Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

In This Issue

In this issue
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: i-ii; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp460 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Comments

Moumita Barua and York Pei

Identifying susceptibility genes of IgA nephropathy: research in progress
NDT Advance Access published on August 4, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2957-2959; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp376 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michiko Shimada, Richard J. Johnson, William Stratford May, Jr, Vijaykumar Lingegowda, Puneet Sood, Takahiko Nakagawa, Quoc C. Van, Bhagwan Dass, and Abutaleb Ahsan Ejaz

A novel role for uric acid in acute kidney injury associated with tumour lysis syndrome
NDT Advance Access published on July 6, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2960-2964; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp330 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John Munkhaugen and Bjørn Egil Vikse

New aspects of pre-eclampsia: lessons for the nephrologist
NDT Advance Access published on July 15, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2964-2967; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp341 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pierre Ronco and Pierre Aucouturier

Renal involvement in AL amyloidosis: the facts, the promise and the hope
NDT Advance Access published on August 12, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2967-2969; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp379 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David W. Johnson

Sevelamer versus calcium-based phosphate binders in chronic kidney disease: what should we conclude from the evidence to date?
NDT Advance Access published on July 24, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2970-2972; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp366 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

James Tattersall

Is it really better to start dialysis as late as possible?
NDT Advance Access published on August 14, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2972-2974; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp410 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Reviews

Maarten J. Postma and Dick de Zeeuw

The economic benefits of preventing end-stage renal disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
NDT Advance Access published on July 15, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2975-2983; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp352 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Translational Nephrology

Matthias Mack

Podocyte antigens, dendritic cells and T cells contribute to renal injury in newly developed mouse models of glomerulonephritis
NDT Advance Access published on August 4, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2984-2986; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp380 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jacques Behmoaras, H. Terence Cook, and Charles D. Pusey

Kallikreins: unravelling the genetics of autoimmune glomerulonephritis
NDT Advance Access published on August 7, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2987-2989; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp382 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pro/Con Debate

Get checked abstract Tilman B. Drüeke and Malik Touam

Calcium balance in haemodialysis—do not lower the dialysate calcium concentration too much (con part)
NDT Advance Access published on August 7, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2990-2993; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp365 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Frank A. Gotch

Pro/Con debate: the calculation on calcium balance in dialysis lowers the dialysate calcium concentrations (pro part)
NDT Advance Access published on July 25, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2994-2996; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp360 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

II. Scientific Papers

Original Articles

Experimental Nephrology

Get checked abstract Daniel Schock-Kusch, Maliha Sadick, Nadja Henninger, Bettina Kraenzlin, Guenter Claus, Hans-Martin Kloetzer, Christel Weiß, Johannes Pill, and Norbert Gretz

Transcutaneous measurement of glomerular filtration rate using FITC-sinistrin in rats
NDT Advance Access published on May 21, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2997-3001; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp225 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Roland Schmitt, Christoph Jacobi, Nathan Susnik, Verena Broecker, Hermann Haller, and Anette Melk

Ageing mouse kidney—not always the SAME old story
NDT Advance Access published on May 27, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3002-3005; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp232 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Maro Okamura, Yosuke Takano, Yukinori Saito, Jian Yao, and Masanori Kitamura

Induction of nephrin gene expression by selective cooperation of the retinoic acid receptor and the vitamin D receptor
NDT Advance Access published on May 27, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3006-3012; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp243 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Kyung Pyo Kang, Duk Hoon Kim, Yu Jin Jung, Ae Sin Lee, Sik Lee, Sang Yong Lee, Kyu Yun Jang, Mi Jeong Sung, Sung Kwang Park, and Won Kim

Alpha-lipoic acid attenuates cisplatin-induced acute kidney injury in mice by suppressing renal inflammation
NDT Advance Access published on May 27, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3012-3020; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp242 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gabriela Coux, Maria Mónica Elías, and Laura Trumper

Ischaemia/reperfusion in rat renal cortex: vesicle leakiness and Na⁺, K⁺-ATPase activity in membrane preparations
NDT Advance Access published on April 22, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3020-3024; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp185 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Lynelle K. Jones, Kim M. O’Sullivan, Timothy Semple, Michael P. Kuligowski, Kei Fukami, Frank Y. Ma, David J. Nikolic-Paterson, Stephen R. Holdsworth, and A. Richard Kitching

