Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

In This Issue

In this issue
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: i; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp548 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Comments

Sushrut S. Waikar, Rebecca A. Betensky, and Joseph V. Bonventre

Creatinine as the gold standard for kidney injury biomarker studies?
NDT Advance Access published on September 7, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3263-3265; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp428 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joseph V. Bonventre

Kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1): a urinary biomarker and much more
NDT Advance Access published on March 23, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3265-3268; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp010 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Agnes B. Fogo

The multi-talented podocyte
NDT Advance Access published on August 31, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3269-3270; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp432 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Donald J. Fraser and Nicholas Topley

Altering peritoneal membrane function: removing the GAG?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3271-3273; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp440 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Philip Kam-tao Li and Kai Ming Chow

Importance of peritoneal dialysis catheter insertion by nephrologists: practice makes perfect
NDT Advance Access published on September 10, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3274-3276; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp447 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wim Van Biesen, Francis Verbeke, and Raymond Vanholder

We don't need no education ... . (Pink Floyd, The Wall ) Multidisciplinary predialysis education programmes: pass or fail?
NDT Advance Access published on September 7, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3277-3279; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp448 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Translational Nephrology

Akira Nishiyama, Taiji Matsusaka, and Toshio Miyata

Angiotensin II type 1A receptor deficiency and longevity
NDT Advance Access published on August 7, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3280-3281; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp381 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ton J. Rabelink and Joris I. Rotmans

Salt is getting under our skin
NDT Advance Access published on August 12, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3282-3283; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp399 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pro/Con Debate

Thilo Krüger and Jürgen Floege

Coumarin use in dialysis patients with atrial fibrillation—more harm than benefit?
NDT Advance Access published on July 23, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3284-3285; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp368 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Walter H. Hörl

Coumarin use in dialysis patients with arterial fibrillation: yes, after individual risk stratification
NDT Advance Access published on August 7, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3285-3287; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp385 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

II. Scientific Papers

Original Articles

Experimental Nephrology

Get checked abstract Rachel Lennon, Deborah Pons, Matthew A. Sabin, Christina Wei, Julian P. Shield, Richard J. Coward, Jeremy M. Tavaré, Peter W. Mathieson, Moin A. Saleem, and Gavin I. Welsh

Saturated fatty acids induce insulin resistance in human podocytes: implications for diabetic nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on June 25, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3288-3296; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp302 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jing Miao, Qingfeng Fan, Qinghua Cui, Han Zhang, Lihong Chen, Suxia Wang, Na Guan, Youfei Guan, and Jie Ding

Newly identified cytoskeletal components are associated with dynamic changes of podocyte foot processes
NDT Advance Access published on July 17, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3297-3305; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp338 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Yeela Talmor-Barkan, Gloria Rashid, Iris Weintal, Janice Green, Jacques Bernheim, and Sydney Benchetrit

Low extracellular Ca²⁺: a mediator of endothelial inflammation
NDT Advance Access published on July 18, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3306-3312; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp354 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Holger Hägele, Ramanjaneyulu Allam, Rahul D. Pawar, and Hans-Joachim Anders

Double-stranded RNA activates type I interferon secretion in glomerular endothelial cells via retinoic acid-inducible gene (RIG)-1
NDT Advance Access published on July 16, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3312-3318; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp339 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sven Kroening, Emily Neubauer, Julia Wessel, Michael Wiesener, and Margarete Goppelt-Struebe

Hypoxia interferes with connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) gene expression in human proximal tubular cell lines
NDT Advance Access published on June 23, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3319-3325; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp305 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical Nephrology

Get checked abstract Ewout J. Hoorn, M. Carola Zillikens, Huibert A. P. Pols, Alexander H. Jan Danser, Frans Boomsma, and Robert Zietse

Osmomediated natriuresis in humans: the role of vasopressin and tubular calcium sensing
NDT Advance Access published on June 23, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3326-3333; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp303 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Andreas L. Serra, Andreas D. Kistler, Diane Poster, Fabienne Krauer, Oliver Senn, Shagun Raina, Ivana Pavik, Katharina Rentsch, Axel Regeniter, Dominik Weishaupt, and Rudolf P. Wüthrich

