Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

In This Issue

In this issue
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: i; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp344 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Obituary

Jörg Vienken

‘Bioengineering for life’: a tribute to Willem Johan Kolff
NDT Advance Access published on June 18, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2299-2301; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp298 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Comments

Eberhard Ritz and Andreas Tomaschitz

Aldosterone, a vasculotoxic agent–-novel functions for an old hormone
NDT Advance Access published on May 27, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2302-2305; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp206 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lazarus Karamadoukis, David Ansell, Robert N. Foley, Stephen Peter McDonald, Charles R. V. Tomson, Lilyanna Trpeski, and Fergus J. Caskey

Towards case-mix-adjusted international renal registry comparisons: how can we improve data collection practice?
NDT Advance Access published on March 4, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2306-2311; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp096 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kitty J. Jager and Carmine Zoccali

Comorbidity data collection by renal registries—a remaining challenge
NDT Advance Access published on June 2, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2311-2313; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp257 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gérard M. London and Bruno Pannier

Renal replacement therapy for heart failure patients: in whom, when and which therapy to use?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2314-2315; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp299 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Reviews

Gavin J. Becker, Tim D. Hewitson, and Anastasia Chrysostomou

Aldosterone in clinical nephrology—old hormone, new questions
NDT Advance Access published on June 3, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2316-2321; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp256 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gavin J. Becker, Rowan G. Walker, Timothy D. Hewitson, and Eugenie Pedagogos

Phosphate levels—time for a rethink?
NDT Advance Access published on May 14, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2321-2324; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp220 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Translational Nephrology

Clemens D. Cohen

Will non-coding RNAs help to decipher renal allograft failure?
NDT Advance Access published on June 8, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2325-2327; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp274 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

II. Scientific Papers

Original Articles

Experimental Nephrology

Get checked abstract Inna Sinuani, Joshua Weissgarten, Ilia Beberashvili, Micha J. Rapoport, Judit Sandbank, Leonid Feldman, Michael Albeck, Zhan Averbukh, and Benjamin Sredni

The cyclin kinase inhibitor p57^kip2 regulates TGF-β-induced compensatory tubular hypertrophy: effect of the immunomodulator AS101
NDT Advance Access published on March 25, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2328-2338; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn742 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Emma T. B. Olesen, Sophie de Seigneux, Guixian Wang, Sophie C. Lütken, Jørgen Frøkiær, Tae-Hwan Kwon, and Søren Nielsen

Rapid and segmental specific dysregulation of AQP2, S256-pAQP2 and renal sodium transporters in rats with LPS-induced endotoxaemia
NDT Advance Access published on February 4, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2338-2349; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp011 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Iram Zafar, Franck A. Belibi, Zhibin He, and Charles L. Edelstein

Long-term rapamycin therapy in the Han:SPRD rat model of polycystic kidney disease (PKD)
NDT Advance Access published on March 25, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2349-2353; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp129 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Isao Matsui, Takayuki Hamano, Kodo Tomida, Kazunori Inoue, Yoshitsugu Takabatake, Yasuyuki Nagasawa, Noritaka Kawada, Takahito Ito, Hiroshi Kawachi, Hiromi Rakugi, Enyu Imai, and Yoshitaka Isaka

Active vitamin D and its analogue, 22-oxacalcitriol, ameliorate puromycin aminonucleoside-induced nephrosis in rats
NDT Advance Access published on March 18, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2354-2361; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp117 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jitka Kuncová, Jitka Svíglerová, Wolfgang Kummer, Daniel Rajdl, Magdalena Chottová-Dvoráková, Zbynek Tonar, Lukás Nalos, and Milan Stengl

Parasympathetic regulation of heart rate in rats after 5/6 nephrectomy is impaired despite functionally intact cardiac vagal innervation
NDT Advance Access published on March 25, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2362-2370; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp123 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sharon M. Moe, Mark F. Seifert, Neal X. Chen, Rachel M. Sinders, Xianming Chen, Dana Duan, Charles Henley, Dave Martin, and Vincent H. Gattone, II

R-568 reduces ectopic calcification in a rat model of chronic kidney disease-mineral bone disorder (CKD-MBD)
NDT Advance Access published on March 3, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2371-2377; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp078 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Noriyuki Sakurai, Takashi Kuroiwa, Hidekazu Ikeuchi, Noriyuki Hiramatsu, Shigeru Takeuchi, Mai Tomioka, Tetsuya Shigehara, Akito Maeshima, Yoriaki Kaneko, Keiju Hiromura, Jeffery B. Kopp, and Yoshihisa Nojima

Fluvastatin prevents podocyte injury in a murine model of HIV-associated nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on February 2, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2378-2383; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp012 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jorge E. Toblli, Monica G. Ferrini, Gabriel Cao, Dolores Vernet, Margarita Angerosa, and Nestor F. Gonzalez-Cadavid

