Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

In This Issue

In this issue
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: i; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp774 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

World Kidney Day

R. C. Atkins and P. Zimmet

Diabetic kidney disease: act now or pay later
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 331-333; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp757 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Comments

Francesco Pesce and Francesco Paolo Schena

Worldwide distribution of glomerular diseases: the role of renal biopsy registries
NDT Advance Access published on November 30, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 334-336; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp620 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Krzysztof Kiryluk, Ali G. Gharavi, Claudia Izzi, and Francesco Scolari

IgA nephropathy—the case for a genetic basis becomes stronger
NDT Advance Access published on November 13, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 336-338; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp593 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Charlotte Gimpel and Franz Schaefer

Williams–Beuren syndrome—stretching to learn big lessons from small patients
NDT Advance Access published on November 24, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 339-341; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp614 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ferdinand H. Bahlmann, Thimoteus Speer, and Danilo Fliser

Endothelial progenitor cells in chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on November 24, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 341-346; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp643 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Francesco Locatelli and Sara Viganò

Are natriuretic peptides a reliable marker for mortality in ESRD patients?
NDT Advance Access published on November 24, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 347-349; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp606 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Beth Piraino

Mupirocin for preventing exit-site infection and peritonitis in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis. Was it effective?
NDT Advance Access published on November 24, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 349-352; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp615 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Translational Nephrology

Get checked abstract Paolo Menè and Nicola Pirozzi

Potassium channels: the ‘master switch’ of renal fibrosis?
NDT Advance Access published on November 26, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 353-355; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp634 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kidney Diseases Beyond Nephrology

Charles A. Herzog

Kidney disease in cardiology
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 356-360; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp733 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Guntram Schernthaner

Kidney disease in diabetology: lessons from 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 360-363; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp759 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

II. Scientific Papers

Original Articles

Experimental Nephrology

Get checked abstract Keisuke Ishizawa, Yuki Izawa-Ishizawa, Narantungalag Dorjsuren, Erika Miki, Yoshitaka Kihira, Yasumasa Ikeda, Shuichi Hamano, Kazuyoshi Kawazoe, Kazuo Minakuchi, Shuhei Tomita, Koichiro Tsuchiya, and Toshiaki Tamaki

Angiotensin II receptor blocker attenuates PDGF-induced mesangial cell migration in a receptor-independent manner
NDT Advance Access published on October 7, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 364-372; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp520 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Lina Krasny, Nilly Shimony, Keren Tzukert, Raphael Gorodetsky, Shimon Lecht, Dirk M. Nettelbeck, and Yosef S. Haviv

An in-vitro tumour microenvironment model using adhesion to type I collagen reveals Akt-dependent radiation resistance in renal cancer cells
NDT Advance Access published on October 13, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 373-380; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp525 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Flávia Fernandes Mesquita, José Antonio Rocha Gontijo, and Patrícia Aline Boer

Expression of renin–angiotensin system signalling compounds in maternal protein-restricted rats: effect on renal sodium excretion and blood pressure
NDT Advance Access published on September 30, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 380-388; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp505 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sungjin Chung, Cheol Whee Park, Seok Joon Shin, Ji Hee Lim, Hyun Wha Chung, Dong-Ye Youn, Hyung Wook Kim, Byung Soo Kim, Jeong-Hwa Lee, Gheun-Ho Kim, and Yoon Sik Chang

Tempol or candesartan prevents high-fat diet-induced hypertension and renal damage in spontaneously hypertensive rats
NDT Advance Access published on September 11, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 389-399; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp472 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Xin Wang, Jing Nie, Zhanjun Jia, Mingliang Feng, Zhihua Zheng, Wenfang Chen, Xiaoyan Li, Wenxing Peng, Shehong Zhang, Liao Sun, Haiping Mao, Hui Yao Lan, and Xueqing Yu

Impaired TGF-β signalling enhances peritoneal inflammation induced by E. Coli in rats
NDT Advance Access published on September 16, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 399-412; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp480 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical Nephrology

Get checked abstract Ho Jun Chin, Jeong Myeong Ahn, Ki Young Na, Dong-wan Chae, Tae Woo Lee, Nam Joo Heo, and Suhnggwon Kim

The effect of the World Kidney Day campaign on the awareness of chronic kidney disease and the status of risk factors for cardiovascular disease and renal progression
NDT Advance Access published on September 25, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 413-419; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp512 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Richard J. Haynes, Simon Read, Graham P. Collins, Sarah C. Darby, and Christopher G. Winearls

