Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

In This Issue

In this issue
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: i-ii; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp608 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Special Features

Get checked abstract Anneke Kramer, Vianda Stel, Carmine Zoccali, James Heaf, David Ansell, Carola Grönhagen-Riska, Torbjørn Leivestad, Keith Simpson, Runólfur Pálsson, Maurizio Postorino, and Kitty Jager

An update on renal replacement therapy in Europe: ERA–EDTA Registry data from 1997 to 2006
NDT Advance Access published on October 9, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3557-3566; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp519 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Daniele Marcelli, Cristina Marelli, and Nick Richards

Influenza A(H1N1)v pandemic in the dialysis population: first wave results from an international survey
NDT Advance Access published on October 21, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3566-3572; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp557 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Comments

Rosanna Coppo and John Feehally

Is progression of IgA nephropathy conditioned by genes regulating atherosclerotic damage?
NDT Advance Access published on October 6, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3573-3575; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp524 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Friedrich C. Luft

Not so free associations
NDT Advance Access published on September 30, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3576-3577; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp509 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter A. McCullough

Commentary: contrast-induced nephropathy and long-term adverse events: cause and effect?
NDT Advance Access published on September 25, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3578-3579; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp478 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E. Lars Penne, Theo van Berkel, Neelke C. van der Weerd, Muriel P. C. Grooteman, and Peter J. Blankestijn

Optimizing haemodiafiltration: tools, strategy and remaining questions
NDT Advance Access published on July 13, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3579-3581; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp333 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yvonne B. D'Souza and Colin D. Short

The eye—a window on the kidney
NDT Advance Access published on August 12, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3582-3584; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp406 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yong-Lim Kim, Sun-Hee Park, Ji-Young Choi, and Chan-Duck Kim

Cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor: a potential therapeutic strategy for ultrafiltration failure in peritoneal dialysis
NDT Advance Access published on September 25, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3585-3588; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp502 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Reviews

Francesco Pesce and Francesco Paolo Schena

Genome-wide association studies in kidney diseases: Quo Vadis?
NDT Advance Access published on September 3, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3589-3592; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp442 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pierre Delanaye, Christophe Mariat, Etienne Cavalier, and Jean-Marie Krzesinski

Errors induced by indexing glomerular filtration rate for body surface area: reductio ad absurdum
NDT Advance Access published on September 3, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3593-3596; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp431 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Goldsmith and Adrian Covic

Blood pressure control in CKD stage 5D patients—are we more or less certain what to do in 2009?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3597-3601; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp562 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Richard Haynes, Philip Mason, Kazem Rahimi, and Martin J. Landray

Dual blockade of the renin–angiotensin system: are two better than one?
NDT Advance Access published on September 17, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3602-3607; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp458 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sapna Trivedi, Martin Zeier, and Jochen Reiser

Role of podocytes in lupus nephritis
NDT Advance Access published on September 3, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3607-3612; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp427 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

George Bayliss and John Danziger

Nocturnal versus conventional haemodialysis: some current issues
NDT Advance Access published on September 19, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3612-3617; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp491 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Translational Nephrology

Min Chen and Cees G. M. Kallenberg

Novel territory for neutrophils in the pathogenesis of ANCA-associated vasculitides
NDT Advance Access published on August 19, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3618-3620; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp419 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jonathan Barratt, Frank Eitner, John Feehally, and Jürgen Floege

Immune complex formation in IgA nephropathy: a case of the ‘right’ antibodies in the ‘wrong’ place at the ‘wrong’ time?
NDT Advance Access published on September 3, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3620-3623; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp441 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Edward K. Geissler

Rapamycin enhances lifespan: At last, an advantage for transplant recipients?
NDT Advance Access published on September 22, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3623-3625; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp496 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

II. Scientific Papers

Original Articles

Experimental Nephrology

Get checked abstract Mohammad A. Aminzadeh, Madeleine V. Pahl, Cyril H. Barton, Niraj S. Doctor, and Nosratola D. Vaziri

Human uraemic plasma stimulates release of leptin and uptake of tumour necrosis factor- in visceral adipocytes
NDT Advance Access published on August 7, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3626-3631; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp405 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Juan Torras, Immaculada Herrero-Fresneda, Oscar Gulias, Maria Flaquer, August Vidal, Josep M. Cruzado, Nuria Lloberas, Marcel·la Franquesa, and Josep M. Grinyó

Rapamycin has dual opposing effects on proteinuric experimental nephropathies: is it a matter of podocyte damage?
NDT Advance Access published on August 11, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3632-3640; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp367 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Zalan Nemeth, Gabor Kokeny, Maria Godo, Miklós Mózes, László Rosivall, Marie-Luise Gross, Eberhard Ritz, and Péter Hamar

