Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

In This Issue

In this issue
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: i; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn201 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Comments

John A Kellum

Defining and classifying AKI: one set of criteria
NDT Advance Access published on February 13, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1471-1472; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn012 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Martin Tepel

Does prophylactic haemodialysis protect kidney function after angiography?
NDT Advance Access published on January 28, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1473-1475; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn019 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Philip Kam-Tao Li and Cheuk-Chun Szeto

Success of the peritoneal dialysis programme in Hong Kong
NDT Advance Access published on February 26, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1475-1478; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn068 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wim van Biesen, Nic Veys, Norbert Lameire, and Raymond Vanholder

Why less success of the peritoneal dialysis programmes in Europe?
NDT Advance Access published on March 14, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1478-1481; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn123 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Raymond Vanholder and Luciano A. Pedrini

All high-flux membranes are equal but some high-flux membranes are less equal than others
NDT Advance Access published on February 27, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1481-1483; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn059 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Reviews

Pietro Ravani, Patrick Parfrey, Veeresh Gadag, Fabio Malberti, and Brendan Barrett

Clinical research of kidney diseases V: extended analytic models
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1484-1492; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn138 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter Stenvinkel and Tomas J. Ekström

Epigenetics—a helpful tool to better understand processes in clinical nephrology?
NDT Advance Access published on February 28, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1493-1496; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn056 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Translational Nephrology

David H. Ellison

Renal magnification by EGF
NDT Advance Access published on February 25, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1497-1499; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm952 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Olivier Devuyst and Véronique J. Arnould

Mutations in RPGRIP1L: extending the clinical spectrum of ciliopathies
NDT Advance Access published on February 14, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1500-1503; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn033 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

II. Scientific Papers

Original Article

Experimental Nephrology

Get checked abstract Gaetano Serviddio, Antonino Davide Romano, Loreto Gesualdo, Rosanna Tamborra, Anna Maria Di Palma, Tiziana Rollo, Emanuele Altomare, and Gianluigi Vendemiale

Postconditioning is an effective strategy to reduce renal ischaemia/reperfusion injury
NDT Advance Access published on February 19, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1504-1512; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm779 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Anjali Desai, Ying Zhao, and Jeffrey S. Warren

Human recombinant erythropoietin augments serum asymmetric dimethylarginine concentrations but does not compromise nitric oxide generation in mice
NDT Advance Access published on January 19, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1513-1520; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm869 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Harumi Kitamura, Yoshitaka Isaka, Yoshitsugu Takabatake, Ryoichi Imamura, Chigure Suzuki, Shiro Takahara, and Enyu Imai

Nonerythropoietic derivative of erythropoietin protects against tubulointerstitial injury in a unilateral ureteral obstruction model
NDT Advance Access published on January 14, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1521-1528; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm842 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Kazuhiro Shiizaki, Ikuji Hatamura, Shigeo Negi, Toshifumi Sakaguchi, Fumie Saji, Ikuo Imazeki, Eiji Kusano, Takashi Shigematsu, and Tadao Akizawa

Highly concentrated calcitriol and its analogues induce apoptosis of parathyroid cells and regression of the hyperplastic gland—study in rats
NDT Advance Access published on December 21, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1529-1536; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm850 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Attila Sebe, Suvi-Katri Leivonen, Attila Fintha, Andras Masszi, Laszlo Rosivall, Veli-Matti Kähäri, and Istvan Mucsi

Transforming growth factor-β-induced alpha-smooth muscle cell actin expression in renal proximal tubular cells is regulated by p38β mitogen-activated protein kinase, extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase1,2 and the Smad signalling during epithelial–myofibroblast transdifferentiation
NDT Advance Access published on January 11, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1537-1545; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm789 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Heidi O’Neill, Janne Lebeck, Patrick B. Collins, Tae-Hwan Kwon, Jørgen Frøkiær, and Søren Nielsen

Aldosterone-mediated apical targeting of ENaC subunits is blunted in rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes mellitus
NDT Advance Access published on November 19, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1546-1555; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm814 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Lone Paulsen, Charlotte Holm, Jesper Nørgaard Bech, Jørn Starklint, and Erling Bjerregaard Pedersen

Effects of statins on renal sodium and water handling: Acute and short-term effects of atorvastatin on renal haemodynamics, tubular function, vasoactive hormones, blood pressure and pulse rate in healthy, normocholesterolemic humans
NDT Advance Access published on December 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1556-1561; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm807 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical Nephrology

Get checked abstract Ewout J. Hoorn, Michiel G.H. Betjes, Joachim Weigel, and Robert Zietse

Hypernatraemia in critically ill patients: too little water and too much salt
NDT Advance Access published on December 9, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1562-1568; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm831 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sean M. Bagshaw, Carol George, Rinaldo Bellomo, and for the ANZICS Database Management Committe

