wilfried Hanke, Pieter A. Klok, Harry van Goor, Coen A. Stegeman, and Stephan J. L. Bakker

Oleic acid loading does not add to the nephrotoxic effect of albumin in an amphibian and chronic rat model of kidney injury
NDT Advance Access published on July 24, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3814-3823; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn417 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract William Noonan, Kristin Koch, Masaki Nakane, Junli Ma, Doug Dixon, Antoinette Bolin, and Glenn Reinhart

Differential effects of vitamin D receptor activators on aortic calcification and pulse wave velocity in uraemic rats
NDT Advance Access published on July 20, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3824-3830; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn375 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Kuan-Yu Hung, Jenq-Wen Huang, Chih-Kang Chiang, and Tun-Jun Tsai

Preservation of peritoneal morphology and function by pentoxifylline in a rat model of peritoneal dialysis: molecular studies
NDT Advance Access published on July 9, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3831-3840; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn369 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical Nephrology

Get checked abstract Jan Müller-Berghaus, Markus J. Kemper, Bernd Hoppe, Uwe Querfeld, Dirk E. Müller-Wiefel, Grant Morahan, Dirk Schadendorf, and Klaus Tenbrock

The clinical course of steroid-sensitive childhood nephrotic syndrome is associated with a functional IL12B promoter polymorphism
NDT Advance Access published on July 15, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3841-3844; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn395 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Auke H. Brantsma, Stephan J. L. Bakker, Hans L. Hillege, Dick de Zeeuw, Paul E. de Jong, Ronald T. Gansevoort, and for the PREVEND Study Group

Cardiovascular and renal outcome in subjects with K/DOQI stage 1–3 chronic kidney disease: the importance of urinary albumin excretion
NDT Advance Access published on July 18, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3851-3858; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn356 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Belén Ponte, Carmen Felipe, Alfonso Muriel, Maria Teresa Tenorio, and Fernando Liaño

Long-term functional evolution after an acute kidney injury: a 10-year study
NDT Advance Access published on July 15, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3859-3866; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn398 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gijs M. J. M. Welten, Michel Chonchol, Olaf Schouten, Sanne Hoeks, Jeroen J. Bax, Ron T. van Domburg, Marc van Sambeek, and Don Poldermans

Statin use is associated with early recovery of kidney injury after vascular surgery and improved long-term outcome
NDT Advance Access published on July 15, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3867-3873; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn381 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Joaquim Calado, Yves Sznajer, Daniel Metzger, Ana Rita, Marie C. Hogan, Antonis Kattamis, Mauro Scharf, Velibor Tasic, Johann Greil, Florian Brinkert, Markus J. Kemper, and René Santer

Twenty-one additional cases of familial renal glucosuria: absence of genetic heterogeneity, high prevalence of private mutations and further evidence of volume depletion
NDT Advance Access published on July 12, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3874-3879; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn386 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Atsushi Komatsuda, Rie Masai, Hiroshi Ohtani, Masaru Togashi, Nobuki Maki, Ken-ichi Sawada, and Hideki Wakui

Monoclonal immunoglobulin deposition disease associated with membranous features
NDT Advance Access published on July 2, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3888-3894; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn363 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Li-Tao Cheng, Yan-Li Gao, Yue Gu, Li Zhang, Shu-Hong Bi, Wen Tang, and Tao Wang

Stepwise increase in the prevalence of isolated systolic hypertension with the stages of chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on July 16, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3895-3900; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn383 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Enrique Morales, Elena Gutierrez-Solis, Eduardo Gutierrez, Roberto González, Miguel Angel Martínez, and Manuel Praga

Malignant hypertension in HIV-associated glomerulonephritis
NDT Advance Access published on July 21, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3901-3907; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn407 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Muna T. Canales, Li-Yung Lui, Brent C. Taylor, Areef Ishani, Reena Mehra, Katie L. Stone, Susan Redline, Kristine E. Ensrud, and for the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Study Group