Increased renoprotection with ACE inhibitor plus aldosterone antagonist as compared to monotherapies—the effect on podocytes
NDT Advance Access published on August 8, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3640-3651; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp371 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sohachi Fujimoto, Minoru Satoh, Hajime Nagasu, Hideyuki Horike, Tamaki Sasaki, and Naoki Kashihara

Azelnidipine exerts renoprotective effects by improvement of renal microcirculation in angiotensin II infusion rats
NDT Advance Access published on August 7, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3651-3658; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp407 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Benjamin A. Vervaet, Patrick C. D’Haese, Marc E. De Broe, and Anja Verhulst

Crystalluric and tubular epithelial parameters during the onset of intratubular nephrocalcinosis: illustration of the ‘fixed particle’ theory in vivo
NDT Advance Access published on August 29, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3659-3668; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp418 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Paolo Fabbrini, Margot N. Schilte, Mammad Zareie, Piet M. ter Wee, Eelco D. Keuning, Robert H. J. Beelen, and Jaap van den Born

Celecoxib treatment reduces peritoneal fibrosis and angiogenesis and prevents ultrafiltration failure in experimental peritoneal dialysis
NDT Advance Access published on August 7, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3669-3676; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp384 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical Nephrology

Get checked abstract Maple M. Fung, Yuqing Chen, Michael S. Lipkowitz, Rany M. Salem, Vibha Bhatnagar, Manjula Mahata, Caroline M. Nievergelt, Fangwen Rao, Sushil K. Mahata, Nicholas J. Schork, Victoria H. Brophy, and Daniel T. O’Connor for the AASK Co-Investigators

Adrenergic beta-1 receptor genetic variation predicts longitudinal rate of GFR decline in hypertensive nephrosclerosis
NDT Advance Access published on September 10, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3677-3686; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp471 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ryohei Yamamoto, Yasuyuki Nagasawa, Tatsuya Shoji, Kazunori Inoue, Takuya Uehata, Tetsuya Kaneko, Tomonori Okada, Atsushi Yamauchi, Yoshiharu Tsubakihara, Enyu Imai, Yoshitaka Isaka, and Hiromi Rakugi

A candidate gene approach to genetic prognostic factors of IgA nephropathy—a result of Polymorphism REsearch to DIstinguish genetic factors Contributing To progression of IgA Nephropathy (PREDICT-IgAN)
NDT Advance Access published on May 6, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3686-3694; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp210 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Carlo Manno, Diletta Domenica Torres, Michele Rossini, Francesco Pesce, and Francesco Paolo Schena

Randomized controlled clinical trial of corticosteroids plus ACE-inhibitors with long-term follow-up in proteinuric IgA nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on July 23, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3694-3701; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp356 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ritambhra Nada, Jasleen Kaur Kharbanda, Amulyajit Bhatti, Ranjana Walker Minz, Vinay Sakhuja, and Kusum Joshi

Primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in adults: is the Indian cohort different?
NDT Advance Access published on July 8, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3701-3707; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp328 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Lena Schiffer, Philipp Kümpers, Ana. M. Davalos-Misslitz, Marion Haubitz, Hermann Haller, Hans-Joachim Anders, Torsten Witte, and Mario Schiffer

B-cell-attracting chemokine CXCL13 as a marker of disease activity and renal involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
NDT Advance Access published on July 13, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3708-3712; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp343 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gabriëlle M. N. Daleboudt, Ingeborg M. Bajema, Natascha N. T. Goemaere, Jaap M. van Laar, Jan A. Bruijn, and Stefan P. Berger

The clinical relevance of a repeat biopsy in lupus nephritis flares
NDT Advance Access published on July 21, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3712-3717; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp359 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ruth Pepper, Megan Griffith, Chris Kirwan, Jeremy Levy, David Taube, Charles Pusey, Liz Lightstone, and Tom Cairns

Rituximab is an effective treatment for lupus nephritis and allows a reduction in maintenance steroids
NDT Advance Access published on July 17, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3717-3723; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp336 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Weiping Jia, Xin Gao, Can Pang, Xuhong Hou, Yuqian Bao, Wei Liu, Wenxia Wang, Yuhua Zuo, Huilin Gu, and Kunsan Xiang

Prevalence and risk factors of albuminuria and chronic kidney disease in Chinese population with type 2 diabetes and impaired glucose regulation: Shanghai diabetic complications study (SHDCS)
NDT Advance Access published on July 17, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3724-3731; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp349 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Dimitrios S. Goumenos, Bisher Kawar, Meguid El Nahas, Sara Conti, Bart Wagner, Charalambos Spyropoulos, John G. Vlachojannis, Ariela Benigni, and Fotios Kalfarentzos

