Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

In This Issue

In This Issue
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: i; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn446 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Comments

Tomas Berl

Maximizing inhibition of the renin–angiotensin system with high doses of converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers
NDT Advance Access published on May 8, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2443-2447; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn239 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yusuke Tsukamoto

End-stage renal disease (ESRD) and its treatment in Japan
NDT Advance Access published on May 9, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2447-2450; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn232 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dorine W. Swinkels and Jack F. M. Wetzels

Hepcidin: a new tool in the management of anaemia in patients with chronic kidney disease?
NDT Advance Access published on May 21, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2450-2453; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn267 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Howard M. Gebel and Robert A. Bray

Approaches for transplanting the sensitized patient: biology versus pharmacology
NDT Advance Access published on March 25, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2454-2457; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn108 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael Fischereder

Cancer in patients on dialysis and after renal transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on April 8, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2457-2460; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn183 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Review

Get checked abstract D. Mafra, F. Guebre-Egziabher, and D. Fouque

Body mass index, muscle and fat in chronic kidney disease: questions about survival
NDT Advance Access published on April 3, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2461-2466; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn053 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Daniel Serón, Wolfgang Arns, and Jeremy R. Chapman

Chronic allograft nephropathy—clinical guidance for early detection and early intervention strategies
NDT Advance Access published on April 2, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2467-2473; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn130 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Translational Nephrology

Friedrich C. Luft

Renin inhibition and atherosclerosis
NDT Advance Access published on April 22, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2474-2476; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn184 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Frank Strutz

The great escape—myofibroblasts in fibrosis and the immune system
NDT Advance Access published on April 5, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2477-2479; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn171 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

II. Scientific Papers

Original Article

Experimental Nephrology

Get checked abstract Agnieszka A. Pozdzik, Isabelle J. Salmon, Cécile P. Husson, Christine Decaestecker, Edith Rogier, Marie-Françoise Bourgeade, Monique M. Deschodt-Lanckman, Jean-Louis Vanherweghem, and Joëlle L. Nortier

Patterns of interstitial inflammation during the evolution of renal injury in experimental aristolochic acid nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on April 2, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2480-2491; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn140 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Attila J. Szabo, Veronika Muller, Gin-Fu Chen, Lennie J. Samsell, Aaron Erdely, and Chris Baylis

Nephron number determines susceptibility to renal mass reduction-induced CKD in Lewis and Fisher 344 rats: implications for development of experimentally induced chronic allograft nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on March 10, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2492-2495; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn112 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Hideki Kimura, Xuan Li, Kunio Torii, Toshiharu Okada, Naoki Takahashi, Hiroshi Fujii, Shunji Ishihara, and Haruyoshi Yoshida

A natural PPAR- agonist, 15-deoxy-delta 12,14-prostaglandin J2, may act as an enhancer of PAI-1 in human proximal renal tubular cells under hypoxic and inflammatory conditions
NDT Advance Access published on March 26, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2496-2503; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn139 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Fredrik Dunér, Jaakko Patrakka, Zhijie Xiao, Jenny Larsson, Alexios Vlamis-Gardikas, Erna Pettersson, Karl Tryggvason, Kjell Hultenby, and Annika Wernerson

Dendrin expression in glomerulogenesis and in human minimal change nephrotic syndrome
NDT Advance Access published on March 20, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2504-2511; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn100 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gerald Cohen, Jana Raupachova, Thomas Wimmer, Robert Deicher, and Walter H. Hörl

The uraemic retention solute para-hydroxy-hippuric acid attenuates apoptosis of polymorphonuclear leukocytes from healthy subjects but not from haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on March 4, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2512-2519; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn098 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Masashi Nishida, Yasuko Okumura, Hisashi Sato, and Kenji Hamaoka

Delayed inhibition of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase ameliorates renal fibrosis in obstructive nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on May 30, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2520-2524; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn309 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical Nephrology