Safety and tolerability of sirolimus treatment in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on June 13, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3334-3342; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp280 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Katrine J. Schjoedt, Per K. Christensen, Anders Jorsal, Frans Boomsma, Peter Rossing, and Hans-Henrik Parving

Autoregulation of glomerular filtration rate during spironolactone treatment in hypertensive patients with type 1 diabetes: a randomized crossover trial
NDT Advance Access published on June 26, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3343-3349; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp311 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Anja Haase-Fielitz, Rinaldo Bellomo, Prasad Devarajan, Michael Bennett, David Story, George Matalanis, Ulrich Frei, Duska Dragun, and Michael Haase

The predictive performance of plasma neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) increases with grade of acute kidney injury
NDT Advance Access published on May 27, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3349-3354; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp234 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Markus P. Schneider, Martin Ritt, Ulrike Raff, Christian Ott, and Roland E. Schmieder

Gender is related to alterations of renal endothelial function in type 2 diabetes
NDT Advance Access published on June 30, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3354-3359; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp318 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Lawrence Shih-Hsin Wu, Chang-Hsun Hsieh, Dee Pei, Yi-Jen Hung, Shi-Wen Kuo, and Eugene Lin

Association and interaction analyses of genetic variants in ADIPOQ, ENPP1, GHSR, PPAR and TCF7L2 genes for diabetic nephropathy in a Taiwanese population with type 2 diabetes
NDT Advance Access published on June 8, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3360-3366; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp271 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Barry I. Freedman, Pamela J. Hicks, Meredith A. Bostrom, Mary E. Comeau, Jasmin Divers, Anthony J. Bleyer, Jeffrey B. Kopp, Cheryl A. Winkler, George W. Nelson, Carl D. Langefeld, and Donald W. Bowden

Non-muscle myosin heavy chain 9 gene MYH9 associations in African Americans with clinically diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus-associated ESRD
NDT Advance Access published on June 30, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3366-3371; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp316 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Xiaojie Lin, Jiaxiang Ding, Li Zhu, Sufang Shi, Lei Jiang, Minghui Zhao, and Hong Zhang

Aberrant galactosylation of IgA1 is involved in the genetic susceptibility of Chinese patients with IgA nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on June 16, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3372-3375; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp294 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ingrid Lajdova, Viera Spustova, Adrian Oksa, Alzbeta Chorvatova, Dusan Chorvat, Jr, and Rastislav Dzurik

Intracellular calcium homeostasis in patients with early stagesof chronic kidney disease: effects of vitamin D₃ supplementation
NDT Advance Access published on June 16, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3376-3381; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp292 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Mathias Haarhaus, Anders Fernström, Martin Magnusson, and Per Magnusson

Clinical significance of bone alkaline phosphatase isoforms, including the novel B1x isoform, in mild to moderate chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on June 19, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3382-3389; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp300 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Marion Morena, Anne-Marie Dupuy, Isabelle Jaussent, Hélène Vernhet, Gérald Gahide, Kada Klouche, Anne-Sophie Bargnoux, Cécile Delcourt, Bernard Canaud, and Jean-Paul Cristol

A cut-off value of plasma osteoprotegerin level may predict the presence of coronary artery calcifications in chronic kidney disease patients
NDT Advance Access published on July 2, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3389-3397; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp301 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Davide Bolignano, Giuseppe Coppolino, Adolfo Romeo, Luciano De Paola, Antoine Buemi, Antonio Lacquaniti, Giacomo Nicocia, Luigi Lombardi, and Michele Buemi

Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) reflects iron status in haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on June 23, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3398-3403; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp310 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Britt B. Newsome, Stephen J. Onufrak, David G. Warnock, and William M. McClellan

Exploration of anaemia as a progression factor in African Americans with cardiovascular disease
NDT Advance Access published on August 23, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3404-3411; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp304 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Helen Hobbs, Paul Stevens, Berhard Klebe, Jean Irving, Roger Cooley, Donal O’Donoghue, Stephen Green, and Christopher Farmer

Referral patterns to renal services: what has changed in the past 4 years?
NDT Advance Access published on June 17, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3411-3419; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp289 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract An-Hang Yang, Bing-Shi Lin, Ko-Lin Kuo, Chung-Chen Chang, Yee-Yung Ng, and Wu-Chang Yang