Early histological changes in the kidney of people with morbid obesity
NDT Advance Access published on July 13, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3732-3738; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp329 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Emily L. Schopick, Naomi D. Fisher, Julie Lin, John P. Forman, and Gary C. Curhan

Post-menopausal hormone use and albuminuria
NDT Advance Access published on July 2, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3739-3744; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp321 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract John Munkhaugen, Stian Lydersen, Pål Richard Romundstad, Tor-Erik Widerøe, Bjørn Egil Vikse, and Stein Hallan

Kidney function and future risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes: a population-based study from HUNT II, Norway
NDT Advance Access published on July 3, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3744-3750; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp320 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Laurie A. Tomlinson, Stephen G. Holt, Allison R. Leslie, and Chakravarthi Rajkumar

Prevalence of ambulatory hypotension in elderly patients with CKD stages 3 and 4
NDT Advance Access published on July 18, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3751-3755; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp357 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dialysis

Get checked abstract Alessandra F. Perna, Maria Grazia Luciano, Diego Ingrosso, Paola Pulzella, Immacolata Sepe, Diana Lanza, Eleonora Violetti, Rosanna Capasso, Cinzia Lombardi, and Natale G. De Santo

Hydrogen sulphide-generating pathways in haemodialysis patients: a study on relevant metabolites and transcriptional regulation of genes encoding for key enzymes
NDT Advance Access published on August 4, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3756-3763; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp378 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Kannaiyan S. Rabindranath, Tarun Bansal, James Adams, Ruma Das, Ranjit Shail, Alison M. MacLeod, Carol Moore, and Anatole Besarab

Systematic review of antimicrobials for the prevention of haemodialysis catheter-related infections
NDT Advance Access published on July 10, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3763-3774; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp327 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Luc Turmel-Rodrigues, Jean-Michel Boutin, Christophe Camiade, Georges Brillet, Mahammed Fodil-Chérif, and Albert Mouton

Percutaneous dilation of the radial artery in nonmaturing autogenous radial-cephalic fistulas for haemodialysis
NDT Advance Access published on July 1, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3782-3788; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp324 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Guillaume Jean, Jean-Claude Souberbielle, and Charles Chazot

Monthly cholecalciferol administration in haemodialysis patients: a simple and efficient strategy for vitamin D supplementation
NDT Advance Access published on July 21, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3799-3805; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp370 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Giovanio Vieira da Silva, Silvana de Barros, Henry Abensur, Katia Coelho Ortega, and Décio Mion, Jr Cochrane Renal Group Prospective Trial Register: CRG060800146

Home blood pressure monitoring in blood pressure control among haemodialysis patients: an open randomized clinical trial
NDT Advance Access published on July 8, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3805-3811; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp332 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Roman Fiedler, Peter M. Jehle, Bernd Osten, Otgontogoo Dorligschaw, and Matthias Girndt

Clinical nutrition scores are superior for the prognosis of haemodialysis patients compared to lab markers and bioelectrical impedance
NDT Advance Access published on July 15, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3812-3817; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp346 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Taiga Hara, Hideyasu Kiyomoto, Hirofumi Hitomi, Kumiko Moriwaki, Genei Ihara, Kumiko Kaifu, Yoshiko Fujita, Chikako Higashiyama, Akira Nishiyama, and Masakazu Kohno

Low-density lipoprotein apheresis for haemodialysis patients with peripheral arterial disease reduces reactive oxygen species production via suppression of NADPH oxidase gene expression in leucocytes
NDT Advance Access published on July 17, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3818-3825; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp342 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Angela Yee-Moon Wang, Christopher Wai-Kei Lam, Iris Hiu-Shuen Chan, Mei Wang, Siu-Fai Lui, and John E. Sanderson

Long-term mortality and cardiovascular risk stratification of peritoneal dialysis patients using a combination of inflammation and calcification markers
NDT Advance Access published on July 2, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3826-3833; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp325 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Katherine Barraclough, Carmel M. Hawley, Stephen P. McDonald, Fiona G. Brown, Johan B. Rosman, Kathryn J. Wiggins, Kym M. Bannister, and David W. Johnson

Corynebacterium peritonitis in Australian peritoneal dialysis patients: predictors, treatment and outcomes in 82 cases
NDT Advance Access published on July 2, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3834-3839; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp322 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Transplantation

Get checked abstract Poorva Jain, Paul Cockwell, Jane Little, Martin Ferring, Johann Nicholas, Nick Richards, Rob Higgins, and Steve Smith

Survival and transplantation in end-stage renal disease: a prospective study of a multiethnic population
NDT Advance Access published on September 15, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3840-3846; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp455 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Julien Zuber, Albane Brodin-Sartorius, Naël Lapidus, Natacha Patey, Marie Tosolini, Sophie Candon, Marion Rabant, Renaud Snanoudj, Clarisse Panterne, Eric Thervet, Christophe Legendre, and Lucienne Chatenoud