Antifibrotic effects of pioglitazone on the kidney in a rat model of type 2 diabetes mellitus
NDT Advance Access published on March 17, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2384-2391; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sigal Nakav, Leonid Kachko, Marina Vorobiov, Boris Rogachev, Cidio Chaimovitz, Moshe Zlotnik, and Amos Douvdevani

Blocking adenosine A_2A receptor reduces peritoneal fibrosis in two independent experimental models
NDT Advance Access published on February 16, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2392-2399; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp041 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical Nephrology

Get checked abstract Rajiv Agarwal and Robert P. Light

GFR, proteinuria and circadian blood pressure
NDT Advance Access published on February 27, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2400-2406; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp074 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jae Hyun Chang, Dong Ki Kim, Hyun Wook Kim, Sun Young Park, Tae-Hyun Yoo, Beom Seok Kim, Shin-Wook Kang, Kyu Hun Choi, Dae-Suk Han, Heon Joo Jeong, and Ho Yung Lee

Changing prevalence of glomerular diseases in Korean adults: a review of 20 years of experience
NDT Advance Access published on March 4, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2406-2410; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp091 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Kunihiko Aya, Junya Shimizu, Yoshiyuki Ohtomo, Kenichi Satomura, Hoshiro Suzuki, Kunimasa Yan, Yoshikazu Sado, Tsuneo Morishima, and Hiroyuki Tanaka

NPHS1 gene mutation in Japanese patients with congenital nephrotic syndrome
NDT Advance Access published on March 25, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2411-2414; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp122 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Andrew D. Rule, Brooke L. Fridley, Steven C. Hunt, Yan Asmann, Eric Boerwinkle, James S. Pankow, Thomas H. Mosley, and Stephen T. Turner

Genome-wide linkage analysis for uric acid in families enriched for hypertension
NDT Advance Access published on March 3, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2414-2420; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp080 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Rudolf P. Obermayr, Christian Temml, Georg Gutjahr, Alexander Kainz, Renate Klauser-Braun, Reinhold Függer, and Rainer Oberbauer

Body mass index modifies the risk of cardiovascular death in proteinuric chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on February 24, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2421-2428; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp075 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Monika A. Zimanyi, Wendy E. Hoy, Rebecca N. Douglas-Denton, Michael D. Hughson, Libby M. Holden, and John F. Bertram

Nephron number and individual glomerular volumes in male Caucasian and African American subjects
NDT Advance Access published on March 18, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2428-2433; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp116 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Bryan Waldo, Stephen M. Korbet, Maija G. Freimanis, and Edmund J. Lewis

The value of post-biopsy ultrasound in predicting complications after percutaneous renal biopsy of native kidneys
NDT Advance Access published on February 25, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2433-2439; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp073 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Esti Davidovich, Miriam Davidovits, Benny Peretz, Joseph Shapira, and Doron J. Aframian

The correlation between dental calculus and disturbed mineral metabolism in paediatric patients with chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on March 17, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2439-2445; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp101 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Merrill F. Elias, Penelope K. Elias, Stephen L. Seliger, Sriram S. Narsipur, Gregrory A. Dore, and Michael A. Robbins

Chronic kidney disease, creatinine and cognitive functioning
NDT Advance Access published on March 18, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2446-2452; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp107 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Heejung Bang, Madhu Mazumdar, George Newman, Andrew S. Bomback, Christie M. Ballantyne, Allan S. Jaffe, Phyllis A. August, and Abhijit V. Kshirsagar

Screening for kidney disease in vascular patients: SCreening for Occult REnal Disease (SCORED) experience
NDT Advance Access published on March 26, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2452-2457; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp124 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Pablo J. Azurmendi, Adriana R. Fraga, Felicita M. Galan, Carol Kotliar, Elvira E. Arrizurieta, Marta G. Valdez, Pedro J. Forcada, Jose S. Santelha Stefan, and Rodolfo S. Martin

Early renal and vascular changes in ADPKD patients with low-grade albumin excretion and normal renal function
NDT Advance Access published on March 30, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2458-2463; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp136 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sarah L. White, Kevan R. Polkinghorne, Alan Cass, Jonathan E. Shaw, Robert C. Atkins, and Steven J. Chadban

Alcohol consumption and 5-year onset of chronic kidney disease: the AusDiab study
NDT Advance Access published on March 22, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2464-2472; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp114 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Amy Jayne McKnight, Alexander P. Maxwell, Damian G. Fogarty, Denise Sadlier, and David A. Savage The Warren 3/UK GoKinD Study Group