Get checked abstract Rafal Przybyslaw Krol, Kandai Nozu, Koichi Nakanishi, Kazumoto Iijima, Yasuhiro Takeshima, Xue Jun Fu, Yoshimi Nozu, Hiroshi Kaito, Kyoko Kanda, Masafumi Matsuo, and Norishige Yoshikawa

Somatic mosaicism for a mutation of the COL4A5 gene is a cause of mild phenotype male Alport syndrome
NDT Advance Access published on March 10, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2525-2530; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Kenji Ishikura, Masahiro Ikeda, Yuko Hamasaki, Hiroshi Hataya, Gen Nishimura, Ryugo Hiramoto, and Masataka Honda

Nephrotic state as a risk factor for developing posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in paediatric patients with nephrotic syndrome
NDT Advance Access published on February 7, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2531-2536; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn013 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Mark Haas, M. Hafizur Rahman, Richard A. Cohn, Sahar Fathallah-Shaykh, Adeel Ansari, and Sharon M. Bartosh

IgA Nephropathy in children and adults: comparison of histologic features and clinical outcomes
NDT Advance Access published on February 10, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2537-2545; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn014 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Julia M. Hofstra, Jeroen K. J. Deegens, Hans L. Willems, and Jack F. M. Wetzels

Beta-2-microglobulin is superior to N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase in predicting prognosis in idiopathic membranous nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on February 28, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2546-2551; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Mieczyslaw Litwin, Elke Wühl, Claudia Jourdan, Anna Niemirska, Jens P. Schenk, Katarzyna Jobs, Ryszard Grenda, Zbigniew T. Wawer, Pawel Rajszys, Otto Mehls, and Franz Schaefer

Evolution of large-vessel arteriopathy in paediatric patients with chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on March 14, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2552-2557; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn083 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Kenrick Berend and Marcel Levi

Is it time to celebrate a century of blood pressure management?
NDT Advance Access published on March 6, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2558-2562; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn094 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Andreas Pasch, Felix J. Frey, Ute Eisenberger, Markus G. Mohaupt, and Olivier Bonny

PTH and 1.25 vitamin D response to a low-calcium diet is associated with bone mineral density in renal stone formers
NDT Advance Access published on April 8, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2563-2570; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn091 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Andrew Innes

The detection of advanced chronic kidney disease by surveillance of elevated plasma creatinines—a five-year experience
NDT Advance Access published on April 5, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2571-2575; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn069 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Bridgette J. McNamara, Boucar Diouf, Michael D. Hughson, Rebecca N. Douglas-Denton, Wendy E. Hoy, and John F. Bertram

Renal pathology, glomerular number and volume in a West African urban community
NDT Advance Access published on February 28, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2576-2585; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn039 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Prabath W. B. Nanayakkara, Jessica C. Kiefte-de Jong, Coen D. A. Stehouwer, Frans J. van Ittersum, Margreet R. Olthof, Rob M. Kok, Henk J. Blom, Coen van Guldener, Piet M. ter Wee, and Yvo M. Smulders

Association between global leukocyte DNA methylation, renal function, carotid intima-media thickness and plasma homocysteine in patients with stage 2–4 chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on February 20, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2586-2592; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn040 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Michel Chonchol, Hannes Gnahn, and Dirk Sander

Impact of subclinical carotid atherosclerosis on incident chronic kidney disease in the elderly
NDT Advance Access published on April 3, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2593-2598; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn021 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dialysis

Get checked abstract Vassilis Liakopoulos, Efthymia Petinaki, Georgia Efthimiadi, Dimitra Klapsa, Myrto Giannopoulou, Spyridon Dovas, Theodoros Eleftheriadis, Peter R. Mertens, and Ioannis Stefanidis

Clonal relatedness of methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci in the haemodialysis unit of a single university centre in Greece
NDT Advance Access published on February 27, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2599-2603; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn101 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ali Mirza Onder, Jayanthi Chandar, Nancy Simon, Rosa Diaz, Obioma Nwobi, Carolyn L. Abitbol, and Gaston Zilleruelo