IL-1RI deficiency ameliorates early experimental renal interstitial fibrosis
NDT Advance Access published on May 22, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3024-3032; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp214 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Qin Hu, Mazhar Noor, Yuen Fei Wong, Peter J. Hylands, Monique S. J. Simmonds, Qing Xu, Dan Jiang, Bruce M. Hendry, and Qihe Xu

In vitro anti-fibrotic activities of herbal compounds and herbs
NDT Advance Access published on May 27, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3033-3041; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp245 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Hsi-Hsien Chen, Yuh-Mou Sue, Cheng-Hsien Chen, Yung-Ho Hsu, Chun-Cheng Hou, Chung-Yi Cheng, Shih-Li Lin, Wei-Lun Tsai, Tzen-Wen Chen, and Tso-Hsiao Chen

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha plays a crucial role in L-carnitine anti-apoptosis effect in renal tubular cells
NDT Advance Access published on June 2, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3042-3049; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp258 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical Nephrology

Get checked abstract Jennifer B. Hanko, Robert N. Mullan, Declan M. O’Rourke, Peter T. McNamee, Alexander P. Maxwell, and Aisling E. Courtney

The changing pattern of adult primary glomerular disease
NDT Advance Access published on June 1, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3050-3054; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp254 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Dimitrios Tsinalis and Gilbert T. Thiel

An easy to calculate equation to estimate GFR based on inulin clearance
NDT Advance Access published on April 25, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3055-3061; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp193 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Anouk C. Vedder, Éva Biró, Johannes M. F. G. Aerts, Rienk Nieuwland, Guus Sturk, and Carla E. M. Hollak

Plasma markers of coagulation and endothelial activation in Fabry disease: impact of renal impairment
NDT Advance Access published on June 10, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3074-3081; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp263 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Masahiro Eriguchi, Hideaki Oka, Takeshi Mizobuchi, Taro Kamimura, Koji Sugawara, and Atsumi Harada

Long-term outcomes of idiopathic membranous nephropathy in Japanese patients treated with low-dose cyclophosphamide and prednisolone
NDT Advance Access published on May 22, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3082-3088; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp251 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sheila Santín, Elisabet Ars, Sandro Rossetti, Eduardo Salido, Irene Silva, Rafael García-Maset, Isabel Giménez, Patricia Ruíz, Santiago Mendizábal, José Luciano Nieto, Antonia Peña, Juan Antonio Camacho, Gloria Fraga, Mª Ángeles Cobo, Carmen Bernis, Alberto Ortiz, Augusto Luque de Pablos, Ana Sánchez-Moreno, Guillem Pintos, Eduard Mirapeix, Patricia Fernández-Llama, José Ballarín, Roser Torra, and on behalf of the FSGS Study Group

TRPC6 mutational analysis in a large cohort of patients with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
NDT Advance Access published on May 20, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3089-3096; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp229 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Max Bell, Fredrik Granath, Johan Mårtensson, Erland Löfberg, Anders Ekbom, Claes-Roland Martling, and of KING (Karolinska Intensive care Nephrology Group)

Cystatin C is correlated with mortality in patients with and without acute kidney injury
NDT Advance Access published on April 25, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3096-3102; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp196 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Francesca Ferrario, Maria Teresa Barone, Giovanni Landoni, Augusto Genderini, Marco Heidemperger, Matteo Trezzi, Emanuela Piccaluga, Paolo Danna, and Daniele Scorza

Acetylcysteine and non-ionic isosmolar contrast-induced nephropathy—a randomized controlled study
NDT Advance Access published on June 23, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3103-3107; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp306 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Yu Gong, Nan Chen, Fu-Qiang Wang, Zhao-Hui Wang, and Hua-Xi Xu

Serum proteome alteration of severe sepsis in the treatment of continuous renal replacement therapy
NDT Advance Access published on May 21, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3108-3114; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp231 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Tianxin Chen, Xiaokai Ding, and Bo Chen

Value of the RIFLE classification for acute kidney injury in diffuse proliferative lupus nephritis
NDT Advance Access published on May 22, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3115-3120; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp235 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Justine Bacchetta, Stéphanie Boutroy, Fitsum Guebre-Egziabher, Laurent Juillard, Jocelyne Drai, Solenne Pelletier, Michel Richard, Anne Charrié, Marie Christine Carlier, Roland Chapurlat, Maurice Laville, and Denis Fouque