Renal function and sleep-disordered breathing in older men
NDT Advance Access published on July 20, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3908-3914; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn364 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Lei Jiang, Jun-jun Zhang, Ji-cheng Lv, Gang Liu, Wan-zhong Zou, Ming-hui Zhao, and Hong Zhang

Malignant hypertension in IgA nephropathy was not associated with background pathological phenotypes of glomerular lesions
NDT Advance Access published on July 4, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3921-3927; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn371 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Richard A. Watts, David G. I. Scott, David R. W. Jayne, Toshiko Ito-Ihara, Eri Muso, Shouichi Fujimoto, Yasuki Harabuchi, Shigeto Kobayashi, Kazuo Suzuki, and Hiroshi Hashimoto

Renal vasculitis in Japan and the UK—are there differences in epidemiology and clinical phenotype?
NDT Advance Access published on June 19, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3928-3931; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn354 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ljubica Djukanovic, Jelena Marinkovic, Ivko Maric, Visnja Lezaic, Marijana Dajak, Dragica Petronic, Mihajlo Matic, and Danica Bukvic

Contribution to the definition of diagnostic criteria for Balkan endemic nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on July 8, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3932-3938; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn382 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Samuel Henz, Micha T. Maeder, Stephanie Huber, Michael Schmid, Marcel Loher, and Thomas Fehr

Influence of drugs and comorbidity on serum potassium in 15 000 consecutive hospital admissions
NDT Advance Access published on July 9, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3939-3945; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn380 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Avry Chagnac, Michal Herman, Boris Zingerman, Arie Erman, Benaya Rozen-Zvi, Judith Hirsh, and Uzi Gafter

Obesity-induced glomerular hyperfiltration: its involvement in the pathogenesis of tubular sodium reabsorption
NDT Advance Access published on July 12, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3946-3952; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn379 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Anne Lee, Claire Gudex, Johan V. Povlsen, Birgitte Bonnevie, and Camilla P. Nielsen

Patients’ views regarding choice of dialysis modality
NDT Advance Access published on June 27, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3953-3959; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn365 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Allison Tong, Peter Sainsbury, and Jonathan C. Craig

Support interventions for caregivers of people with chronic kidney disease: a systematic review
NDT Advance Access published on July 25, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3960-3965; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn415 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dialysis

Get checked abstract William D. Paulson, Sunanda J. Ram, Jack Work, Steven A. Conrad, and Steven A. Jones

Inflow stenosis obscures recognition of outflow stenosis by dialysis venous pressure: analysis by a mathematical model
NDT Advance Access published on July 23, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3966-3971; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn400 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Kevin McLaughlin, Heather Jones, Carmen VanderStraeten, Cynthia Mills, Marilyn Visser, Ken Taub, and Braden Manns

Why do patients choose self-care dialysis?
NDT Advance Access published on June 24, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3972-3976; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn359 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Wu-Chang Yang, Shang-Jyh Hwang, and Taiwan Society of Nephrology

Incidence, prevalence and mortality trends of dialysis end-stage renal disease in Taiwan from 1990 to 2001: the impact of national health insurance
NDT Advance Access published on July 15, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3977-3982; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn406 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Mark Lambie, Nick Richards, and Steve Smith

Ethnicity, age and incidence rates for renal replacement therapy (RRT) in Birmingham, UK: 1990–2004
NDT Advance Access published on July 2, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3983-3987; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn366 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Giovanni Panzetta, Carlo Basile, Antonio Santoro, Enzo Ancarani, Stefano Costantini, Francesco Guarnieri, and Giuseppe Verzetti

Diabetics on dialysis in Italy: a nationwide epidemiological study
NDT Advance Access published on July 25, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3988-3995; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn413 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Yoshitaka Kumada, Toru Aoyama, Hideki Ishii, Miho Tanaka, Yoshihiro Kawamura, Hiroshi Takahashi, Takanobu Toriyama, Toru Aoyama, Yukio Yuzawa, Syoichi Maruyama, Seiichi Matsuo, and Toyoaki Murohara

Long-term outcome of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty in chronic haemodialysis patients with peripheral arterial disease
NDT Advance Access published on July 2, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 3996-4001; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn378 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Juergen Bommer, Gernot Asmus, Martin Wenning, and Gudrun Bommer