Comparison of tissue plasminogen activator–antibiotic locks with heparin–antibiotic locks in children with catheter-related bacteraemia
NDT Advance Access published on March 10, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2604-2610; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn023 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Georg Schlieper, Mihail Hristov, Vincent Brandenburg, Thilo Krüger, Ralf Westenfeld, Andreas H. Mahnken, Eray Yagmur, Georg Boecker, Nicole Heussen, Ulrich Gladziwa, Markus Ketteler, Christian Weber, and Jürgen Floege

Predictors of low circulating endothelial progenitor cell numbers in haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on March 19, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2611-2618; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Madhumathi Rao, Lijun Li, Hocine Tighiouart, Bertrand L. Jaber, Brian J. G. Pereira, Vaidyanathapuram S. Balakrishnan, and the HEMO Study Group

Plasma adiponectin levels and clinical outcomes among haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on March 11, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2619-2628; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn070 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Charles A. Herzog, Jeremy W. Strief, Allan J. Collins, and David T. Gilbertson

Cause-specific mortality of dialysis patients after coronary revascularization: why don't dialysis patients have better survival after coronary intervention?
NDT Advance Access published on February 25, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2629-2633; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn038 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jeannete Puñal, Leonor Varela Lema, Domingo Sanhez-Guisande, and Alberto Ruano-Ravina

Clinical effectiveness and quality of life of conventional haemodialysis versus short daily haemodialysis: a systematic review
NDT Advance Access published on April 3, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2634-2646; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn010 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Paul Komenda, Michael Copland, Lee Er, Ognjenka Djurdjev, and Adeera Levin

Outcomes of a provincial home haemodialysis programme—a two-year experience: establishing benchmarks for programme evaluation
NDT Advance Access published on March 10, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2647-2652; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn065 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Joseph Chilcot, David Wellsted, and Ken Farrington

Screening for depression while patients dialyse: an evaluation
NDT Advance Access published on March 6, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2653-2659; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn105 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Hoey Lan Tjiong, Roel Swart, Trinet Rietveld, Josias L. Wattimena, Wim C. Hop, Marien W. Fieren, and Jacobus W. van den Berg

Whole-body protein turnover in peritoneal dialysis patients: a comparison of the [¹⁵N]glycine end product and the [¹³C]leucine precursor methods
NDT Advance Access published on February 28, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2660-2665; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn025 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Transplantation

Get checked abstract Fei Han, Wenbo Xiao, Ying Xu, Jianyong Wu, Qidong Wang, Huiping Wang, Minming Zhang, and Jianghua Chen

The significance of BOLD MRI in differentiation between renal transplant rejection and acute tubular necrosis
NDT Advance Access published on February 28, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2666-2672; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn064 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Marina Varga, Katalin Rajczy, Gábor Telkes, Márta Hídvégi, Antal Péter, Ádám Remport, Márta Korbonits, János Fazakas, Éva Toronyi, Enikõ Sárváry, László Kóbori, and Jenõ Járay

HLA-DQ3 is a probable risk factor for CMV infection in high-risk kidney transplant patients
NDT Advance Access published on March 10, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2673-2678; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn111 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Didier A. Mandelbrot, Peter W. Santos, Richard K. Burt, Yu Oyama, Geoffrey A. Block, Shubhada N. Ahya, Robert M. Rosa, and Ann E. Traynor

Resolution of SLE-related soft-tissue calcification following haematopoietic stem cell transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on March 7, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2679-2684; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn036 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

III. Clinical Reports

Exceptional Case

Dorella Del Prete, Biagio Polverino, Monica Ceol, Daniela Vianello, Federica Mezzabotta, Emilia Tiralongo, Massimo Iafrate, Ettore De Canale, Carlo Mengoli, Marialuisa Valente, Franca Anglani, and Angela D’Angelo