Presentation and survival of patients with severe acute kidney injury and multiple myeloma: a 20-year experience from a single centre
NDT Advance Access published on September 19, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 419-426; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp488 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Manuel Haschke, Tanja Vitins, Saskia Lüde, Liliane Todesco, Katerina Novakova, Richard Herrmann, and Stephan Krähenbühl

Urinary excretion of carnitine as a marker of proximal tubular damage associated with platin-based antineoplastic drugs
NDT Advance Access published on September 7, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 426-433; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp456 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Karim Bouchireb, Olivia Boyer, Damien Bonnet, Francis Brunelle, Stephane Decramer, Gilbert Landthaler, Aurelia Liutkus, Patrick Niaudet, and Rémi Salomon

Clinical features and management of arterial hypertension in children with Williams–Beuren syndrome
NDT Advance Access published on October 8, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 434-438; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp522 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Dorota Polak-Jonkisz, Leszek Purzyc, Krystyna Laszki-Szczachor, Kinga Musial, and Danuta Zwolinska

The endogenous modulators of Ca²⁺–Mg²⁺-dependent ATPase in children with chronic kidney disease (CKD)
NDT Advance Access published on October 23, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 438-444; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp436 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ruchika Gupta, Alok Sharma, Pranab Jyoti Mahanta, Tony George Jacob, Sanjay K. Agarwal, Tara Sankar Roy, and Amit K. Dinda

Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in idiopathic membranous glomerulonephritis: a clinico-pathological and stereological study
NDT Advance Access published on October 6, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 444-449; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp521 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Lesley A. Stevens, Christopher H. Schmid, Yaping L. Zhang, Josef Coresh, Jane Manzi, Richard Landis, Omran Bakoush, Gabriel Contreras, Saul Genuth, Goran B. Klintmalm, Emilio Poggio, Peter Rossing, Andrew D. Rule, Matthew R. Weir, John Kusek, Tom Greene, and Andrew S. Levey

Development and validation of GFR-estimating equations using diabetes, transplant and weight
NDT Advance Access published on September 30, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 449-457; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp510 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract David J. Hobbs, Gina-Marie Barletta, Jurat S. Rajpal, Miriam N. Rajpal, David P. Weismantel, James D. Birmingham, and Timothy E. Bunchman

Severe paediatric systemic lupus erythematosus nephritis—a single-centre experience
NDT Advance Access published on September 15, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 457-463; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp481 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Michelle C. Odden, Ira B. Tager, Ron T. Gansevoort, Stephan J. L. Bakker, Ronit Katz, Linda F. Fried, Anne B. Newman, Robert B. Canada, Tamara Harris, Mark J. Sarnak, David Siscovick, and Michael G. Shlipak

Age and cystatin C in healthy adults: a collaborative study
NDT Advance Access published on September 11, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 463-469; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp474 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Mina Yu, Dong-Ryeol Ryu, Seung-Jung Kim, Kyu-Bok Choi, and Duk-Hee Kang

Clinical implication of metabolic syndrome on chronic kidney disease depends on gender and menopausal status: results from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
NDT Advance Access published on September 17, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 469-477; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp483 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Nils P. J. Vogtländer, Johan van der Vlag, Marinka A. H. Bakker, Henry B. Dijkman, Ron A. Wevers, Kevin P. Campbell, Jack F. M. Wetzels, and Jo H. M. Berden

Expression of sialidase and dystroglycan in human glomerular diseases
NDT Advance Access published on September 15, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 478-484; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp465 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Farida Hussain, Meeta Mallik, Stephen D. Marks, Alan R. Watson, and on behalf of the British Association of Paediatric Nephrology

Renal biopsies in children: current practice and audit of outcomes
NDT Advance Access published on September 3, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 485-489; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp434 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Maria Goretti Polito, Luiz Antonio Ribeiro de Moura, and Gianna Mastroianni Kirsztajn

An overview on frequency of renal biopsy diagnosis in Brazil: clinical and pathological patterns based on 9617 native kidney biopsies
NDT Advance Access published on July 24, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 490-496; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp355 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Rosalind J. L. Martin, Amy J. McKnight, Christopher C. Patterson, Denise M. Sadlier, Alexander P. Maxwell, and The Warren 3/UK GoKinD Study Group