The relationship between adipokines, osteocalcin and bone quality in chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on June 10, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3120-3125; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp262 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Majd A. I. Mirza, Tomas Hansen, Lars Johansson, Håkan Ahlström, Anders Larsson, Lars Lind, and Tobias E. Larsson

Relationship between circulating FGF23 and total body atherosclerosis in the community
NDT Advance Access published on May 9, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3125-3131; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp205 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Morie A. Gertz, Nelson Leung, Martha Q. Lacy, Angela Dispenzieri, Steven R. Zeldenrust, Suzanne R. Hayman, Francis K. Buadi, David Dingli, Philip R. Greipp, Shaji K. Kumar, John A. Lust, S. Vincent Rajkumar, Stephen J. Russell, and Thomas E. Witzig

Clinical outcome of immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis affecting the kidney
NDT Advance Access published on April 29, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3132-3137; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp201 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Hassan N. Ibrahim, Areef Ishani, Haifeng Guo, and David T. Gilbertson

Blood transfusion use in non-dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease patients aged 65 years and older
NDT Advance Access published on May 18, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3138-3143; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp213 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Thorleif Etgen, Dirk Sander, Michel Chonchol, Claus Briesenick, Holger Poppert, Hans Förstl, and Horst Bickel

Chronic kidney disease is associated with incident cognitive impairment in the elderly: the INVADE study
NDT Advance Access published on May 21, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3144-3150; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp230 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Dialysis

Get checked abstract Mhairi K. Sigrist, Adeera Levin, Lee Er, and Chris W. McIntyre

Elevated osteoprotegerin is associated with all-cause mortality in CKD stage 4 and 5 patients in addition to vascular calcification
NDT Advance Access published on June 2, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3157-3162; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp253 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Manish M. Sood, Claudio Rigatto, Joe Bueti, Cory Lang, Lisa Miller, Arjuna PonnamPalam, Martina Reslerova, Amy Sood, and Paul Komenda

Thrice weekly warfarin administration in haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on June 1, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3162-3167; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp252 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sophie A. Jamal, David Fitchett, Charmaine E. Lok, David C. Mendelssohn, and Ross T. Tsuyuki

The effects of calcium-based versus non-calcium-based phosphate binders on mortality among patients with chronic kidney disease: a meta-analysis
NDT Advance Access published on July 21, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3168-3174; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp350 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Vianda S. Stel, Friedo W. Dekker, David Ansell, Hans Augustijn, Francesco G. Casino, Frederic Collart, Patrik Finne, George A. Ioannidis, Mario Salomone, Jamie P. Traynor, Oscar Zurriaga, Enrico Verrina, and Kitty J. Jager

Residual renal function at the start of dialysis and clinical outcomes
NDT Advance Access published on June 10, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3175-3182; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp264 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sandra van Dijk, Margreet Scharloo, Adrian A. Kaptein, Melissa S. Y. Thong, Elisabeth W. Boeschoten, Diana C. Grootendorst, Raymond T. Krediet, Friedo W. Dekker, and for the NECOSAD Study Group

Patients’ representations of their end-stage renal disease: relation with mortality
NDT Advance Access published on April 21, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3183-3185; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp184 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Simon Sawhney, Ognjenka Djurdjev, Keith Simpson, Alison Macleod, and Adeera Levin

Survival and dialysis initiation: comparing British Columbia and Scotland registries
NDT Advance Access published on April 23, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3186-3192; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp189 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Vladimir Tuka, Marcela Slavikova, Zdislava Krupickova, Magdalena Mokrejsova, Eva Chytilova, and Jan Malik

Short-term outcomes of borderline stenoses in vascular accesses with PTFE grafts
NDT Advance Access published on April 25, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3193-3197; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp195 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Marc R. Scheltinga, Frank van Hoek, and Cornelis Maria Adrianus Bruijninckx

Time of onset in haemodialysis access-induced distal ischaemia (HAIDI) is related to the access type
NDT Advance Access published on April 29, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3198-3204; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp200 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Damien Balestrino, Bertrand Souweine, Nicolas Charbonnel, Alexandre Lautrette, Claire Aumeran, Ousmane Traoré, and Christiane Forestier

