Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

editorial:

E. Podjarny, A. Mandelbaum, and J. Bernheim

Does nitric oxide play a role in normal pregnancy and pregnancy-induced hypertension?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1527-1529. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. G. Woolfson, C.G.M. Millar, and G. H. Neild

Ischaemia and reperfusion injury in the kidney: current status and future direction
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1529-1531. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

F. C. Luft

Of savoury and less than savoury salty matters
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1531-1533. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D. Vorwerk and R. W. Günther

To stent or not to stent: is there a role for vascular endoprostheses in haemodialysis shunts?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1533-1537. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. G. Winearls and C. Bass

The loin pain haematuria syndrome
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1537-1539. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. Ponticelli and G. Pezzagno

Hydrocarbons and glomerulonephritis–is the definite answer in?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1539-1540. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

research-article:

F. P. Schena and L. Gesualdo

Renal biopsy—beyond histology and immunofluorescence
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1541-1544. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

F. W. Ballardie, M. T. Gordon, P. T. Sharpe, A. M. Darvill, and H. Cheng

Intrarenal cytokine mRNA expression and location in normal and IgA nephropathy tissue: TGF, TGFß, IGF 1, IL-4 and IL-6
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1545-1552. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E. Honkanen, A.M. Teppo, S. Meri, T. Lehto, and C. Grönhagen-Riska

Urinary excretion of cytokines and complement SC5b-9 in idiopathic membranous glomerulonephritis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1553-1559. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T. Rampino, C. Libetta, G. Palumbo, B. Memoli, and A. Dal Canton

Interleukin-6 production induced in peripheral blood mononuclear cells by a serum factor from IgA nephropathy patients is inhibited in vitro by specific sugars
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1560-1563. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. E. Finn, Li Zhang, S. Agrawal, D. R. W. Jayne, D. B. G. Oliveira, and P. W. Mathieson

Molecular analysis of C3 allotypes in patients with systemic vasculitis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1564-1567. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. Riehl, Sabine Maigatter, H. Kierdorf, H. Schmitt, N. Maurin, and H. G. Sieberth

Percutaneous renal biopsy: comparison of manual and automated puncture techniques with native and transplanted kidneys
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1568-1574. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. Yaqoob, A. King, P. McClelland, I. McDicken, and G.M. Bell

Relationship between hydrocarbon exposure and nephropathology in primary glomerulonephritis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1575-1579. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

O. Samuelsson, P.-O. Attman, C. Knight-Gibson, B. Kron, R. Larsson, H. Mulec, L. Weiss, and P. Alaupovic

Lipoprotein abnormalities without hyperlipidaemia in moderate renal insufficiency
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1580-1585. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. Arnadottir and P. Nilsson-Ehle

Parathyroid hormone is not an inhibitor of lipoprotein lipase activity
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1586-1589. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G. D'Amico, M. G. Gentile, G. Fellin, G. Manna, and F. Cofano

Effect of dietary protein restriction on the progression of renal failure: a prospective randomized trial
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1590-1594. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. L. Bianchi, G. Colantonio, F. Campanini, R. Rossi, G. Valenti, S. Ortolani, and G. Buccianti

Calcitriol and calcium carbonate therapy in early chronic renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1595-1599. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. H. Thompson, G. J. Kemp, P. R. J. Barnes, B. Rajagopalan, P. Styles, D. J. Taylor, and G. K. Radda

Uraemic muscle metabolism at rest and during exercise
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1600-1605. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. L. Mege, P. Brunet, C. Capo, B. Dussol, P. Bongrand, and Y. Berland

Non-endotoxinic tumour necrosis factor--inducing factors in haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1606-1610. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

F. Fabrizi, G. Lunghi, I. Guarnori, L. Raffaele, M. Crepaldi, A. Pagano, and F. Locatelli

Incidence of seroconversion for hepatitis C virus in chronic haemodialysis patients: a prospective study
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1611-1615. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. J. Luik, D. G. Struijk, U. Gladziwa, R. W. vOlden, J. P. vHooff, P. W. de Leeuw, and K. M. L. Leunissen

Diurnal blood-pressure variations in haemodialysis and CAPD patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1616-1621. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. Conti, F. J. Frey, G. Escher, C. Marone, and B. M. Frey

Renal handling of prednisolone/prednisone: effect of steroid dose and llß-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1622-1628. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

I. J. Klompmaker, J. J. Homan van der Heide, A. M. Tegzess, S. Meijer, E. B. Haagsma, R. Verwer, and M. J. H. Slooff

Effects of cyclosporin A withdrawal on renal function and renal stimulation in liver transplant patients treated with triple-drug immunosuppression for over 2 years
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1629-1633. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L. Nilsson, H. Ekberg, K. Fält, H. Löfberg, and G. Sterner

