Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

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Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: i-ii; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn031 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Comments

Jaap A. Joles

Statins and small GTPases: Koch's postulates and chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on November 20, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 433-438; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm718 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Neelke C. van der Weerd, E. Lars Penne, Marinus A. van den Dorpel, Muriel P.C. Grooteman, Menso J. Nube, Michiel L. Bots, Piet M. ter Wee, and Peter J. Blankestijn

Haemodiafiltration: promise for the future?
NDT Advance Access published on November 28, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 438-443; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm791 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Reviews

Get checked abstract Reena Ranpuria, Martica Hall, Chris T. Chan, and Mark Unruh

Heart rate variability (HRV) in kidney failure: measurement and consequences of reduced HRV
NDT Advance Access published on November 14, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 444-449; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm634 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ulrich Kunzendorf, Bernhard K. Krämer, Wolfgang Arns, Johann Braun, Jan Grossmann, Frank Pietruck, Heinrich Schmidt-Gayk, Anke Schwarz, Ekkehard Ziegler, Heide Sperschneider, Rudolf P. Wüthrich, Barbara Nonnast-Daniel, Ralf Schindler, and Lutz Renders

Bone disease after renal transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on December 1, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 450-458; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm816 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Translational Nephrology

M. Shawkat Razzaque

Klotho and Na⁺,K⁺-ATPase activity: solving the calcium metabolism dilemma?
NDT Advance Access published on October 31, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 459-461; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm702 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jessica Caprioli and Giuseppe Remuzzi

A mouse model of non-Shiga toxin-associated haemolytic uraemic syndrome
NDT Advance Access published on October 23, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 462-465; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm758 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kidney Diseases Beyond Nephrology

Johannes F. E. Mann

What's new in hypertension 2007?
NDT Advance Access published on January 25, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 466-470; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm904 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Special Feature

Sudhir V. Shah and John Feehally

The third World Kidney Day: looking back and thinking forward
NDT Advance Access published on January 9, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 471-473; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm854 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jorge B. Cannata-Andía and Rosanna Coppo

Note from the ERA-EDTA
NDT Advance Access published on January 11, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 474; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm935 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pietro Ravani, Patrick Parfrey, Sean Murphy, Veeresh Gadag, and Brendan Barrett

Clinical research of kidney diseases IV: standard regression models
NDT Advance Access published on January 8, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 475-482; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm880 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

II. Scientific Papers

Original Articles: Experimental Nephrology

Get checked abstract Geurt Stokman, Jaklien C. Leemans, Ingrid Stroo, Inge Hoedemaeker, Nike Claessen, Gwendoline J. D. Teske, Jan J. Weening, and Sandrine Florquin

Enhanced mobilization of bone marrow cells does not ameliorate renal fibrosis
NDT Advance Access published on November 7, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 483-491; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm607 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Haim Mayan, Dana Attar-Herzberg, Miriam Shaharabany, Eliezer J Holtzman, and Zvi Farfel

Increased urinary Na-Cl cotransporter protein in familial hyperkalaemia and hypertension
NDT Advance Access published on October 19, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 492-496; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm641 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Yuko Izuhara, Masaomi Nangaku, Shunya Takizawa, Satoru Takahashi, Jing Shao, Hisashi Oishi, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Charles van Ypersele de Strihou, and Toshio Miyata

A novel class of advanced glycation inhibitors ameliorates renal and cardiovascular damage in experimental rat models
NDT Advance Access published on October 10, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 497-509; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm601 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Shigeyoshi Oba, Masayo Hino, and Toshiro Fujita

Adrenomedullin protects against oxidative stress-induced podocyte injury as an endogenous antioxidant
NDT Advance Access published on November 2, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 510-517; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm600 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Femke Waanders, Else van den Berg, Ryoji Nagai, Ingrid van Veen, Gerjan Navis, and Harry van Goor

Renoprotective effects of the AGE-inhibitor pyridoxamine in experimental chronic allograft nephropathy in rats
NDT Advance Access published on September 28, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 518-524; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm589 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Yang Wang, Mahesh Krishnamoorthy, Rupak Banerjee, Jianhua Zhang, Steven Rudich, Christy Holland, Lois Arend, and Prabir Roy-Chaudhury

Venous stenosis in a pig arteriovenous fistula model—anatomy, mechanisms and cellular phenotypes
NDT Advance Access published on November 23, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 525-533; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm547 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jin-Ju Kim, Jin-Ji Li, Kyung Sik Kim, Seung-Jae Kwak, Dong-Sub Jung, Dong-Ryeol Ryu, Tae-Hyun Yoo, Hoon Young Choi, Seung Hyeok Han, Hyung Jong Kim, Soo Young Yoon, Dae Suk Han, and Shin-Wook Kang