The clinicopathological implications of endothelial tubuloreticular inclusions found in glomeruli having histopathology of idiopathic membranous nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on June 17, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3419-3425; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp288 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract I-Wen Wu, Shun-Yin Wang, Kuang-Hung Hsu, Chin-Chan Lee, Chiao-Yin Sun, Chi-Jen Tsai, and Mai-Szu Wu

Multidisciplinary predialysis education decreases the incidence of dialysis and reduces mortality—a controlled cohort study based on the NKF/DOQI guidelines
NDT Advance Access published on June 2, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3426-3433; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp259 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dialysis

Get checked abstract Lucia Di Micco, Serena Torraca, Andrea Pota, Daniela Di Giuseppe, Antonio Pisani, Letizia Spinelli, Simona De Portu, Massimo Sabbatini, Lorenzo Mantovani, and Bruno Cianciaruso

Setting dialysis start at 6.0 ml/min/1.73 m² eGFR—a study on safety, quality of life and economic impact
NDT Advance Access published on June 16, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3434-3440; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp281 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Mihai S. Utescu, Amélie LeBoeuf, Nadia Chbinou, Simon Desmeules, Marcel Lebel, and Mohsen Agharazii

The impact of arteriovenous fistulas on aortic stiffness in patients with chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on June 9, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3441-3446; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp276 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Yee-Yung Ng, Shiao-Chi Wu, Yen-Ni Hung, and Po-Jen Ko

Effect of demographic characteristics and timing of vascular access maturation on patency in Chinese incident haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on June 8, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3447-3453; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp269 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Juan Jesús Carrero, Xiang Hua, Peter Stenvinkel, Abdul Rashid Qureshi, Olof Heimbürger, Peter Bárány, Bengt Lindholm, and Johan Frostegård

Low levels of IgM antibodies against phosphorylcholine-A increase mortality risk in patients undergoing haemodialysis
NDT Advance Access published on June 23, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3454-3460; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp309 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Mareille Gritters-van den Oever, Muriel P. C. Grooteman, Piet C. M. Bartels, Peter J. Blankestijn, Michiel L. Bots, Marinus A. van den Dorpel, Marianne Schoorl, Margreet Schoorl, Piet M. ter Wee, and Menso J. Nubé

Post-dilution haemodiafiltration and low-flux haemodialysis have dissimilar effects on platelets: a side study of CONTRAST
NDT Advance Access published on June 26, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3461-3468; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp308 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Qunying Guo, Juan Jesús Carrero, Xueqing Yu, Peter Bárány, Abdul Rashid Qureshi, Monica Eriksson, Björn Anderstam, Michal Chmielewski, Olof Heimbürger, Peter Stenvinkel, Bengt Lindholm, and Jonas Axelsson

Associations of VEGF and its receptors sVEGFR-1 and -2 with cardiovascular disease and survival in prevalent haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on June 26, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3468-3473; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp315 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Hiromichi Gotoh, Tomohito Gohda, Mitsuo Tanimoto, Yoshikazu Gotoh, Satoshi Horikoshi, and Yasuhiko Tomino

Contribution of subcutaneous fat accumulation to insulin resistance and atherosclerosis in haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on June 17, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3474-3480; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp290 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Kyrill S. Rogacev, Maren Ziegelin, Christof Ulrich, Sarah Seiler, Matthias Girndt, Danilo Fliser, and Gunnar H. Heine

Haemodialysis-induced transient CD16⁺ monocytopenia and cardiovascular outcome
NDT Advance Access published on July 8, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3480-3486; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp287 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Remy H. H. Bemelmans, E. Christiaan Boerma, Jos Barendregt, Can Ince, Johannes H. Rommes, and Peter E. Spronk

Changes in the volume status of haemodialysis patients are reflected in sublingual microvascular perfusion
NDT Advance Access published on June 10, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3487-3492; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp267 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract E. Lars Penne, Neelke C. van der Weerd, Michiel L. Bots, Marinus A. van den Dorpel, Muriel P. C. Grooteman, Renée Lévesque, Menso J. Nubé, Piet M. ter Wee, Peter J. Blankestijn, and On behalf of the CONTRAST investigators