A rare haplotype of the vitamin D receptor gene is protective against diabetic nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on September 27, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 497-503; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp515 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jaume Almirall, Montserrat Vaqueiro, Marisa L. Baré, and Esperanza Anton

Association of low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and high arterial blood pressure in the elderly
NDT Advance Access published on September 11, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 503-509; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp470 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract István Késoi, Balázs Sági, Tibor Vas, Tibor Kovács, István Wittmann, and Judit Nagy

Heart rate recovery after exercise is associated with renal function in patients with a homogenous chronic renal disease
NDT Advance Access published on September 25, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 509-513; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp504 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Birgit C. P. Koch, Karien van der Putten, Eus J. W. Van Someren, Jos P. M. Wielders, Piet M. ter Wee, J. Elsbeth Nagtegaal, and Carlo A. J. M. Gaillard

Impairment of endogenous melatonin rhythm is related to the degree of chronic kidney disease (CREAM study)
NDT Advance Access published on September 19, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 513-519; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp493 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dialysis

Get checked abstract Nicola Pirozzi, Francesca Apponi, Antonello M. Napoletano, Remo Luciani, Vincenzo Pirozzi, and Francesco Pugliese

Microsurgery and preventive haemostasis for autogenous radial–cephalic direct wrist access in adult patients with radial artery internal diameter below 1.6 mm
NDT Advance Access published on September 7, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 520-525; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp452 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Mufaddal F. Kheda, Lacie E. Brenner, Mittal J. Patel, James J. Wynn, John J. White, L. Michael Prisant, Steven A. Jones, and William D. Paulson

Influence of arterial elasticity and vessel dilatation on arteriovenous fistula maturation: a prospective cohort study
NDT Advance Access published on September 15, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 525-531; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp462 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ana Natário, Luc Turmel-Rodrigues, Mahammed Fodil-Cherif, Georges Brillet, Anne Girault-Lataste, Geneviève Dumont, and Albert Mouton

Endovascular treatment of immature, dysfunctional and thrombosed forearm autogenous ulnar-basilic and radial-basilic fistulas for haemodialysis
NDT Advance Access published on September 11, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 532-538; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp467 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jens Passauer, Helga Petrov, Andreas Schleser, Joachim Leicht, and Klaus Pucalka

Evaluation of clinical dry weight assessment in haemodialysis patients using bioimpedance spectroscopy: a cross-sectional study
NDT Advance Access published on October 6, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 545-551; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp517 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ramón Paniagua, María-de-Jesús Ventura, Marcela Ávila-Díaz, Héctor Hinojosa-Heredia, Antonio Méndez-Durán, Alfonso Cueto-Manzano, Alejandra Cisneros, Alfonso Ramos, Clara Madonia-Juseino, Francisco Belio-Caro, Fernando García-Contreras, Pedro Trinidad-Ramos, Rosario Vázquez, Begoña Ilabaca, Guadalupe Alcántara, and Dante Amato

NT-proBNP, fluid volume overload and dialysis modality are independent predictors of mortality in ESRD patients
NDT Advance Access published on August 12, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 551-557; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp395 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract John T. Daugirdas and James Tattersall

Effect of treatment spacing and frequency on three measures of equivalent clearance, including standard Kt/V
NDT Advance Access published on September 10, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 558-561; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp446 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Antonio Carlos Cordeiro, Abdul Rashid Qureshi, Peter Stenvinkel, Olof Heimbürger, Jonas Axelsson, Peter Bárány, Bengt Lindholm, and Juan Jesús Carrero

Abdominal fat deposition is associated with increased inflammation, protein–energy wasting and worse outcome in patients undergoing haemodialysis
NDT Advance Access published on September 17, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 562-568; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp492 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Rebecca Pellicano, Boyd J. Strauss, Kevan R. Polkinghorne, and Peter G. Kerr

Body composition in home haemodialysis versus conventional haemodialysis: a cross-sectional, matched, comparative study
NDT Advance Access published on September 17, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 568-573; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp490 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Francesco Locatelli, Nada Dimkovic, Giuseppe Pontoriero, Goce Spasovski, Stevo Pljesa, Svetislav Kostic, Allan Manning, Hiroyuki Sano, and Shigekazu Nakajima