High glucose decreases collagenase expression and increases TIMP expression in cultured human peritoneal mesothelial cells
NDT Advance Access published on November 23, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 534-541; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm553 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles: Clinical Nephrology

Get checked abstract Michael P. Quinn, Andrea Rainey, Karen J. Cairns, Adele H. Marshall, Gerard Savage, Frank Kee, A. Peter Maxwell, Elizabeth Reaney, and Damian G. Fogarty

The practical implications of using standardized estimation equations in calculating the prevalence of chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on September 22, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 542-548; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm599 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Nader Bassilios, Patricia Martel, Valérie Godard, Marc Froissart, Jean-Pierre Grünfeld, and Bénédicte Stengel on behalf of the Réseau Néphropar

Monitoring of glomerular filtration rate in lithium-treated outpatients—an ambulatory laboratory database surveillance
NDT Advance Access published on November 13, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 562-565; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm567 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Kimberly K. Washburn, Michael Zappitelli, Ayse A. Arikan, Laura Loftis, Rajesh Yalavarthy, Chirag R. Parikh, Charles L. Edelstein, and Stuart L. Goldstein

Urinary interleukin-18 is an acute kidney injury biomarker in critically ill children
NDT Advance Access published on October 1, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 566-572; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm638 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Tadeusz Przewlocki, Anna Kablak-Ziembicka, Wieslawa Tracz, Grzegorz Kopec, Pawel Rubis, Mieczyslaw Pasowicz, Piotr Musialek, Magdalena Kostkiewicz, Artur Kozanecki, Tomasz Stompór, Wladyslaw Sulowicz, and Andrzej Sokolowski

Prevalence and prediction of renal artery stenosis in patients with coronary and supraaortic artery atherosclerotic disease
NDT Advance Access published on October 10, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 580-585; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm622 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Nigel D. Toussaint, Kenneth K. Lau, Boyd J. Strauss, Kevan R. Polkinghorne, and Peter G. Kerr

Associations between vascular calcification, arterial stiffness and bone mineral density in chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on October 12, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 586-593; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm660 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Marie Frimodt-Møller, Arne Høj Nielsen, Anne-Lise Kamper, and Svend Strandgaard

Reproducibility of pulse-wave analysis and pulse-wave velocity determination in chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on November 7, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 594-600; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm470 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Stefanos E. Karagiannis, Harm H.H. Feringa, Abdou Elhendy, Ron van Domburg, Michel Chonchol, Radosav Vidakovic, Jeroen J. Bax, George Karatasakis, George Athanasopoulos, Dennis V. Cokkinos, and Don Poldermans

Prognostic significance of renal function in patients undergoing dobutamine stress echocardiography
NDT Advance Access published on November 14, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 601-607; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm642 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Aisling E. Courtney, Peter T. McNamee, Shirley Heggarty, Derek Middleton, and A. Peter Maxwell

Association of functional haem oxygenase-1 gene promoter polymorphism with polycystic kidney disease and IgA nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on November 28, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 608-611; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm736 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jan-Willem Eijgenraam, Susanne M. Reinartz, Sylvia W. A. Kamerling, Vanessa J. van Ham, Kim Zuidwijk, Cornelis M. van Drunen, Mohamed R. Daha, Wytske J. Fokkens, and Cees van Kooten

Immuno-histological analysis of dendritic cells in nasal biopsies of IgA nephropathy patients
NDT Advance Access published on November 22, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 612-620; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm595 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Francesco Locatelli, Carmine Zoccali, and SIR SIN Study Investigators

Clinical policies on the management of chronic kidney disease patients in Italy
NDT Advance Access published on November 26, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 621-626; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm636 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Emma L. Edghill, Richard A. Oram, Martina Owens, Karen L. Stals, Lorna W. Harries, Andrew T. Hattersley, Sian Ellard, and Coralie Bingham

Hepatocyte nuclear factor-1β gene deletions—a common cause of renal disease
NDT Advance Access published on October 30, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 627-635; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm603 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Johannes F. E. Mann, Patrick Sheridan, Matthew J. McQueen, Claes Held, J. Malcolm O. Arnold, George Fodor, Salim Yusuf, and Eva M. Lonn on behalf of the HOPE-2 investigators

Homocysteine lowering with folic acid and B vitamins in people with chronic kidney disease—results of the renal Hope-2 study
NDT Advance Access published on November 14, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 645-653; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm485 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Patricia M. Stassen, Jan-Stephan F. Sanders, Cees G. M. Kallenberg, and Coen A. Stegeman

