Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

In This Issue

In this issue
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: i-ii; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp164 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Comments

Norberto Perico, Rodolfo Flores Bravo, Felipe Rodriguez De Leon, and Giuseppe Remuzzi

Screening for chronic kidney disease in emerging countries: feasibility and hurdles
NDT Advance Access published on February 13, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1355-1358; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp039 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Suetonia C. Palmer, Jonathan C. Craig, and Giovanni F. M. Strippoli

Taking aim at targets
NDT Advance Access published on February 11, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1358-1361; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp025 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gavin Y. Oudit, Yumiko Imai, Keiji Kuba, James W. Scholey, and Josef M. Penninger

The role of ACE2 in pulmonary diseases—relevance for the nephrologist
NDT Advance Access published on February 19, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1362-1365; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp065 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wolfgang Jelkmann

Efficacy of recombinant erythropoietins: is there unity of international units?
NDT Advance Access published on February 18, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1366-1368; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp058 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clifford E. Kashtan

Women with Alport syndrome: risks and rewards of kidney donation
NDT Advance Access published on January 26, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1369-1370; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn779 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter Gross, Tadeusz Marczewski, and Kay Herbrig

The vaptans ante portas: a status report
NDT Advance Access published on February 13, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1371-1373; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp034 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Toshio Miyata and Charles van Ypersele de Strihou

Translation of basic science into clinical medicine: novel targets for diabetic nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on February 11, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1373-1377; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp028 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Reviews

Thomas J. Arneson, David Zaun, Yi Peng, Craig A. Solid, Stephan Dunning, and David T. Gilbertson

Comparison of methodologies to characterize haemoglobin variability in the US Medicare haemodialysis population
NDT Advance Access published on February 5, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1378-1383; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp018 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pietro Cirillo, Yuri Y. Sautin, John Kanellis, Duk-Hee Kang, Loreto Gesualdo, Takahiko Nakagawa, and Richard J. Johnson

Systemic inflammation, metabolic syndrome and progressive renal disease
NDT Advance Access published on February 10, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1384-1387; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp038 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Claudio Ponticelli, Marco Moia, and Giuseppe Montagnino

Renal allograft thrombosis
NDT Advance Access published on January 31, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1388-1393; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp003 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Translational Nephrology

Carmine Zoccali, Concetta Catalano, and Stefania Rastelli

Blood pressure control: hydrogen sulfide, a new gasotransmitter, takes stage
NDT Advance Access published on February 19, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1394-1396; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp053 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

II. Scientific Papers

Original Articles

Experimental Nephrology

Get checked abstract Toshiko Fujimura, Sho-ichi Yamagishi, Seiji Ueda, Kei Fukami, Ryo Shibata, Yuriko Matsumoto, Yusuke Kaida, Ayako Hayashida, Kiyomi Koike, Takanori Matsui, Kei-ichiro Nakamura, and Seiya Okuda

Administration of pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF) reduces proteinuria by suppressing decreased nephrin and increased VEGF expression in the glomeruli of adriamycin-injected rats
NDT Advance Access published on November 28, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1397-1406; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn659 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Paul L. Dudas, Rochelle L. Argentieri, and Francis X. Farrell

BMP-7 fails to attenuate TGF-β1-induced epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in human proximal tubule epithelial cells
NDT Advance Access published on December 4, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1406-1416; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn662 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Fabiana G. Graciolli, Katia R. Neves, Luciene M. dos Reis, Rafael G. Graciolli, Irene L. Noronha, Rosa M. A. Moysés, and Vanda Jorgetti

Phosphorus overload and PTH induce aortic expression of Runx2 in experimental uraemia
NDT Advance Access published on December 15, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1416-1421; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn686 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Cheryl Smith, Michael Merchant, Andrea Fekete, Ha-Long Nyugen, Paul Oh, You-Lin Tain, Jon B. Klein, and Chris Baylis

