Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

In This Issue

In this issue
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: i-ii; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp412 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Comments

Markus Ketteler and Patrick H. Biggar

As nature did not predict dialysis—what we can learn from FGF23 in end-stage renal disease?
NDT Advance Access published on July 2, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2618-2620; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp323 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Simon J. Davies

Preserving residual renal function in peritoneal dialysis: volume or biocompatibility?
NDT Advance Access published on June 23, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2620-2622; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp313 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Reviews

Claudio Ponticelli and Ornella Della Casa Alberighi

Haemophagocytic syndrome—a life-threatening complication of renal transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on June 12, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2623-2627; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp282 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rafael S. Lindoso, Karine S. Verdoorn, and Marcelo Einicker-Lamas

Renal recovery after injury: the role of Pax-2
NDT Advance Access published on June 25, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2628-2633; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp307 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Translational Nephrology

Rudolf P. Wüthrich

RAS meets SLE
NDT Advance Access published on July 2, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2634-2636; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp326 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

II. Scientific Papers

Original Articles

Experimental Nephrology

Get checked abstract Mabel J. van den Hoven, Femke Waanders, Angelique L. Rops, Andrea B. Kramer, Harry van Goor, Jo H. Berden, Gerjan Navis, and Johan van der Vlag

Regulation of glomerular heparanase expression by aldosterone, angiotensin II and reactive oxygen species
NDT Advance Access published on May 9, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2637-2645; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp182 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Cecile Dessapt, Marc Olivier Baradez, Anthea Hayward, Alessandra Dei Cas, Stephen M. Thomas, Giancarlo Viberti, and Luigi Gnudi

Mechanical forces and TGFβ1 reduce podocyte adhesion through 3β1 integrin downregulation
NDT Advance Access published on May 6, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2645-2655; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp204 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Dong Dong Luo, Ceri Fielding, Aled Phillips, and Donald Fraser

Interleukin-1 beta regulates proximal tubular cell transforming growth factor beta-1 signalling
NDT Advance Access published on May 6, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2655-2665; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp208 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Takahisa Kawakami, Reiko Inagi, Hideki Takano, Shigeru Sato, Julie R. Ingelfinger, Toshiro Fujita, and Masaomi Nangaku

Endoplasmic reticulum stress induces autophagy in renal proximal tubular cells
NDT Advance Access published on May 19, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2665-2672; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp215 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Marta Puigmulé, Joan López-Hellin, Guillermo Suñé, Olga Tornavaca, Sonia Camaño, Alberto Tejedor, and Anna Meseguer

Differential proteomic analysis of cyclosporine A-induced toxicity in renal proximal tubule cells
NDT Advance Access published on April 15, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2672-2686; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp149 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Yoshihide Fujigaki, Masanori Sakakima, Yuan Sun, Tomoyuki Fujikura, Takayuki Tsuji, Hideo Yasuda, and Akira Hishida

Cell division and phenotypic regression of proximal tubular cells in response to uranyl acetate insult in rats
NDT Advance Access published on April 25, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2686-2692; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp199 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Eun Hui Bae, JongUn Lee, Seong Kwon Ma, In Jin Kim, Jørgen Frøkiær, Søren Nielsen, Sun Young Kim, and Soo Wan Kim

-Lipoic acid prevents cisplatin-induced acute kidney injury in rats
NDT Advance Access published on April 17, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2692-2700; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp176 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Nisar A. Khan, Denis Susa, Jan Willem van den Berg, Martin Huisman, Miriam H. Ameling, Sandra van den Engel, Henk P. Roest, Jan N. M. IJzermans, Willem A. Dik, Robbert Benner, and Ron W. F. de Bruin

Amelioration of renal ischaemia-reperfusion injury by synthetic oligopeptides related to human chorionic gonadotropin
NDT Advance Access published on July 25, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2701-2708; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp369 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Liang Zhu, DeZheng Gong, Yuan Zou, YouSheng Li, YunHong Wu, LiLi Guan, Qiong Wu, Bo Yuan, LiMing Wang, and FuWen Luo