Influenza vaccination does not result in an increase in relapses in patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis
NDT Advance Access published on October 2, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 654-658; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm640 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles: Dialysis and Transplantation

Get checked abstract Ronit Calderon-Margalit, Ethel-Sherry Gordon, Moshe Hoshen, Jeremy D. Kark, Anat Rotem, and Ziona Haklai

Dialysis in Israel, 1989–2005—time trends and international comparisons
NDT Advance Access published on September 19, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 659-664; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm597 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Emel Senol, Alpaslan Ersoy, Selda Erdinc, Emre Sarandol, and Mustafa Yurtkuran

Oxidative stress and ferritin levels in haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on November 26, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 665-672; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm588 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jaime M. Beecroft, Victor Hoffstein, Andreas Pierratos, Christopher T. Chan, Philip McFarlane, and Patrick J. Hanly

Nocturnal haemodialysis increases pharyngeal size in patients with sleep apnoea and end-stage renal disease
NDT Advance Access published on September 22, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 673-679; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm598 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Haifeng Guo, Jiannong Liu, Allan J. Collins, and Robert N. Foley

Pneumonia in incident dialysis patients—the United States Renal Data System
NDT Advance Access published on November 19, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 680-686; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm474 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Szu-Yuan Li, Jinn-Yang Chen, Chiao-Lin Chuang, and Tzen-Wen Chen

Seasonal variations in serum sodium levels and other biochemical parameters among peritoneal dialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on September 21, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 687-692; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm618 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Aleksandra Kukla, Madhurima Adulla, Julio Pascual, Millie Samaniego, Lisa Nanovic, Bryan N. Becker, and Arjang Djamali

CKD stage-to-stage progression in native and transplant kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on September 19, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 693-700; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm590 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Marielle A. C. J. Gelens, Maarten H. L. Christiaans, and Johannes P. van Hooff

Glucose metabolism before and after conversion from cyclosporine microemulsion to tacrolimus in stable renal recipients
NDT Advance Access published on November 13, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 701-706; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm544 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Giuseppe Montagnino, Silvio Sandrini, Beniamino Iorio, Francesco Paolo Schena, Mario Carmellini, Paolo Rigotti, Maria Cossu, Paolo Altieri, Maurizio Salvadori, Sergio Stefoni, Giuseppe Corbetta, and Claudio Ponticelli

A randomized exploratory trial of steroid avoidance in renal transplant patients treated with everolimus and low-dose cyclosporine
NDT Advance Access published on September 21, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 707-714; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm621 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

III. Clinical Reports

Brief Reports

Get checked abstract Olivera Marsenic, Kevin G. Couloures, and Joseph M. Wiley

Proteinuria in children with sickle cell disease
NDT Advance Access published on December 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 715-720; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm858 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Robert van Leusen, Rob P. R. Adang, Richard A. de Vries, Trijntje T. Cnossen, Constantijn J. A. M. Konings, Solko W. Schalm, and Adriaan C. I. T. L. Tan

Pegylated interferon alfa-2a (40 kD) and ribavirin in haemodialysis patients with chronic hepatitis C
NDT Advance Access published on November 27, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 721-725; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm724 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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

Long-term clinical outcome of paediatric kidneys transplanted to adults
NDT Advance Access published on January 15, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 726-729; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm826 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Short Communications

Get checked abstract Hamish Dobbie, Robert J. Unwin, Nuno J. R. Faria, and David G. Shirley

Matrix extracellular phosphoglycoprotein causes phosphaturia in rats by inhibiting tubular phosphate reabsorption
NDT Advance Access published on November 23, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 730-733; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm535 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Thomas Lücke, Nele Kanzelmeyer, Kristine Chobanyan, Dimitrios Tsikas, Doris Franke, Markus J. Kemper, Jochen H.H. Ehrich, and Anibh M. Das

Elevated asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) and inverse correlation between circulating ADMA and glomerular filtration rate in children with sporadic focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS)
NDT Advance Access published on January 5, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 734-740; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm761 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Chioma Pedro Emem, Fatiu Arogundade, Abubakr Sanusi, Kayode Adelusola, Friday Wokoma, and Adewale Akinsola

Renal disease in HIV-seropositive patients in Nigeria: an assessment of prevalence, clinical features and risk factors
NDT Advance Access published on December 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 741-746; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm836 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports

Satoru Sanada, Masayuki Suzuki, Tetsuro Shindo, Saya Suzuki, Takashi Nakamichi, Mitsunobu Matsubara, and Kunihiko Maeda