A comparison of haemoglobin levels and doses in haemodialysis patients treated with subcutaneous or intravenous darbepoetin alfa: a German prospective, randomized, multicentre study
NDT Advance Access published on July 30, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 4002-4008; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn416 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Faruk Tokmak, Ivo Quack, Gisela Schieren, Lorenz Sellin, Dirk Rattensperger, Tim Holland-Letz, Stefan M. Weiner, and Lars C. Rump

High-dose cholecalciferol to correct vitamin D deficiency in haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on July 1, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 4016-4020; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn367 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Wei Fang, Jiaqi Qian, Aiwu Lin, Fadel Rowaie, Zhaohui Ni, Qiang Yao, Joanne M. Bargman, and Dimitrios G. Oreopoulos

Comparison of peritoneal dialysis practice patterns and outcomes between a Canadian and a Chinese centre
NDT Advance Access published on September 12, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 4021-4028; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn372 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Anneleen Pletinck, Francis Verbeke, Luc Van Bortel, Clement Dequidt, Denise Vijt, Wim Van Biesen, and Raymond Vanholder

Acute central haemodynamic effects induced by intraperitoneal glucose instillation
NDT Advance Access published on July 7, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 4029-4035; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn384 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Transplantation

Get checked abstract Irit Krause, Roxana Cleper, Alexander Belenky, Eli Atar, Nathan Bar-Nathan, and Miriam Davidovits

Graft intolerance syndrome in children with failed kidney allografts—clinical presentation, treatment options and outcome
NDT Advance Access published on June 27, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 4036-4040; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn362 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Anne Gunther, Aksel Foss, Hallvard Holdaas, Knut Brabrand, Anders Hartmann, Paal-Dag Line, and Karsten Midtvedt

Increased peak systolic velocity in the renal artery of paediatric kidneys transplanted to adult recipients
NDT Advance Access published on June 27, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 4041-4043; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn358 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gert De Schoenmakere, Bruce Poppe, Birgitte Wuyts, Kathleen Claes, David Cassiman, Bart Maes, Dierik Verbeelen, Raymond Vanholder, Dirk R. Kuypers, Norbert Lameire, Anne De Paepe, and Wim Terryn

Two-tier approach for the detection of alpha-galactosidase A deficiency in kidney transplant recipients
NDT Advance Access published on July 2, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 4044-4048; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn370 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Rajesh Hanvesakul, Chandrashekhar Kubal, Seema Jham, Esha Sarkar, Kevin Eardley, Dwomoa Adu, and Paul Cockwell

Increased incidence of infections following the late introduction of mycophenolate mofetil in renal transplant recipients
NDT Advance Access published on July 12, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 4049-4053; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn387 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Solbjørg Sagedal, Steffen Thiel, Troels Krarup Hansen, Tom Eirik Mollnes, Halvor Rollag, and Anders Hartmann

Impact of the complement lectin pathway on cytomegalovirus disease early after kidney transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on June 24, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 4054-4060; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn355 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jung Yeon Ghee, Dong He Han, Hyun Kuk Song, Wan Young Kim, Su Hyun Kim, Hye Eun Yoon, Bum Soon Choi, Yong Soo Kim, Jin Kim, and Chul Woo Yang

The role of macrophage in the pathogenesis of chronic cyclosporine-induced nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on July 12, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 4061-4069; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn388 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

III. Varia

Letters and Replies

Ricardo Enríquez, Ana Esther Sirvent, and Francisco Ardoy

Renal biopsy in supine position
NDT Advance Access published on September 9, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 4070; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn256 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Loreto Gesualdo

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on September 9, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 4070-4071; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn257 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Daniel W. Coyne

Conflicts of interest and viewpoint bias in KDOQI and KDIGO workgroups
NDT Advance Access published on September 3, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 4071; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn422 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Iain C. Macdougall, Kai-Uwe Eckardt, and Francesco Locatelli

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on September 3, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 4071-4072; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn424 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Morgan