Cervical heterotopic kidney transplantation in rats using non-suturing and preserving-bag techniques
NDT Advance Access published on April 15, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2708-2713; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp169 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical Nephrology

Get checked abstract Adeera Levin, Munaza R. Chaudhry, Ognjenka Djurdjev, Monica Beaulieu, and Paul Komenda

Diabetes, kidney disease and cardiovascular disease patients. Assessing care of complex patients using outpatient testing and visits: additional metrics by which to evaluate health care system functioning
NDT Advance Access published on April 24, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2714-2720; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp180 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Alkis Pierides, Konstantinos Voskarides, Yiannis Athanasiou, Kyriacos Ioannou, Loukas Damianou, Maria Arsali, Michalis Zavros, Michael Pierides, Vasilios Vargemezis, Charalambos Patsias, Ioanna Zouvani, Avraam Elia, Kyriacos Kyriacou, and Constantinos Deltas

Clinico-pathological correlations in 127 patients in 11 large pedigrees, segregating one of three heterozygous mutations in the COL4A3/ COL4A4 genes associated with familial haematuria and significant late progression to proteinuria and chronic kidney disease from focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
NDT Advance Access published on April 8, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2721-2729; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp158 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Prayong Vachvanichsanong, Pornsak Dissaneewate, and Edward McNeil

Diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis does not determine the worst outcome in childhood-onset lupus nephritis: a 23-year experience in a single centre
NDT Advance Access published on April 25, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2729-2734; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp173 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ilaria Carboni, Elena Andreucci, Maria R. Caruso, Roberto Ciccone, Orsetta Zuffardi, Maurizio Genuardi, Ivana Pela, and Sabrina Giglio

Medullary sponge kidney associated with primary distal renal tubular acidosis and mutations of the H⁺-ATPase genes
NDT Advance Access published on April 13, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2734-2738; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp160 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sean M. Bagshaw, Shigehiko Uchino, Dinna Cruz, Rinaldo Bellomo, Hiroshi Morimatsu, Stanislao Morgera, Miet Schetz, Ian Tan, Catherine Bouman, Etienne Macedo, Noel Gibney, Ashita Tolwani, Heleen M. Oudemans-van Straaten, Claudio Ronco, and John A. Kellum for the Beginning and Ending Supportive Therapy for the Kidney (BEST Kidney) Investigators

A comparison of observed versus estimated baseline creatinine for determination of RIFLE class in patients with acute kidney injury
NDT Advance Access published on April 6, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2739-2744; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp159 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Yali Cao, Youkang Zhang, Suxia Wang, and Wanzhong Zou

Detection of the hepatitis C virus antigen in kidney tissue from infected patients with various glomerulonephritis
NDT Advance Access published on April 17, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2745-2751; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp167 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Theresa Kwon, Alexandre Belot, Bruno Ranchin, Véronique Baudouin, Véronique Fremeaux-Bacchi, Marie-Agnès Dragon-Durey, Pierre Cochat, and Chantal Loirat

Varicella as a trigger of atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome associated with complement dysfunction: two cases
NDT Advance Access published on April 17, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2752-2754; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp166 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Peter Boor, Frank Eitner, Clemens D. Cohen, Maja T. Lindenmeyer for the ERCB-Consortium, Peter R. Mertens, Tammo Ostendorf, and Jürgen Floege

Patients with IgA nephropathy exhibit high systemic PDGF-DD levels
NDT Advance Access published on April 8, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2755-2762; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp152 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Yvette R. B. M. van Gestel, Michel Chonchol, Sanne E. Hoeks, Gijs M. J. M. Welten, Henk Stam, Frans W. Mertens, Ron T. van Domburg, and Don Poldermans