Clinical and histological responses of renal amyloidosis to high-dose melphalan supported by autologous stem cell transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on November 7, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 747-750; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm488 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Masaru Kinomura, Hitoshi Sugiyama, Takao Saito, Akira Matsunaga, Ken-ei Sada, Motoko Kanzaki, Yuki Takazawa, Yohei Maeshima, Hiroyuki Yanai, and Hirofumi Makino

A novel variant apolipoprotein E Okayama in a patient with lipoprotein glomerulopathy
NDT Advance Access published on November 28, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 751-756; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm675 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Khalil El Karoui, Moglie Le Quintrec, Eric Dekeyser, Aude Servais, Aurélie Hummel, Fouad Fadel, and Fadi Fakhouri

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in systemic lupus erythematosus
NDT Advance Access published on December 1, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 757-763; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm811 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nevenka Kregar Velikonja, Andrej Coer, Miro Gorensek, Miomir Knezevic, and Andrej Kmetec

Tissue formation following implantation of cultured elastic chondrocytes for treatment of vesicoureteral reflux
NDT Advance Access published on December 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 764-766; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm812 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

IV. Educational Features

Book Review

Klaus Konner

Vascular Access Simplified Alun H. Davies and Christopher P. Gibbons (editors)
NDT Advance Access published on January 17, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 767; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm704 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

V. Varia

Letters

Magdalena Krajewska, Wojciech Kosmala, Waclaw Weyde, Katarzyna Madziarska, Tomasz Porazko, Waclaw Kopec, Renata Klak, Jozef Penar, Mariusz Kusztal, Ewa Watorek, Tomasz Golebiowski, and Marian Klinger

The effect of dialysis modality (PD and HD) on cardiac morphology and functions in chronic kidney disease patients at very high cardiovascular risk
NDT Advance Access published on November 20, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 768-769; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm504 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Seck Sidy, Ka Elhadj, Cisse Mouhamadou, Niang Abdou, and Diouf Boucar

Adherence to therapy in sub-Saharan non-dialysed Africans with chronic kidney diseases—a real burden
NDT Advance Access published on December 13, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 769; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm507 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vittorio Bonomini

The scientific standing of present-day medicine focusing on nephrology
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 769-770; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm551 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marie-Antoinette Rockx, Kamilia Rizkalla, and William F. Clark

Acute renal failure and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
NDT Advance Access published on November 12, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 770-771; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm617 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tayfun Eyileten, Fatih Dede, Müjdat Yenicesu, Gürkan Çelebi, and Abdülgaffar Vural

Idiopathic tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis—‘TINU syndrome’
NDT Advance Access published on November 16, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 771-772; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm624 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Massimo Taccone Gallucci, Simone Manca di Villahermosa, and Mauro Maccarrone

Vitamin E, 5-lipoxygenase and oxidative stress in haemodialysis patients: facts, not fancies
NDT Advance Access published on October 28, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 772-773; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm770 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marisa Battistella, Bassem Hamandi, Cassandra Pui, Dimitrios Oreopoulos, Robert Richardson, and Sarbjit Vanita Jassal

Clinical remission as measured by a decrease in intact parathyroid hormone levels after administration of cinacalcet in patients with severe hyperparathyroidism
NDT Advance Access published on October 31, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 773-774; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm721 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Biagio Di Iorio, Emanuele Cucciniello, and Vincenzo Bellizzi

Differences in burnout between Northern and Southern Italian dialysis health-care providers
NDT Advance Access published on November 20, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 775-776; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm737 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Giuseppe Orlando, Paola Mastrantonio, Maurizio D’Angelo, Luigi Bonanni, Pierpaolo Di Cocco, Stefania Greco, Antonio Tabilio, Antonio Famulari, and Francesco Pisani

Unusual saprophytic bacterial infection as emerging opportunistic pathogens in kidney transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on November 28, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 776; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm677 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Muhammad S. Ahmed, Christopher F. Wong, and Kottharathil A. Abraham

Membrano-proliferative glomerulonephritis associated with metastatic prostate carcinoma—should immunosuppressive therapy be considered?
NDT Advance Access published on December 13, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 777; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm681 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bethan E. Hoskins, Carl H. Cramer, II, Velibor Tasic, Elijah O. Kehinde, Shazia Ashraf, Radovan Bogdanovic, Julia Hoefele, Martin Pohl, and Friedhelm Hildebrandt

Missense mutations in EYA1 and TCF2 are a rare cause of urinary tract malformations
NDT Advance Access published on December 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 777-779; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm685 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Erratum

Review on uraemic toxins III: recommendations for handling uraemic retention solutes in vitro—towards a standardized approach for research on uraemia
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 780; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm934 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 781-782; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn018 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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