Splice variants of neuronal nitric oxide synthase are present in the rat kidney
NDT Advance Access published on December 10, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1422-1428; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn676 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Eva Schepers, Griet Glorieux, Annemieke Dhondt, Luc Leybaert, and Raymond Vanholder

Role of symmetric dimethylarginine in vascular damage by increasing ROS via store-operated calcium influx in monocytes
NDT Advance Access published on December 4, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1429-1435; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn670 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Takashi Yamamoto, Tadashi Tomo, Eiji Okabe, Shinji Namoto, Koji Suzuki, and Yoshihiko Hirao

Glutathione depletion as a mechanism of 3,4-dideoxyglucosone-3-ene-induced cytotoxicity in human peritoneal mesothelial cells: role in biocompatibility of peritoneal dialysis fluids
NDT Advance Access published on November 25, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1436-1442; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn645 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Arthur C. K. Chung, Xiao R. Huang, Li Zhou, Rainer Heuchel, Kar Neng Lai, and Hui Y. Lan

Disruption of the Smad7 gene promotes renal fibrosis and inflammation in unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO) in mice
NDT Advance Access published on December 18, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1443-1454; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn699 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical Nephrology

Get checked abstract Karine Brochard, Olivia Boyer, Anne Blanchard, Chantal Loirat, Patrick Niaudet, Marie-Alice Macher, Georges Deschenes, Albert Bensman, Stéphane Decramer, Pierre Cochat, Denis Morin, Françoise Broux, Mathilde Caillez, Claude Guyot, Robert Novo, Xavier Jeunemaître, and Rosa Vargas-Poussou

Phenotype–genotype correlation in antenatal and neonatal variants of Bartter syndrome
NDT Advance Access published on December 18, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1455-1464; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn689 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Elena Marcocci, Vera Uliana, Mirella Bruttini, Rosangela Artuso, Margherita Cirillo Silengo, Marlenka Zerial, Franco Bergesio, Antonio Amoroso, Silvana Savoldi, Marco Pennesi, Daniela Giachino, Giuseppe Rombolà, Giovanni Battista Fogazzi, Cristina Rosatelli, Ciro Dresch Martinhago, Mario Carmellini, Roberta Mancini, Giuseppina Di Costanzo, Ilaria Longo, Alessandra Renieri, and Francesca Mari

Autosomal dominant Alport syndrome: molecular analysis of the COL4A4 gene and clinical outcome
NDT Advance Access published on January 7, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1464-1471; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn681 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Andrea Giusti, Antonella Barone, Giulio Pioli, Giuseppe Girasole, Vincenzo Siccardi, Ernesto Palummeri, and Gerolamo Bianchi

Alendronate and indapamide alone or in combination in the management of hypercalciuria associated with osteoporosis: a randomized controlled trial of two drugs and three treatments
NDT Advance Access published on December 15, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1472-1477; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn690 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Marcus Treitl, Harald Rupprecht, Stefan Wirth, Markus Korner, Maximilian Reiser, and Johannes Rieger

Assessment of renal vasoconstriction in vivo after intra-arterial administration of the isosmotic contrast medium iodixanol compared to the low-osmotic contrast medium iopamidol
NDT Advance Access published on November 25, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1478-1485; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn638 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Pierrot Lundimu Tugirimana and Joris R. Delanghe

Development of an affordable dye-stained microalbuminuria screening test
NDT Advance Access published on December 18, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1485-1490; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn705 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Maria Stella Graziani, Giovanni Gambaro, Lucilla Mantovani, Alessandro Sorio, Tewoldemedhn Yabarek, Cataldo Abaterusso, Antonio Lupo, and Paolo Rizzotti

Diagnostic accuracy of a reagent strip for assessing urinary albumin excretion in the general population
NDT Advance Access published on November 26, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1490-1494; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn639 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Mohamed Elshal, Abeer Abdelaziz, Ayman Abbas, Khaled Mahmoud, Hanan Fathy, Shaimaa El Mongy, Shereif El-Basyuoni, Hamada Ahmed, and Philip McCoy