Genetic analysis of coronary artery disease single-nucleotide polymorphisms in diabetic nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on March 31, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2473-2476; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp015 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Hilde Kloster Smerud, Bengt Fellström, Roger Hällgren, Sonia Osagie, Per Venge, and Gudjón Kristjánsson

Gluten sensitivity in patients with IgA nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on March 30, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2476-2481; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp133 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Srinivasan Beddhu, Sagar U. Nigwekar, Xilulian Ma, and Tom Greene

Associations of resting heart rate with insulin resistance, cardiovascular events and mortality in chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on March 22, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2482-2488; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp057 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Nadezda Koleganova, Grzegorz Piecha, Eberhard Ritz, Peter Schirmacher, Annett Müller, Hans-Peter Meyer, and Marie-Luise Gross

Arterial calcification in patients with chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on March 27, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2488-2496; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp137 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dialysis

Get checked abstract Chih-Cheng Wu, Szu-Chi Wen, Meng-Kan Chen, Chung-Wei Yang, Shih-Yun Pu, Kuei-Chin Tsai, Charng-Jiang Chen, and Cheng-Han Chao

Radial artery approach for endovascular salvage of occluded autogenous radial-cephalic fistulae
NDT Advance Access published on March 3, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2497-2502; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp087 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Enric Vilar, David Wellsted, Shahid M. Chandna, Roger N. Greenwood, and Ken Farrington

Residual renal function improves outcome in incremental haemodialysis despite reduced dialysis dose
NDT Advance Access published on February 24, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2502-2510; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp071 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ismail Dursun, Hakan M Poyrazoglu, Zubeyde Gunduz, Harun Ulger, Ali Yykylmaz, Ruhan Dusunsel, Turkan Patyroglu, and Metin Gurgoze

The relationship between circulating endothelial microparticles and arterial stiffness and atherosclerosis in children with chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on February 24, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2511-2518; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp066 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Kelly V. Liang, Eddie L. Greene, Amy W. Williams, Charles A. Herzog, David O. Hodge, Theophilus E. Owan, and Margaret M. Redfield

Exploratory study of relationship between hospitalized heart failure patients and chronic renal replacement therapy
NDT Advance Access published on January 28, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2518-2523; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn775 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Amedeo F. De Vecchi, Fabrizia Bamonti, Cristina Novembrino, Silvia Ippolito, Luisella Guerra, Silvia Lonati, Silvia Salini, Caroline S. Aman, Elisabetta Scurati-Manzoni, and Giuliana Cighetti

Free and total plasma malondialdehyde in chronic renal insufficiency and in dialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on March 4, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2524-2529; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Simonetta Genovesi, Maria G. Valsecchi, Emanuela Rossi, Daniela Pogliani, Irene Acquistapace, Vincenzo De Cristofaro, Andrea Stella, and Antonio Vincenti

Sudden death and associated factors in a historical cohort of chronic haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on March 16, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2529-2536; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Liviu Segall, Nicoleta-Genoveva Mardare, Sorin Ungureanu, Mihaela Busuioc, Ionut Nistor, Roxana Enache, Simona Marian, and Adrian Covic

Nutritional status evaluation and survival in haemodialysis patients in one centre from Romania
NDT Advance Access published on March 17, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2536-2540; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp110 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Madeleine V. Pahl, Zhenmin Ni, Lili Sepassi, Hamid Moradi, and Nosratola D. Vaziri

Plasma phospholipid transfer protein, cholesteryl ester transfer protein and lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase in end-stage renal disease (ESRD)
NDT Advance Access published on March 18, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2541-2546; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp120 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Michael Copland, Donna Murphy-Burke, Adeera Levin, Rajinder S. Singh, Paul Taylor, and Lee Er

Implementing a home haemodialysis programme without adversely affecting a peritoneal dialysis programme
NDT Advance Access published on March 27, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2546-2550; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp130 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Na Jiang, Jiaqi Qian, Weilan Sun, Aiwu Lin, Liou Cao, Qin Wang, Zhaohui Ni, Yanping Wan, Bengt Linholm, Jonas Axelsson, and Qiang Yao

Better preservation of residual renal function in peritoneal dialysis patients treated with a low-protein diet supplemented with keto acids: a prospective, randomized trial
NDT Advance Access published on March 3, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2551-2558; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp085 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Transplantation

Get checked abstract Jeroen Aalten, Frederike J. Bemelman, Ella M. van den Berg-Loonen, Frans H. Claas, Maarten H. Christiaans, Johan W. de Fijter, Bouke G. Hepkema, Ronald J. Hené, Jaap J. Homan van der Heide, Johannes P. van Hooff, Neubury M. Lardy, Simon P. Lems, Henderikus G. Otten, Willem Weimar, Wil A. Allebes, and Andries J. Hoitsma