A comparison of the RIFLE and AKIN criteria for acute kidney injury in critically ill patients
NDT Advance Access published on February 15, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1569-1574; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Mirja Wedekin, Jochen HH Ehrich, Gisela Offner, and Lars Pape

Aetiology and outcome of acute and chronic renal failure in infants
NDT Advance Access published on January 8, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1575-1580; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm863 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Michael Haase, Anja Haase-Fielitz, Sujiva Ratnaike, Michael C. Reade, Sean M. Bagshaw, Stanislao Morgera, Duska Dragun, and Rinaldo Bellomo

N-Acetylcysteine does not artifactually lower plasma creatinine concentration
NDT Advance Access published on January 17, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1581-1587; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm818 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Martin Möckel, Milan Radovic, York Kühnle, Volker Combé, Jürgen Waigand, Sabine Schröder, Rainer Dietz, Ulrich Frei, and Kai-Uwe Eckardt

Acute renal haemodynamic effects of radiocontrast media in patients undergoing left ventricular and coronary angiography
NDT Advance Access published on January 5, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1588-1594; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm835 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Karn Gupta, Samy S. Iskandar, Pirouz Daeihagh, Heather L. Ratliff, and Anthony J. Bleyer

Distribution of pathologic findings in individuals with nephrotic proteinuria according to serum albumin
NDT Advance Access published on December 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1595-1599; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm833 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Alberto Ortiz, João P. Oliveira, Steven Waldek, David G. Warnock, Bruno Cianciaruso, Christoph Wanner, and on behalf of the Fabry Registry

Nephropathy in males and females with Fabry disease: cross-sectional description of patients before treatment with enzyme replacement therapy
NDT Advance Access published on January 5, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1600-1607; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm848 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Wei Qin, Xiang Zhong, Jun Ming Fan, Ying Juan Zhang, Xian Rong Liu, and Xing Yi Ma

External suppression causes the low expression of the Cosmc gene in IgA nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on January 17, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1608-1614; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm781 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Nynke Teeninga, Michiel F. Schreuder, Arend Bökenkamp, Henriette A. Delemarre-van de Waal, and Joanna A.E. van Wijk

Influence of low birth weight on minimal change nephrotic syndrome in children, including a meta-analysis
NDT Advance Access published on December 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1615-1620; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm829 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Mahmut Ilker Yilmaz, Mutlu Saglam, Abdul Rashid Qureshi, Juan Jesus Carrero, Kayser Caglar, Tayfun Eyileten, Alper Sonmez, Erdinc Cakir, Yusuf Oguz, Abdulgaffar Vural, Mujdat Yenicesu, Peter Stenvinkel, Bengt Lindholm, and Jonas Axelsson

Endothelial dysfunction in type-2 diabetics with early diabetic nephropathy is associated with low circulating adiponectin
NDT Advance Access published on January 5, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1621-1627; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm828 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Renzo Mignani, Sandro Feriozzi, Antonio Pisani, Antonio Cioni, Cristina Comotti, Maria Cossu, Annalisa Foschi, Antonio Giudicissi, Eliana Gotti, Vito Antonio Lozupone, Francesco Marchini, Fabrizio Martinelli, Francesco Bianco, Vincenzo Panichi, Deni Aldo Procaccini, Elena Ragazzoni, Andrea Serra, Fausto Soliani, Letizia Spinelli, Giacomo Torti, Massimiliano Veroux, Bruno Cianciaruso, and Leonardo Cagnoli

Agalsidase therapy in patients with Fabry disease on renal replacement therapy: a nationwide study in Italy
NDT Advance Access published on December 5, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1628-1635; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm813 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Alexandre Belot, Bruno Ranchin, Christine Fichtner, Lucie Pujo, Bernard C. Rossier, Aurélia Liutkus, Claud Morlat, Marc Nicolino, Maria C. Zennaro, and Pierre Cochat

Pseudohypoaldosteronisms, report on a 10-patient series
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1636-1641; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm862 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dialysis and Transplantation

Get checked abstract Chien-Sheng Lin, Joseph G. Wann, Cheng-Wen Hsiao, Deborah W. Tai, Jin-Shuen Chen, Yung-Ho Hsu, Huei-Chen Huang, and Chung-Faye Chao

Intracellular acidification enhances neutrophil phagocytosis in chronic haemodialysis patients: possible role of CD11b/CD18
NDT Advance Access published on December 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1642-1649; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm852 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Michal L. Melamed, Joseph A. Eustace, Laura C. Plantinga, Bernard G. Jaar, Nancy E. Fink, Rulan S. Parekh, Josef Coresh, Zan Yang, Tom Cantor, and Neil R. Powe