Quantification of circulating endothelial cells in peripheral blood of systemic lupus erythematosus patients: a simple and reproducible method of assessing endothelial injury and repair
NDT Advance Access published on November 27, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1495-1499; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn650 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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

Associations between age, body size and nephron number with individual glomerular volumes in urban West African males
NDT Advance Access published on November 21, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1500-1506; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn636 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Adrian Covic, Prajesh Kothawala, Myriam Bernal, Sean Robbins, Arpi Chalian, and David Goldsmith

Systematic review of the evidence underlying the association between mineral metabolism disturbances and risk of all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality and cardiovascular events in chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on November 11, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1506-1523; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn613 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Emily P. McQuarrie, Bruce Mackinnon, Barbara Young, Lindsay Yeoman, Graham Stewart, Stewart Fleming, Sue Robertson, Keith Simpson, Jonathan Fox, Colin C. Geddes, and On behalf of the Scottish Renal Biopsy Registry

Centre variation in incidence, indication and diagnosis of adult native renal biopsy in Scotland
NDT Advance Access published on December 11, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1524-1528; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn677 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Maura Ravera, Giuseppe Noberasco, Michela Re, Alessandro Filippi, Anna Maria Gallina, Ursula Weiss, Rossella Cannavò, Giambattista Ravera, Claudio Cricelli, and Giacomo Deferrari

Chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular risk in hypertensive type 2 diabetics: a primary care perspective
NDT Advance Access published on December 10, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1528-1533; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn692 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sang Heon Song, Ihm Soo Kwak, Dong Won Lee, Yang Ho Kang, Eun Young Seong, and Jin Sup Park

The prevalence of low triiodothyronine according to the stage of chronic kidney disease in subjects with a normal thyroid-stimulating hormone
NDT Advance Access published on December 23, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1534-1538; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn682 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Dorothea Nitsch, Adrian Mylne, Paul J. Roderick, Liam Smeeth, Richard Hubbard, and Astrid Fletcher

Chronic kidney disease and hip fracture-related mortality in older people in the UK
NDT Advance Access published on December 15, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1539-1544; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn678 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Kearkiat Praditpornsilpa, Pawinee Kupatawintu, Wichean Mongkonsritagoon, Ouppatham Supasyndh, Saengsuree Jootar, Tanin Intarakumthornchai, Cholatip Pongskul, Wisit Prasithsirikul, Bunlersak Achavanuntakul, Prajej Ruangkarnchanasetr, Sudsawat Laohavinij, and Somchai Eiam-Ong

The association of anti-r-HuEpo-associated pure red cell aplasia with HLA-DRB1^*09-DQB1^*0309
NDT Advance Access published on August 8, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1545-1549; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn450 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dialysis

Get checked abstract Ivica Markota, Darko Markota, and Monika Tomic

Measuring of the heparin leakage into the circulation from central venous catheters—an in vivo study
NDT Advance Access published on December 15, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1550-1553; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn696 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Cécile Couchoud, Michel Labeeuw, Olivier Moranne, Vincent Allot, Vincent Esnault, Luc Frimat, Bénédicte Stengel, and for the French Renal Epidemiology and Information Network (REIN) registry

A clinical score to predict 6-month prognosis in elderly patients starting dialysis for end-stage renal disease
NDT Advance Access published on December 18, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1553-1561; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn698 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Hideki Ishii, Yoshitake Kumada, Takanobu Toriyama, Toru Aoyama, Hiroshi Takahashi, Tetsuya Amano, Yoshinari Yasuda, Yukio Yuzawa, Syoichi Maruyama, Seiichi Matsuo, Tatsuaki Matsubara, and Toyoaki Murohara