Patient- and treatment-related determinants of convective volume in post-dilution haemodiafiltration in clinical practice
NDT Advance Access published on June 10, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3493-3499; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp265 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Scott Henderson, Edwina Brown, and Jeremy Levy

Safety and efficacy of percutaneous insertion of peritoneal dialysis catheters under sedation and local anaesthetic
NDT Advance Access published on June 25, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3499-3504; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp312 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Shiwori Osada, Chieko Hamada, Tetsutaro Shimaoka, Kayo Kaneko, Satoshi Horikoshi, and Yasuhiko Tomino

Alterations in proteoglycan components and histopathology of the peritoneum in uraemic and peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients
NDT Advance Access published on June 19, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3504-3512; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp268 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ana Marta Gomes, Miguel Pérez Fontán, Ana Rodríguez-Carmona, Arancha Sastre, Helena Díaz Cambre, Andrés López Muñiz, and Teresa García Falcón

Categorization of sodium sieving by 2.27% and 3.86% peritoneal equilibration tests—a comparative analysis in the clinical setting
NDT Advance Access published on July 1, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3513-3520; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp319 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jung Tak Park, Dong Ki Kim, Tae Ik Chang, Hyun Wook Kim, Jae Hyun Chang, Sun Young Park, Eunyoung Kim, Shin-Wook Kang, Dae-Suk Han, and Tae-Hyun Yoo

Uric acid is associated with the rate of residual renal function decline in peritoneal dialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on June 2, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3520-3525; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp272 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sevcan A. Bakkaloglu, Arda Saygili, Lale Sever, Aytul Noyan, Sema Akman, Mesiha Ekim, Nejat Aksu, Beyza Doganay, Nurdan Yildiz, Ali Duzova, Alper Soylu, Harika Alpay, Ferah Sonmez, Mahmut Civilibal, Sevcan Erdem, and Firat Kardelen

Assessment of cardiovascular risk in paediatric peritoneal dialysis patients: a Turkish Pediatric Peritoneal Dialysis Study Group (TUPEPD) report
NDT Advance Access published on June 18, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3525-3532; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp297 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Transplantation

Get checked abstract Marko Lempinen, Leena Halme, Susanna Sarkio, Johanna Arola, Eero Honkanen, Ulla Turunen, Kaija Salmela, and Irmeli Lautenschlager

CMV findings in the gastrointestinal tract in kidney transplantation patients, patients with end-stage kidney disease and immunocompetent patients
NDT Advance Access published on August 12, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3533-3539; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp408 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Exceptional Cases

Get checked abstract Antoine Jacquet, Helene Francois, Carlos Frangie, Yasmina Yahiaoui, Sophie Ferlicot, Corinne Micelli, Xavier Mariette, and Antoine Durrbach

IgA nephropathy associated with ankylosing spondylitis is not controlled by infliximab therapy
NDT Advance Access published on June 25, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3540-3542; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp314 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Wayne Lam, Dibendu Betal, Mohammed Morsy, and Eric S. Chemla

Enormous brachio-cephalic arteriovenous fistula aneurysm after renal transplantation: case report and review of the literature
NDT Advance Access published on July 10, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3542-3544; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp337 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Kenar D. Jhaveri, Vivette D. D’Agati, Robert Pursell, and David Serur

Coeliac sprue-associated membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN)
NDT Advance Access published on July 22, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3545-3548; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp353 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Patricia Hirt-Minkowski, Stefan Schaub, Michael Mayr, Jürg A. Schifferli, Michael Dickenmann, Véronique Frémeaux-Bacchi, and Jürg Steiger

Haemolytic uraemic syndrome caused by factor H mutation: is single kidney transplantation under intensive plasmatherapy an option?
NDT Advance Access published on July 25, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3548-3551; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp377 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

III. Varia

Letter and Reply

E. Nigel Wardle

C-reactive protein and statins: by Jupiter!
NDT Advance Access published on August 19, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3552; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp400 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David C. Wheeler

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on August 19, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3552; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp402 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Erratum

Richard L. Davis and Jerrold L. Abraham

Lanthanum deposition in a dialysis patient
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3553; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp544 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3554-3555; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp549 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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