Association between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic kidney disease in vascular surgery patients
NDT Advance Access published on April 15, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2763-2767; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp171 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Helena Kastarinen, Olavi Ukkola, and Y. Antero Kesäniemi

Glomerular filtration rate is related to carotid intima–media thickness in middle-aged adults
NDT Advance Access published on April 15, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2767-2772; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp172 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Niina Koivuviita, Risto Tertti, Mikko Järvisalo, Mikko Pietilä, Jarna Hannukainen, Jan Sundell, Pirjo Nuutila, Juhani Knuuti, and Kaj Metsärinne

Increased basal myocardial perfusion in patients with chronic kidney disease without symptomatic coronary artery disease
NDT Advance Access published on April 15, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2773-2779; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp175 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Toshihiro Sugiura and Akira Wada

Resistive index predicts renal prognosis in chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on March 23, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2780-2785; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp121 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dialysis

Get checked abstract Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, Yang Wang, Mahesh Krishnamoorthy, Jianhua Zhang, Rupak Banerjee, Rino Munda, Sue Heffelfinger, and Lois Arend

Cellular phenotypes in human stenotic lesions from haemodialysis vascular access
NDT Advance Access published on April 17, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2786-2791; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn708 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Guillaume Jean, Jean-Claude Terrat, Thierry Vanel, Jean-Marc Hurot, Christie Lorriaux, Brice Mayor, and Charles Chazot

High levels of serum fibroblast growth factor (FGF)-23 are associated with increased mortality in long haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on April 25, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2792-2796; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp191 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Aarne Vartia

Effect of treatment frequency on haemodialysis dose: comparison of EKR and stdKt/V
NDT Advance Access published on April 22, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2797-2803; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp177 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sung Jin Moon, Dong Ki Kim, Jae Hyun Chang, Chan Ho Kim, Hyun Wook Kim, Sun Young Park, Seung Hyeok Han, Jung Eun Lee, Tae-Hyun Yoo, Dae Suk Han, and Shin-Wook Kang

The impact of dialysis modality on skin hyperpigmentation in haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on April 2, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2803-2809; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp143 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Antonio Alberto Lopes, Jennifer L. Bragg-Gresham, Sylvia P. B. Ramirez, Vittorio E. Andreucci, Takashi Akiba, Akira Saito, Stefan H. Jacobson, Bruce M. Robinson, Friedrich K. Port, Nancy A. Mason, and Eric W. Young

Prescription of antihypertensive agents to haemodialysis patients: time trends and associations with patient characteristics, country and survival in the DOPPS
NDT Advance Access published on May 14, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2809-2816; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp212 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Luciano A. Pedrini, Annalisa Feliciani, Simona Zerbi, Giorgio Cozzi, and Pio Ruggiero

Optimization of mid-dilution haemodiafiltration: technique and performance
NDT Advance Access published on May 6, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2816-2824; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp207 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract James A. Macdonald, Stephen P. McDonald, Carmel M. Hawley, Johan Rosman, Fiona Brown, Kathryn J. Wiggins, Kym Bannister, and David W. Johnson

Recovery of renal function in end-stage renal failure—comparison between peritoneal dialysis and haemodialysis
NDT Advance Access published on May 14, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2825-2831; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp216 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Kai-Dietrich Nüsken, Maurice Petrasch, Manfred Rauh, Wolfgang Stöhr, Eva Nüsken, Holm Schneider, and Jörg Dötsch

Active visfatin is elevated in serum of maintenance haemodialysis patients and correlates inversely with circulating HDL cholesterol
NDT Advance Access published on April 23, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2832-2838; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp178 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Stefan Reuter, Philip Bangen, Bayram Edemir, Uta Hillebrand, Hermann Pavenstädt, Stefan Heidenreich, and Detlef Lang

The HSP72 stress response of monocytes from patients on haemodialysis is impaired
NDT Advance Access published on April 1, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2838-2846; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp142 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sendogan Aker, Christos Bantis, Philip Reis, Nicola Kuhr, Christina Schwandt, Bernd Grabensee, Peter Heering, and Katrin Ivens