Third-generation parathyroid hormone assays and all-cause mortality in incident dialysis patients: the CHOICE study
NDT Advance Access published on December 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1650-1658; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm849 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Po-Liang Lu, Jer-Chia Tsai, Yi-Wen Chiu, Feng-Yee Chang, Ya-Wei Chen, Chin-Fu Hsiao, and L. K. Siu

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage, infection and transmission in dialysis patients, healthcare workers and their family members
NDT Advance Access published on November 19, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1659-1665; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm806 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Laura Labriola, Ralph Crott, and Michel Jadoul

Preventing haemodialysis catheter-related bacteraemia with an antimicrobial lock solution: a meta-analysis of prospective randomized trials
NDT Advance Access published on December 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1666-1672; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm847 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gianluigi Zaza, Paola Pontrelli, Giovanni Pertosa, Simona Granata, Michele Rossini, Silvia Porreca, Frank J. T. Staal, Loreto Gesualdo, Giuseppe Grandaliano, and Francesco Paolo Schena

Dialysis-related systemic microinflammation is associated with specific genomic patterns
NDT Advance Access published on November 29, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1673-1681; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm804 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Areef Ishani, Craig A. Solid, Eric D. Weinhandl, David T. Gilbertson, Robert N. Foley, and Allan J. Collins

Association between number of months below K/DOQI haemoglobin target and risk of hospitalization and death
NDT Advance Access published on December 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1682-1689; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm845 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Joan M Mauri, Montse Clèries, Emili Vela, and Catalan Renal Registry

Design and validation of a model to predict early mortality in haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on February 13, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1690-1696; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm728 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Belda Dursun, Evrim Dursun, Gultekin Suleymanlar, Beste Ozben, Irfan Capraz, Ali Apaydin, and Tomris Ozben

Carotid artery intima-media thickness correlates with oxidative stress in chronic haemodialysis patients with accelerated atherosclerosis
NDT Advance Access published on January 3, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1697-1703; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm906 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Rosemary Ouseph, Colin A. Hutchison, and Richard A. Ward

Differences in solute removal by two high-flux membranes of nominally similar synthetic polymers
NDT Advance Access published on December 21, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1704-1712; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm916 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Stanley Lin-sun Fan, Insara Sathick, Khadija McKitty, and Sally Punzalan

Quality of life of caregivers and patients on peritoneal dialysis
NDT Advance Access published on January 8, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1713-1719; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm830 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Antonio Ríos, Laura Martínez-Alarcón, José Sánchez, Nick Jarvis, Jose A. Garcia, José M. Rodríguez, Pascual Parrilla, and Pablo Ramírez

The quest for favourable subgroups to encourage living kidney donation in Spain. An attitudinal study among British and Irish citizens resident in southeastern Spain
NDT Advance Access published on January 17, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1720-1727; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm844 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Richard Borrows, Marina Loucaidou, Gary Chusney, Sarah Borrows, Jen Van Tromp, Tom Cairns, Megan Griffith, Nadey Hakim, Adam McLean, Andrew Palmer, Vassilios Papalois, and David Taube

Anaemia and congestive heart failure early post-renal transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on November 28, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1728-1734; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm815 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Prabhat Ranjan, Ritambhra Nada, Vivekanand Jha, Vinay Sakhuja, and Kusum Joshi

The role of C4d immunostaining in the evaluation of the causes of renal allograft dysfunction
NDT Advance Access published on December 8, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1735-1741; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm843 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Christa Mitterbauer, Georg Heinze, Alexander Kainz, Reinhard Kramar, Walter H. Hörl, and Rainer Oberbauer

ACE-inhibitor or AT2-antagonist therapy of renal transplant recipients is associated with an increase in serum potassium concentrations
NDT Advance Access published on January 30, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1742-1746; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm864 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Short Communication

Get checked abstract Hanne Laakkonen, Tuula Hölttä, Tuula Lönnqvist, Christer Holmberg, and Kai Rönnholm

Peritoneal dialysis in children under two years of age
NDT Advance Access published on February 28, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1747-1753; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn035 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Exceptional Case

Sanjay D’Cruz, Sandeep Chauhan, Ram Singh, Atul Sachdev, and Sarabmeet Lehl

Wasp sting associated with type 1 renal tubular acidosis
NDT Advance Access published on January 5, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1754-1755; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm855 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. Staples, P. Taylor, A. Magil, J. Frohlich, S. M. Johnston, M. Koschinsky, C. Chan-Yan, and A. Levin

Progressive kidney disease in three sisters with elevated lipoprotein(a)
NDT Advance Access published on January 16, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1756-1759; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm866 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hirotaka Komaba, Yoko Takeda, Takaya Abe, Keitaro Komaba, Naoki Otsuki, Ken-ichi Nibu, Michio Umezu, and Masafumi Fukagawa

Spontaneous remission of severe hyperparathyroidism with normalization of the reversed whole PTH/intact PTH ratio in a haemodialysis patient
NDT Advance Access published on December 13, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1760-1762; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm891 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