Aortic valvular calcification predicts restenosis after implantation of drug-eluting stents in patients on chronic haemodialysis
NDT Advance Access published on December 15, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1562-1567; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn685 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ea Wha Kang, Hyoung Jung Na, Sug Min Hong, Sug Kyun Shin, Shin-Wook Kang, Kyu Hun Choi, Ho Yung Lee, Dae-Suk Han, and Seung Hyeok Han

Prognostic value of elevated cardiac troponin I in ESRD patients with sepsis
NDT Advance Access published on January 14, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1568-1573; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn730 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Marlies Noordzij, Nora M. C. Voormolen, Elisabeth W. Boeschoten, Friedo W. Dekker, Willem J. Bos, Raymond T. Krediet, Johanna C. Korevaar, and for the NECOSAD study group

Disordered mineral metabolism is not a risk factor for loss of residual renal function in dialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on January 20, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1580-1587; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn768 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Denise Mafra, Felipe Rizzetto Santos, Julie Calixto Lobo, Daniela de Mattos Grosso, André Luis Barreira, Luis Guillermo Coca Velarde, Dulcinéia Saes Parra Abdalla, and Maurilo Leite, Jr

Alpha-tocopherol supplementation decreases electronegative low-density lipoprotein concentration [LDL(–)] in haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on January 28, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1587-1592; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn760 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Shigeru Otsubo, Naoki Kimata, Ichiro Okutsu, Kazunori Oshikawa, Syuitsu Ueda, Hisayuki Sugimoto, Michihiro Mitobe, Keiko Uchida, Kimiko Otsubo, Kosaku Nitta, and Takashi Akiba

Characteristics of dialysis-related amyloidosis in patients on haemodialysis therapy for more than 30 years
NDT Advance Access published on December 18, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1593-1598; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn706 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract David W. Johnson, Hannah Dent, Qiang Yao, Anders Tranaeus, Chiu-Chin Huang, Dae-Suk Han, Vivekanand Jha, Tao Wang, Yoshindo Kawaguchi, and Jiaqi Qian

Frequencies of hepatitis B and C infections among haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients in Asia-Pacific countries: analysis of registry data
NDT Advance Access published on December 18, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1598-1603; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn684 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ya-Wen Chuang, Kuo-Hsiung Shu, Tung-Min Yu, Chi-Hung Cheng, and Cheng-Hsu Chen

Hypokalaemia: an independent risk factor of enterobacteriaceae peritonitis in CAPD patients
NDT Advance Access published on December 22, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1603-1608; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn709 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jernej Pajek, Radoslav Kveder, Andrej Bren, Andrej Gucek, Maja Bucar, Andrej Skoberne, Jacek Waniewski, and Bengt Lindholm

Short-term effects of bicarbonate/lactate-buffered and conventional lactate-buffered dialysis solutions on peritoneal ultrafiltration: a comparative crossover study
NDT Advance Access published on December 9, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1617-1625; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn673 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Transplantation

Get checked abstract Oliver Gross, Manfred Weber, Jochen W. U. Fries, and Gerhard-Anton Müller

Living donor kidney transplantation from relatives with mild urinary abnormalities in Alport syndrome: long-term risk, benefit and outcome
NDT Advance Access published on November 21, 2008
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1626-1630; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn635 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Aureliusz Kolonko, Jerzy Chudek, and Andrzej Wicek

Prediction of the severity and outcome of acute tubular necrosis based on continuity of Doppler spectrum in the early period after kidney transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on January 22, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1631-1635; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn773 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Varsha D. K. D. Sewgobind, Marcia M. L. Kho, Luc J. W. van der Laan, Thijs K. Hendrikx, Thea van Dam, Hugo W. Tilanus, Jan N. M. IJzermans, Willem Weimar, and Carla C. Baan

The effect of rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin induction therapy on regulatory T cells in kidney transplant patients
NDT Advance Access published on January 28, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1635-1644; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn778 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Bente Jespersen, Helle C. Thiesson, Charlotte Henriksen, Karina Therland, Christel Falk, Tina Poulsen, Betina Fogh, Kirsten Madsen, Steen Walther, and Boye L. Jensen