Encrusted cystitis by Corynebacterium urealyticum: a case report with novel insights into bladder lesions
NDT Advance Access published on May 8, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2685-2687; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn243 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bernhard Pilz, Ralph Kettritz, Marcus Bieringer, and Friedrich C. Luft

Coiled-coiled domains as a mechanism to stop haemorrhage after renal biopsies
NDT Advance Access published on April 28, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2688-2689; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn227 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alessandro Pecci, Antonio Granata, Carmelo E. Fiore, and Carlo L. Balduini

Renin–angiotensin system blockade is effective in reducing proteinuria of patients with progressive nephropathy caused by MYH9 mutations (Fechtner–Epstein syndrome)
NDT Advance Access published on May 23, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2690-2692; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn277 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jamie Kendrick-Jones, Sharad K. Ratanjee, Susan L. Taylor, and Mark R. Marshall

Nocardia asteroides peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis: a case of successful treatment and return to peritoneal dialysis
NDT Advance Access published on May 21, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2693-2694; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn252 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

IV. Varia

Letters and Replies

Richard J. Glassock and Christopher Winearls

CKD—fiction not fact
NDT Advance Access published on June 20, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2695-2696; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn331 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrew S. Levey, Lesley A. Stevens, and Josef Coresh

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on June 20, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2696-2698; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn334 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paul E. de Jong and Ron T. Gansevoort

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on June 20, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2698-2699; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn335 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Philip W. Connelly

Increased serum advanced glycation end products are associated with impairment in HDL antioxidative capacity in diabetic nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on April 10, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2699-2700; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn202 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Huali Zhou, Kathryn CB Tan, Sammy WM Shiu, and Ying Wong

Reply
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2700; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn205 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michele Ferrannini, Gisella Vischini, and Nicola Di Daniele

Rituximab in membranous nephropathy after haematopoietic stem cell transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on April 2, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2700-2701; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn110 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Toshiro Sugimoto

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on April 2, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2701; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn170 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jecko Thachil

The role for adjunctive treatment to plasma exchange in thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
NDT Advance Access published on April 10, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2701-2702; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn173 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stefan Herget-Rosenthal

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on April 14, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2702-2703; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn177 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Giorgos K. Sakkas, Vassilios Liakopoulos, Christina Karatzaferi, and Ioannis Stefanidis

Sleep quality and dialysis efficacy affect functional capacity in patients receiving haemodialysis therapy
NDT Advance Access published on May 7, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2703-2704; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn048 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christopher T Chan

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on May 7, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2704; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn145 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christian Clajus, Jan U. Becker, Dirk O. Stichtenoth, Jessica Wortmann, Anke Schwarz, and Jan T. Kielstein

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on May 30, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2705; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn281 [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. Nubé, Michiel L. Bots, Piet M. ter Wee, and Peter J. Blankestijn

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on May 21, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2706-2707; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn285 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gautam R. Shroff and Bertram L. Kasiske

Troponin T is an independent predictor of mortality in renal transplant recipients
NDT Advance Access published on May 13, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2707; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn265 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Grainne Connolly

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on May 13, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2707-2708; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn269 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters

Charles J. Diskin, Thomas J. Stokes, Linda Dansby, Lautrec Radcliff, and Thomas B. Carter

Catheter locks, heparin and biofilm: what is this the risk?
NDT Advance Access published on June 10, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2708-2709; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn220 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Klaus Olgaard and Ewa Lewin

Reply to Dr S.C. Palmer and co-workers
NDT Advance Access published on June 13, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2709-2710; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn344 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Aristeidis Stavroulopoulos, Opinder Sahota, Imran Qamar, Christine J. Porter, Michael J.D. Cassidy, and Simon D. Roe

Presence of chronic kidney disease stages 3 and 4 in patients with low trauma fracture
NDT Advance Access published on May 21, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2710-2711; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn284 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Erratum

Claas Ulrich, Annette Degen, Manisha J. Patel, and Eggert Stockfleth

Sunscreens in organ transplant patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2712; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn435 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcements

Announcements
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2008 23: 2713; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn451 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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