Pre-kidney-transplant blood transfusions do not improve transplantation outcome: a Dutch national study
NDT Advance Access published on May 27, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2559-2566; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp233 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Andreas Scherer, Wilfried Gwinner, Michael Mengel, Torsten Kirsch, Friedrich Raulf, Joseph D. Szustakowski, Nicole Hartmann, Frank Staedtler, Guenter Engel, Jochen Klupp, Alexander Korn, Jeanne Kehren, and Hermann Haller

Transcriptome changes in renal allograft protocol biopsies at 3 months precede the onset of interstitial fibrosis/tubular atrophy (IF/TA) at 6 months
NDT Advance Access published on April 27, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2567-2575; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp183 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Alexander S. Goldfarb-Rumyantzev, Fuad Shihab, Lyska Emerson, Geraldine Mineau, Carole Schaefer, Hongying Tang, Cheri Hunter, Natalie Naiman, Lonnie Smith, and Richard Kerber

A population-based assessment of the familial component of acute kidney allograft rejection
NDT Advance Access published on March 13, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2575-2583; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp086 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sang Il Min, Ik Jin Yun, Jin Mo Kang, Yang Jin Park, Seung Kee Min, Curie Ahn, Sang Joon Kim, and Jongwon Ha

Moderate-to-severe early-onset hyperuricaemia: a prognostic marker of long-term kidney transplant outcome
NDT Advance Access published on April 25, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2584-2590; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp192 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Exceptional Cases

Get checked abstract Manish D. Sinha, Catherine Horsfield, Debbie Komaromy, Caroline J. Booth, and Michael P. Champion

Congenital disorders of glycosylation: a rare cause of nephrotic syndrome
NDT Advance Access published on May 27, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2591-2594; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp226 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Justine Bacchetta, Ingrid Plotton, Bruno Ranchin, Thierry Vial, Marc Nicolino, Yves Morel, and Pierre Cochat

Precocious puberty and unlicensed paediatric drugs for severe hyperparathyroidism
NDT Advance Access published on May 6, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2595-2598; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp211 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Saadia Skalli, Marie-Dominique Desruet, Jean-Cyril Bourre, Jean-Pierre Caravel, and Jean-Philippe Vuillez

Optimal treatment of painful bone metastases with Samarium EDTMP in a haemodialysis patient: effectiveness and safety of internal radiotherapy
NDT Advance Access published on April 15, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2598-2600; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp148 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

III. Varia

Letter

Michael M. Sachse, Jochen H. H. Ehrich, Lars Pape, Iris Pigeot, Ingrid Jahn, and Friedrich A. Bahmer

SPF 50 for organ transplant patients—over the top?
NDT Advance Access published on May 21, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2601; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp222 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters and Replies

Helmut Schiffl

The Hannover Dialysis (extended dialysis) study and the dose-outcome relation
NDT Advance Access published on May 9, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2602; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp203 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robert Faulhaber-Walter

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on May 9, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2602-2603; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp209 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mahmut Yazici, Alper Sonmez, Mustafa Kutlu, and Mahmut Ilker Yilmaz

The effect of the renin–angiotensin system blockage on the plasma adiponectin levels and insulin sensitivity in patients with chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on May 22, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2603-2604; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp223 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Li Li Guo, Yu Pan, and Hui Min Jin

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on May 22, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2604-2605; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp227 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mario Cozzolino

The role of FGF-23 in CKD patients still needs to be clarified
NDT Advance Access published on May 27, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2605; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp240 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carmine Zoccali

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on May 27, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2605; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp248 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Chih-Cheng Lai, Che-Kim Tan, Chun-Hsing Liao, Chien-Hong Chou, Yu-Tsung Huang, and Po-Ren Hsueh

Diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis among dialysis patients by enzyme-linked immunospot assay for interferon-
NDT Advance Access published on May 27, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2605-2606; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp224 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tsuyoshi Inoue and Fumihiko Hinoshita

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on May 27, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2606-2607; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp228 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Weekitt Kittisupamongkol

Not all that itches is uraemic pruritus
NDT Advance Access published on May 27, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2607; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp239 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Thomas Mettang, Uwe Matterne, and Elke Weisshaar

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on May 27, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2607-2608; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp250 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Davide Bolignano and Michele Buemi

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on May 27, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2609-2610; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp247 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jacques Rottembourg

Calcium-containing phosphate binders: should we CARE-2 avoid them?
NDT Advance Access published on May 27, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2610; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp236 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jürgen Floege

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NDT Advance Access published on May 27, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2610-2611; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp246 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jo H. M. Berden

Azathioprine, the Cinderella in the treatment of lupus nephritis
NDT Advance Access published on June 9, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2611-2612; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp241 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joanne M. Bargman

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NDT Advance Access published on June 9, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2612; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp249 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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