III. Varia

Letters and Replies

Uwe Pöge, Thomas Michael Gerhardt, Birgit Stoffel-Wagner, and Rainer P. Woitas

Need of standardization for creatinine and cystatin C-based GFR equations in renal transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on February 18, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1763; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn024 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ahmed Zahran and Ahmed Shoker

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on February 20, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1763-1764; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn027 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. Zitta, H. Holzer, G. Reibnegger, and W. Estelberger

Comment on ‘Comparison between creatinine and cystatin C-based GFR equations in renal transplantation’
NDT Advance Access published on January 19, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1764; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm927 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ahmed Zahran and Ahmed Shoker

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on February 27, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1765; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm928 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pedro L. SantaCruz

About CKD stage-3 subdivision proposal
NDT Advance Access published on December 17, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1765-1766; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm840 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

N. Abutaleb

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on January 5, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1766; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm846 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sofia Lionaki, Susan L. Hogan, Ronald J. Falk, Melanie S. Joy, Caroline E. Jennette, Patrick H. Nachman, and J. Charles Jennette

Vasculitis and anti-thyroid medication
NDT Advance Access published on December 21, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1766-1768; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm887 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alexander Woywodt and Harish B. Shetty

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on December 22, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1768; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm885 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Madhukar Misra, Dimitrios Oreopoulos, and Ed Vonesh

Dialysis or not? A comparative survival study of patients over 75 years of age with chronic kidney disease stage 5
NDT Advance Access published on December 17, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1768-1769; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm881 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Fliss E. M. Murtagh, James E. Marsh, Paul Donohoe, Nasirul J. Ekbal, Fiona E. Harris, and Neil S. Sheerin

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on January 3, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1769; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm882 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sharon J. Nessim and Joanne M. Bargman

Occurrence of peritonitis in APD versus CAPD: methodologic problems
NDT Advance Access published on December 21, 2007
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1769-1770; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm902 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kannaiyan S. Rabindranath

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on February 15, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1770; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm903 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Emmanuel Villar and Michel Labeeuw

Relative mortality risk in chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease: the effect of age, sex and diabetes
NDT Advance Access published on January 26, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1770-1771; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm944 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stanley Shaldon

Conflict of interest in clinical guidelines should be avoided
NDT Advance Access published on January 10, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1771; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm920 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on January 17, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1772; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm922 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jean-Philippe Rioux, Bruno De Bortoli, Stéphan Troyanov, and François Madore

The effect of sodium citrate 4% locking solution for central venous dialysis catheter on the international normalized ratio (INR) value
NDT Advance Access published on January 23, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1772-1773; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm905 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andreas Pierratos, Linda Grudzinski, and Patricia Quinan

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on January 28, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1773; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm907 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kenan Keven and Sule Sengul

ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation: on-demand strategy
NDT Advance Access published on January 16, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1773-1774; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm930 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jochen Wilpert and Marcel Geyer

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on January 16, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1774; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm948 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kamyar Ghabili, Mohammadali M. Shoja, and Shahrokh Ghabili

The neglected role of students in international university rankings
NDT Advance Access published on January 26, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1774-1775; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm941 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Fulvio A. Scorza, Ricardo M. Arida, and Esper A. Cavalheiro

Cardiovascular abnormalities in patients with epilepsy receiving renal replacement therapy with dialysis: a true convergence of clinical cardiology, nephrology and neurology
NDT Advance Access published on February 18, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1775-1776; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn017 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Charles A. Herzog

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Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1776; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn041 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Pafcugová, M Horácková, M Hrasková, J Forejt, M Szabo, and R Pádr

Radio-opaque appearance of lanthanum carbonate in a patient with chronic renal failure
NDT Advance Access published on February 18, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1776-1777; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn015 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sascha David, Timm Kirchhoff, Hermann Haller, and Matthias Meier

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on March 11, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1777-1778; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn043 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lazarus Karamadoukis, Linmarie Ludeman, and Anthony J. Williams

Is there a link between calcium oxalate crystalluria, orlistat and acute tubular necrosis?
NDT Advance Access published on February 13, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1778-1779; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm945 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stanley Shaldon

Negative outcome studies in end-stage renal disease: how dark are the storm clouds?
NDT Advance Access published on February 14, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1779; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn046 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Adrian Covic, Paul Gusbeth-Tatomir, and David Goldsmith

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NDT Advance Access published on March 10, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1779-1780; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn034 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pairach Pintavorn

A wild zebra chase
NDT Advance Access published on February 8, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1780; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn032 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alexander Woywodt and Michael Mengel

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NDT Advance Access published on March 8, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1781; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn042 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Adherence to therapy in sub-Saharan non-dialysed Africans with chronic kidney diseases—a real burden
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1782; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn206 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 1783-1784; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn224 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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