Influence of interleukin-6 G-174C gene polymorphism on coronary artery disease, cardiovascular complications and mortality in dialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on April 6, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2847-2851; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp141 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Pablo Ureña, Stefan H. Jacobson, Emanuel Zitt, Marc Vervloet, Fabio Malberti, Neil Ashman, Sean Leavey, Marianne Rix, Ingrid Os, Heikki Saha, Miroslav Ryba, Veronika Bencova, Ana Baños, Valter Zani, and Denis Fouque

Cinacalcet and achievement of the NKF/K-DOQI^TM recommended target values for bone and mineral metabolism in real-world clinical practice—the ECHO observational study
NDT Advance Access published on April 15, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2852-2859; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp144 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Luigi Francesco Morrone, Sandro Mazzaferro, Domenico Russo, Filippo Aucella, Mario Cozzolino, Maria Grazia Facchini, Andrea Galfrè, Fabio Malberti, Maria Cristina Mereu, Maurizio Nordio, Giovanni Pertosa, Domenico Santoro, and CPCP Study Investigators

Interaction between parathyroid hormone and the Charlson comorbidity index on survival of incident haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on April 15, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2859-2865; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp170 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jean-Pierre Riveline, Julie Teynie, Simohamed Belmouaz, Sylvia Franc, Dured Dardari, Marc Bauwens, Valérie Caudwell, Stéphanie Ragot, Frank Bridoux, Guillaume Charpentier, Richard Marechaud, and Samy Hadjadj

Glycaemic control in type 2 diabetic patients on chronic haemodialysis: use of a continuous glucose monitoring system
NDT Advance Access published on April 23, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2866-2871; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp181 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Charles Chazot, Jean-Paul Gassia, Attilio Di Benedetto, Salvatore Cesare, Pedro Ponce, and Daniele Marcelli

Is there any survival advantage of obesity in Southern European haemodialysis patients?
NDT Advance Access published on April 15, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2871-2876; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp168 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Raman Rao, David Ansell, Julie A. Gilg, Simon J. Davies, Edmund J. Lamb, and Charlie R. V. Tomson

Effect of change in renal replacement therapy modality on laboratory variables: a cohort study from the UK Renal Registry
NDT Advance Access published on April 8, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2877-2882; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp163 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Aaron C. Petersen, Murray J. Leikis, Lawrence P. McMahon, Annette B. Kent, and Michael J. McKenna

Effects of endurance training on extrarenal potassium regulation and exercise performance in patients on haemodialysis
NDT Advance Access published on April 23, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2882-2888; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp157 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Tomasz Liberek, Marcin Renke, Bartosz Skonieczny, Karolina Kotewicz, Jolanta Kowalewska, Michal Chmielewski, Jacek Kot, Monika Lichodziejewska-Niemierko, and Boleslaw Rutkowski

Therapy outcome in peritoneal dialysis patients transferred from haemodialysis
NDT Advance Access published on April 2, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2889-2894; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp132 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Vincenzo La Milia, Monica Limardo, Andrea Cavalli, Monica Crepaldi, and Francesco Locatelli

Transport of peritoneal membrane assessed before and after the start of peritoneal dialysis
NDT Advance Access published on April 6, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2894-2898; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp151 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sejoong Kim, Jieun Oh, Suhnggwon Kim, Wookyung Chung, Curie Ahn, Sung Gyun Kim, and Kook-Hwan Oh

Benefits of biocompatible PD fluid for preservation of residual renal function in incident CAPD patients: a 1-year study
NDT Advance Access published on March 3, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2899-2908; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp054 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Chia-Te Liao, Yung-Ming Chen, Chih-Chung Shiao, Fu-Chang Hu, Jenq-Wen Huang, Tze-Wah Kao, Hsueh-Fang Chuang, Kuan-Yu Hung, Kwan-Dun Wu, and Tun-Jun Tsai