A multi-centre evaluation of the RIFLE criteria for early acute kidney injury in critically ill patients
NDT Advance Access published on September 5, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 4072-4073; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn390 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sean M. Bagshaw, Carol George, Irina Dinu, and Rinaldo Bellomo

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on September 5, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 4073; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn396 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Drasko Pavlovic and Hrvojka Tomic Brzac

Spontaneous remission of hyperparathyroidism
NDT Advance Access published on September 5, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 4073-4074; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn391 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hirotaka Komaba, Motoko Tanaka, and Masafumi Fukagawa

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on September 5, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 4074-4075; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn397 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hans-Dietrich Polaschegg and Klaus Sodemann

Safety of concentrated trisodium citrate catheter locks
NDT Advance Access published on September 4, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 4075; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn404 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Georgia Winnett and Neil Ashman

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on September 4, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 4075-4076; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn405 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carlo Vulpio and Maurizio Bossola

Are parathyroid glands detectable by ultrasound also in normal PTH range haemodialysis patients?
NDT Advance Access published on September 12, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 4076-4077; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn443 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Masatomo Taniguchi, Masatnori Tokumoto, Kazuhiko Tsuruya, Hideki Hirakata, and Mitsuo Iida

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on September 12, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 4077; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn444 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pierre Delanaye, Etienne Cavalier, Marc Froissart, and Jean Marie Krzesinski

Reproducibility of GFR measured by chromium-51-EDTA and iohexol
NDT Advance Access published on September 4, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 4077-4078; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn496 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nicholas J. Bird and Adrien Michael Peters

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on September 4, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 4078; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn499 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Giovanni Gambaro, Maria Stella Graziani, and Flavio Ribichini

Cystatin C and contrast-induced nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on September 6, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 4079; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn507 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Martin Kimmel and Dominik Mark Alscher

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on September 6, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 4079-4080; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn508 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Thomas Kahn

Hypernatraemia
NDT Advance Access published on September 15, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 4080-4081; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn514 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ewout J. Hoorn and Robert Zietse

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on September 15, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 4081; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn516 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wajeh Qunibi, Larry R. Muenz, and Jose A. Diaz-Buxo

The CARE-2 study results: setting the record straight
NDT Advance Access published on September 26, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 4081-4082; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn520 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jürgen Floege

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NDT Advance Access published on September 26, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 4082-4083; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn525 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters

Plamen Yovchevski, Evgeniy Goshev, and Kosta Kostov

Chronic kidney disease, hypertension and silent brain infarction
NDT Advance Access published on September 23, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 4083; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn535 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nicola Giotta and Angela Marino

Calcimimetics, calcium set point and calcium balance
NDT Advance Access published on August 26, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 4083-4084; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn440 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gunnar Sterner and Karl Göran Prütz

Conversion from epoetin beta to darbepoetin: what is the equivalent dose?
NDT Advance Access published on August 22, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 4084-4085; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn479 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pawel Strózecki, Gwidon Polak, and Jacek Manitius

Heart rate variability (HRV) in kidney failure: measurement and consequences of reduced HRV
NDT Advance Access published on August 26, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 4085; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn481 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Renata Klak, Joanna Rymaszewska, Ewa Watorek, Waclaw Weyde, Jozef Penar, Magdalena Krajewska, Katarzyna Madziarska, and Marian Klinger

Exhaustion of caregivers of patients on maintenance haemodialysis
NDT Advance Access published on August 21, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 4086; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn487 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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A. Hamidian Jahromi, Ian S. D. Roberts, Chris G. Winearls, and Anil Vaidya

Acute renal failure secondary to oxalosis in a recipient of a simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplant: was mycophenolate the cause?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 4087; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn647 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jean Ethier, David C. Mendelssohn, Stacey J. Elder, Takeshi Hasegawa, Tadao Akizawa, Takashi Akiba, Bernard J. Canaud, and Ronald L. Pisoni

Vascular access use and outcomes: an international perspective from the dialysis outcomes and practice patterns study
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 4088; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn606 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 4089; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn658 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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