Differential effects of immunosuppressive drugs on COX-2 activity in vitro and in kidney transplant patients in vivo
NDT Advance Access published on February 4, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1644-1655; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Iman M. Hamour, Fazir Omar, Haifa S. Lyster, Andrew Palmer, and Nicholas R. Banner

Chronic kidney disease after heart transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on January 23, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1655-1662; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn759 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Trial Design

Get checked abstract Hans-Henrik Parving, Barry M. Brenner, John. J. V. McMurray, Dick de Zeeuw, Steven M. Haffner, Scott D. Solomon, Nish Chaturvedi, Mathieu Ghadanfar, Nicole Weissbach, Zhihua Xiang, Juergen Armbrecht, and Marc A. Pfeffer

Aliskiren Trial in Type 2 Diabetes Using Cardio-Renal Endpoints (ALTITUDE): rationale and study design
NDT Advance Access published on January 14, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1663-1671; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn721 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Preliminary Communication

Get checked abstract Riccardo Magistroni, Giulia Ligabue, Valentina Lupo, Luciana Furci, Marco Leonelli, Luca Manganelli, Mario Masellis, Valentina Gatti, Fabrizio Cavazzini, Walter Tizzanini, and Alberto Albertazzi

Proteomic analysis of urine from proteinuric patients shows a proteolitic activity directed against albumin
NDT Advance Access published on February 11, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1672-1681; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp020 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Short Communications

Get checked abstract Hélène Perrin, Olivier Thaunat, Christophe Malcus, Lionel Badet, Ana Hennino, Ricardo Codas, Françoise Touraine-Moulin, Jean-François Nicolas, and Emmanuel Morelon

Immunoprotection by polyethylene glycol in organ preservation solutions is not due to an immunomasking effect
NDT Advance Access published on February 18, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1682-1685; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp044 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sophie Ignace, Denis Fouque, Walid Arkouche, Jean-Paul Steghens, and Fitsum Guebre-Egziabher

Preserved residual renal function is associated with lower oxidative stress in peritoneal dialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on March 9, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1685-1689; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp077 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

III. Clinical Reports

Brief Report

Get checked abstract Abubakr A. Sanusi, Fatiu A. Arogundade, O. C. Famurewa, Anthony O. Akintomide, Folashade O. Soyinka, Olalekan E. Ojo, and Adewale Akinsola

Relationship of ultrasonographically determined kidney volume with measured GFR, calculated creatinine clearance and other parameters in chronic kidney disease (CKD)
NDT Advance Access published on March 4, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1690-1694; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp055 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

IV. Varia

Letter

Jecko Thachil, Walid Sadik, Howida Shawki, and Kottarathil A. Abraham

Membranous glomerulonephritis—an under-reported histological finding in multiple myeloma
NDT Advance Access published on February 11, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1695-1696; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp032 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Magdalena Leander and Alicja E. Grzegorzewska

Natural killer cells in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on March 4, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1696-1697; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp097 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters and Replies

Magdalena Babinska, Jerzy Chudek, Witold Ignacy, Aleksander Owczarek, Fryderyk Prochaczek, and Andrzej Wicek

Poor awareness of chronic kidney disease in patients with acute coronary syndrome—challenge for cardiologists and nephrologists
NDT Advance Access published on March 4, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1697-1698; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp076 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Charles A. Herzog

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on March 4, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1698; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp088 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Iain C. Macdougall

Biosimilar epoetins
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1698-1699; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp111 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Adrian Covic

Reply
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1699-1700; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp118 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stanley Shaldon

Biosimilars and biopharmaceuticals: what the nephrologist needs to know—a position paper by the ERA-EDTA Council
NDT Advance Access published on March 27, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1700-1701; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp113 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

N. Lameire, J. Floege, and D. Wheeler

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on March 27, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1701; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp119 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcements

Announcements
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 1702-1703; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp165 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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