Rate of decline of residual renal function is associated with all-cause mortality and technique failure in patients on long-term peritoneal dialysis
NDT Advance Access published on February 18, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2909-2914; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp056 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Transplantation

Get checked abstract Robert P. Pauly, John S. Gill, Caren L. Rose, Reem A. Asad, Anne Chery, Andreas Pierratos, and Christopher T. Chan

Survival among nocturnal home haemodialysis patients compared to kidney transplant recipients
NDT Advance Access published on July 7, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2915-2919; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp295 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ran-hui Cha, Seung Hee Yang, Hyo Sang Kim, Sun Moon Kim, Myoung Hee Park, Jongwon Ha, and Yon Su Kim

Genetic interactions between the donor and the recipient for susceptibility to acute rejection in kidney transplantation: polymorphisms of CCR5
NDT Advance Access published on June 26, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2919-2925; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp317 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Neil Boudville, Muna Salama, Gary P. Jeffrey, and Paolo Ferrari

The inaccuracy of cystatin C and creatinine-based equations in predicting GFR in orthotopic liver transplant recipients
NDT Advance Access published on June 8, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2926-2930; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp255 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Lina Artifoni, Elisa Benetti, Sonia Centi, Susanna Negrisolo, Gian Marco Ghiggeri, Fabrizio Ginevri, Luciana Ghio, Alberto Edefonti, Caterina Brambilla, Nicoletta Cagni, and Luisa Murer

The impact of eNOS, MTR and MTHFR polymorphisms on renal graft survival in children and young adults
NDT Advance Access published on April 6, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2931-2937; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp161 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Exceptional Cases

Get checked abstract Eric De Smet, Jean-Philippe Rioux, Hélène Ammann, Clément Déziel, and Serge Quérin

FSGS permeability factor-associated nephrotic syndrome: remission after oral galactose therapy
NDT Advance Access published on June 9, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2938-2940; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp278 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jean-François Augusto, Johnny Sayegh, Amélie Simon, Anne Croue, Jean-Marie Chennebault, Maud Cousin, and Jean-François Subra

A case of sulphasalazine-induced DRESS syndrome with delayed acute interstitial nephritis
NDT Advance Access published on June 9, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2940-2942; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp277 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Yali Cao, Youkang Zhang, Suxia Wang, Minghui Zhao, and Wanzhong Zou

Simultaneous occurrence of hepatitis C virus-associated glomerulonephritis and AL amyloidosis
NDT Advance Access published on June 25, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2943-2945; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp296 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Iddo Z. Ben-Dov, Galina Pizov, Eldad Ben-Chetrit, Dvora Rubinger, and Reuven Or

Fatal nephrotic syndrome complicating allogeneic stem cell transplantation: a case report
NDT Advance Access published on June 8, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2946-2949; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp261 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

III. Varia

Letters and Replies

Beata Sulikowska and Jacek Manitius

Polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) in IgA patients
NDT Advance Access published on June 23, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2950; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp146 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pietro Manuel Ferraro and Giovanni Gambaro

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on June 23, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2950-2951; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp155 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Neveen Soliman

Nail-patella syndrome, infantile nephrotic syndrome: complete remission with antiproteinuric treatment
NDT Advance Access published on June 18, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2951; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp266 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Willem Proesmans on behalf of his coauthors, Maria Van Dyck, and Koenraad Devriendt

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on June 18, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2951-2952; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp270 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pierre Delanaye, Etienne Cavalier, and Jean Marie Krzesinski

Low prevalence of chronic kidney disease in Far-East Asian populations: impact of the ethnicity factor?
NDT Advance Access published on June 13, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2952-2953; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp279 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Xinju Zhao, Li Zuo, and Haiyan Wang

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NDT Advance Access published on June 13, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2953-2954; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp291 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcements

Announcements
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 2955-2956; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp413 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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