Renal arteriovenous shunting in rejecting allograft, hydronephrosis, or haemorrhagic hypotension in the rat
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1634-1639. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

case-report:

P. Gibson, R. J. Winney, G. Masterton, and R. G. Fowles

Bilateral nephrectomy and haemodialysis for the treatment of severe loin pain haematuria syndrome
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1640-1641. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. Peces, A. Sánchez, M. de la Torre, and J. Blanco

Schönlein-Henoch glomerulonephritis complicating diabetic glomerulosclerosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1642-1644. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G. C. Lavoratti, D. Seracini, I. Pela, M. Materassi, G. F. Vichi, S. Di Lollo, and G. Bartolozzi

Resistance to recombinant human erythropoietin therapy in a child with renal failure due to primary hyperoxaluria type 1
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1645-1648. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. R. Mills, A. P. Burns, A. M. Dorman, P. J. Sweny, and J. F. Moorhead

Granulomatous sarcoid nephritis presenting as frank haematuria
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1649-1651. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Korzets, S. Katz, A. Chagnac, M. Katz, U. Gafter, D. Zevin, and J. Levi

An infected right atrial thrombus — a new complication of haemodialysis associated subclavian vein catheterisation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1652-1654. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G. Queffeulou, D. Ducloux, C. Faucher, F. Carnot, K. Juvin, D. Israel-Biet, J. L. Diehl, G. Meyer, G. Deray, T. Petitclerc, and C. Jacobs

Fatal cyclophosphamide-induced interstitial pneumonitis in a renal transplant patient
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1655-1657. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B. De Saedeleer, J. Sennesael, P. Van der Niepen, and D. Verbeelen

Intraperitoneal fluconazole therapy for Trichosporon cutaneum peritonitis in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1658-1659. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

other:

S. Klahr and G. D'Amico

Second International Symposium on Lipids, Atherosclerosis and the Kidney: summary of scientific presentations
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1660-1663. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

F. Herth, F. Rentsch, and K. W. Kühn

Visual deterioration in a patient with hydronephrosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1664. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E. Frömter

Klaus Hierholzer, recipient of the Franz Volhard Medal
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1665. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Davison and E. Ritz

Professor F. Kokot, Katowice, Poland
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1666. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

obituary:

A. Heidland and S. G. Massry

Henri Jahn (1923–1994)
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1667. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

abstract:

Renal Association, April 7–8 1994, Edinburgh, UK
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1668-1692. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

K. Matsumoto

Spontaneous release of interleukin-8 by glomerular macrophages from patients with rapidly progressive crescentic glomerulonephritis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1693. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B. Agroyannis, D. Mourikis, H. Tzanatos, C. Chontros, I. Kopelias, K. Fourtounas, D. Koutsikos, and L. Vlachos

Renal vein ammonia concentration in unilateral renal artery stenosis and hypertension
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1693-1694. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

U. Gladziwa, R. Bares, U. Klotz, and H.-G. Sieberth

Gastric emptying in patients with chronic renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1694-1695. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PJ Garrett

Does hyperprolactinaemia predispose to aluminium toxicity in chronic renal failure?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1695. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K. Farrington, J. E. Tattersall, and R. N. Greenwood

Does hyperprolactinaemia predispose to aluminium toxicity in chronic renal failure?: Reply by authors
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1695. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. Roy-Chaudhury and N. Edward

ACE inhibitors in the management of haemodialysis ascites
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1695-1696. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B. Page and J. Zingraff

Resistance to rHuEpo and Kidney graft rejection
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1696. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. K. Almond and J. Cunningham

Resistance to rHuEpo and Kidney graft rejection: Reply by authors
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1696. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. Romero, D. Novoa, A. Perez-Freiria, R. Alonso, C. Donapetry, and D. Sanchez-Guisande

Responsiveness to erythropoietin and intrinsic inflammatory status in haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1696-1697. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E. Özyilkan, T. Akpolat, N. Arik, H. T. Köseoglu, and H. Telatar

Characteristics of chronic hepatitis C virus infection in patients on maintenance haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1697-1698. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D. J. A. Goldsmith

Does diurnal variation in blood pressure exist in CAPD patients?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1698. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Z. Korzets, E. Golan, A. Erdberg, and J. Bernheim

Does diurnal variation in blood pressure exist in CAPD patients?: Reply by authors
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1699. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T. Nadasdy

Arterial endothelialitis in chronic renal allograft rejection
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1699-1700. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D. R. Gouldesbrough

Arterial endothelialitis in chronic renal allograft rejection: Reply by authors
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1700. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcements:

Announcements
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 9: 1701. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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