Effect of MCI-196 on serum phosphate and cholesterol levels in haemodialysis patients with hyperphosphataemia: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study
NDT Advance Access published on September 7, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 574-581; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp445 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Hiroki Ueno, Hidenori Koyama, Shinya Fukumoto, Shinji Tanaka, Takuhito Shoji, Tetsuo Shoji, Masanori Emoto, Hideki Tahara, Yoshihiro Tsujimoto, Tsutomu Tabata, and Yoshiki Nishizawa

Dialysis modality is independently associated with circulating endothelial progenitor cells in end-stage renal disease patients
NDT Advance Access published on July 23, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 581-586; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp358 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gaosi Xu, Weiping Tu, and Chengyun Xu

Mupirocin for preventing exit-site infection and peritonitis in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis
NDT Advance Access published on August 13, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 587-592; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp411 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Kyu-Hyang Cho, Jun-Young Do, Jong-Won Park, and Kyung-Woo Yoon

Effect of icodextrin dialysis solution on body weight and fat accumulation over time in CAPD patients
NDT Advance Access published on September 19, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 593-599; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp473 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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

Metabolic syndrome predicts mortality in non-diabetic patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
NDT Advance Access published on September 25, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 599-604; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp498 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jose E. Sánchez, Teresa Ortega, Carmen Rodríguez, Beatriz Díaz-Molina, Maria Martín, Carmen Garcia-Cueto, Pedro Vidau, Emilio Gago, and Francisco Ortega

Efficacy of peritoneal ultrafiltration in the treatment of refractory congestive heart failure
NDT Advance Access published on September 25, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 605-610; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp484 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Transplantation

Get checked abstract Foteini Koukourgianni, Jérôme Harambat, Bruno Ranchin, Sylvie Euvrard, Raymonde Bouvier, Aurélia Liutkus, and Pierre Cochat

Malignancy incidence after renal transplantation in children: a 20-year single-centre experience
NDT Advance Access published on October 10, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 611-616; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp497 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Britta Höcker, Lutz T. Weber, Reinhard Feneberg, Jens Drube, Ulrike John, Henry Fehrenbach, Martin Pohl, Miriam Zimmering, Stefan Fründ, Günter Klaus, Elke Wühl, and Burkhard Tönshoff

Improved growth and cardiovascular risk after late steroid withdrawal: 2-year results of a prospective, randomised trial in paediatric renal transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on September 30, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 617-624; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp506 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Maxime Touzot, Caroline Elie, Jill van Massenhove, Natacha Maillard, Agnès Buzyn, and Fadi Fakhouri

Long-term renal function after allogenic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation in adult patients: a single-centre study
NDT Advance Access published on October 13, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 624-627; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp529 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Fu Liang Ng, David W. Holt, Rene W. S. Chang, and Iain A. M. MacPhee

Black renal transplant recipients have poorer long-term graft survival than CYP3A5 expressers from other ethnic groups
NDT Advance Access published on October 12, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 628-634; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp530 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Rubina Naqvi, Anwar Naqvi, Sohail Akhtar, Ejaz Ahmed, Huma Noor, Tahir Saeed, Fazal Akhtar, and Adib Rizvi

Use of isoniazid chemoprophylaxis in renal transplant recipients
NDT Advance Access published on September 25, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 634-637; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp489 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Exceptional Cases

Get checked abstract Hirotaka Komaba, Jeongsoo Shin, and Masafumi Fukagawa

Restoration of reversed whole PTH/intact PTH ratio and reduction in parathyroid gland vascularity during cinacalcet therapy for severe hyperparathyroidism in a uraemic patient
NDT Advance Access published on November 5, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 638-641; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp578 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gustavo F. Ferreira, Rodrigo Azevedo de Oliveira, Lectícia B. Jorge, Willian C. Nahas, Luiz B. Saldanha, Luiz E. Ianhez, and Miguel Srougi

Urothelial carcinoma transmission via kidney transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on December 10, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 641-643; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp612 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

III. Varia

Letter and Reply

Satish Mendonca and Sanjay Gupta

Resistive index predicts renal prognosis in chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on December 4, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 644; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp635 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Toshihiro Sugiura and Akira Wada

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on December 4, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 644-645; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp642 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Erratum

David M. Charytan and Richard E. Kuntz

Risks of coronary artery bypass surgery in dialysis-dependent patients—analysis of the 2001 National Inpatient Sample
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 646; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfq004 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcements

Announcements
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 647-648; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp773 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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