Eradication of microorganisms embedded in biofilm by an ethanol-based catheter lock solution
NDT Advance Access published on April 21, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3204-3209; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp187 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gowrie Balasubramaniam, Edwina A. Brown, Andrew Davenport, Hugh Cairns, Barbara Cooper, Stanley L. S. Fan, Ken Farrington, Hugh Gallagher, Patrick Harnett, Sally Krausze, and Simon Steddon

The Pan-Thames EPS study: treatment and outcomes of encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis
NDT Advance Access published on February 11, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3209-3215; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Costas Fourtounas, Andreas Hardalias, Periklis Dousdampanis, Eirini Savidaki, and Jannis G. Vlachojannis

Intermittent peritoneal dialysis (IPD): an old but still effective modality for severely disabled ESRD patients
NDT Advance Access published on June 10, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3215-3218; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp244 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Transplantation

Get checked abstract Mark A. Little, Basma Hassan, Steve Jacques, David Game, Emma Salisbury, Aisling E. Courtney, Catherine Brown, Alan D. Salama, and Lorraine Harper

Renal transplantation in systemic vasculitis: when is it safe?
NDT Advance Access published on July 13, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3219-3225; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp347 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract John H. Stewart, Claire M. Vajdic, Marina T. van Leeuwen, Janaki Amin, Angela C. Webster, Jeremy R. Chapman, Stephen P. McDonald, Andrew E. Grulich, and Margaret R. E. McCredie

The pattern of excess cancer in dialysis and transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on July 8, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3225-3231; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp331 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Virve Koljonen, Heli Kukko, Erkki Tukiainen, Tom Böhling, Risto Sankila, Eero Pukkala, Harri Sihto, Heikki Joensuu, Lauri Kyllönen, and Heikki Mäkisalo

Incidence of Merkel cell carcinoma in renal transplant recipients
NDT Advance Access published on July 8, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3231-3235; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp334 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Exceptional Case

Get checked abstract Soo Young Yoon, Sang Choel Lee, Young Jun Park, and Seo-Hee Rha

Remission of proteinuria with treatment of Actinomyces infection: eradicating a cause of secondary membranous glomerulopathy suppresses nephrotic syndrome
NDT Advance Access published on June 10, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3236-3239; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp284 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ladan Golestaneh, Sabine Karam, Janis Lawrence, Sara Yang, and Mark Greenberg

Hypercoagulability in a patient with chronic chyluria, proteinuria and hypoalbuminaemia
NDT Advance Access published on June 16, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3240-3243; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp283 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Vinoi George David, Anila Korula, Lisa Choudhrie, Joy Sarojini Michael, Shibu Jacob, Chakko Korula Jacob, and George T. John

Cryptococcal granulomatous interstitial nephritis and dissemination in a patient with untreated lupus nephritis
NDT Advance Access published on June 13, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3243-3245; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp293 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Clotilde Muller, Francois Chantrel, and Bernadette Faller

A confusional state associated with use of lanthanum carbonate in a dialysis patient: a case report
NDT Advance Access published on July 13, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3245-3247; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp340 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Richard L. Davis and Jerrold L. Abraham

Lanthanum deposition in a dialysis patient
NDT Advance Access published on July 22, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3247-3250; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp364 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Special Feature

Get checked abstract Raymond Vanholder, Stefano Stuard, Mario Bonomini, and Mehmet Sukru Sever

Renal disaster relief in Europe: the experience at L’Aquila, Italy, in April 2009
NDT Advance Access published on July 10, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3251-3255; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp335 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

III. Varia

Letter

Theresa Buckham, Alexander P. Maxwell, Aisling E. Courtney, and Amy Jayne McKnight

The coronary artery disease SNP, rs4420638, is associated with diabetic nephropathy rather than end-stage renal disease
NDT Advance Access published on April 23, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3256; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp198 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters and Replies

John White

The role of fructose in inducing metabolic syndrome is speculative
NDT Advance Access published on July 23, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3256-3257; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp361 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pietro Cirillo, Yuri Y. Sautin, and Richard J. Johnson

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on July 23, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3257-3258; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp363 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bart Spaetgens, Pieter van Paassen, and Jan Willem Cohen Tervaert

Influenza vaccination in ANCA-associated vasculitis
NDT Advance Access published on August 8, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3258; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp398 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on August 8, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3259; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp401 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcements

Announcements
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3260-3261; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp461 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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