FOXP3-enriched infiltrates associated with better outcome in renal allografts with inflamed fibrosis
NDT Advance Access published on September 3, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3847-3854; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp435 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Dirk Habedank, Thomas Kung, Tim Karhausen, Stephan von Haehling, Wolfram Doehner, Joerg C. Schefold, Dietrich Hasper, Simon Reinke, Stefan D. Anker, and Petra Reinke

Exercise capacity and body composition in living-donor renal transplant recipients over time
NDT Advance Access published on September 7, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3854-3860; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp433 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Frank P. Hurst, Robert T. Neff, Rahul M. Jindal, Jefferson R. Roberts, Krista L. Lentine, Lawrence Y. Agodoa, and Kevin C. Abbott

Incidence, predictors and associated outcomes of rhabdomyolysis after kidney transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on September 3, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3861-3866; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp416 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Preliminary Communications

Get checked abstract Christopher T. Chan, Fina Lovren, Yi Pan, and Subodh Verma

Nocturnal haemodialysis is associated with improved vascular smooth muscle cell biology
NDT Advance Access published on September 17, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3867-3871; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp495 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Haifa Lyster, Neil Leaver, Iman Hamour, Andy Palmer, and Nicholas R. Banner

Transfer from ciclosporin to mycophenolate-sirolimus immunosuppression for chronic renal disease after heart transplantation: safety and efficacy of two regimens
NDT Advance Access published on August 7, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3872-3875; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp386 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Historical Note

Garabed Eknoyan, Robert Rubens, and Norbert Lameire

The juxtaglomerular apparatus of Norbert Goormaghtigh—a critical appraisal
NDT Advance Access published on September 25, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3876-3881; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp503 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Exceptional Cases

Get checked abstract Helmut Wollanka, Werner Weidenmaier, and Cecylia Giersig

NSF after Gadovist exposure: a case report and hypothesis of NSF development
NDT Advance Access published on September 19, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3882-3884; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp494 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Riccardo Lubrano, Paolo Versacci, Giuliana Guido, Elena Bellelli, Giammarco Andreoli, and Marco Elli

Might there be an association between polycystic kidney desease and noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium?
NDT Advance Access published on September 17, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3884-3886; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp499 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Daan Dierickx, Anja De Rycke, Peter Vandenberghe, Ann Janssens, Evelyne Lerut, Christiane De Wolf-Peeters, Gregor Verhoef, and Pieter Evenepoel

Recipient-derived chronic lymphocytic leukaemia diagnosed shortly after kidney transplantation on protocol biopsy
NDT Advance Access published on September 3, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3886-3890; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp444 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

III. Varia

Letters and Replies

Nicolas Pallet, Dany  Anglicheau, and Eric Thervet

Autophagy is an adaptative mechanism against endoplasmic reticulum stress
NDT Advance Access published on October 13, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3891; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp518 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Takahisa  Kawakami and Masaomi Nangaku

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on October 13, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3891; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp523 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

EelG-You Park and Think-You Kim

How to interpret the protein/creatinine ratio in patients with low GFR
NDT Advance Access published on September 30, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3892-3893; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp507 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mark Guy, Ronald Newall, Joanna Borzomato, Philip A. Kalra, and Christopher P. Price

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on September 30, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3893; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp513 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Troels Ring

Phosphate levels—time for a rethink!
NDT Advance Access published on September 8, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3894; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp449 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gavin Becker, Rowan Walker, Tim Hewitson, and Eugenie Pedagogos

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on September 8, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3894-3895; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp450 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tomasz Liberek, Alicja Warzocha, Michal  Chmielewski, and Boleslaw  Rutkowski

Initiation of dialysis—the right timing and the right tools
NDT Advance Access published on September 8, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3895-3896; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp438 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Simon Sawhney, Ognjenka Djurdjev, Keith Simpson, Alison Macleod, and Adeera Levin

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on September 8, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3896; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp443 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Helmut Schiffl and Susanne Lang

Non-diphtheria corynebacteria and CAPD infections
NDT Advance Access published on September 11, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3896-3897; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp463 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Katherine Barraclough, Carmel M. Hawley, Stephen P. McDonald, Fiona G. Brown, Johan B. Rosman, Kathryn J. Wiggins, Kym M. Bannister, and David W. Johnson

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on September 11, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3897-3898; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp466 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letter

Keitaro Yokoayama, Jun Mitome, Nanae Matsuo, Yudo Tanno, Ichiro Ohkido, Hiroshi Hayakawa, Kazushige Hanaoka, Hiroyasu Yamamoto, and Tatsuo Hosoya

Prescribing peritoneal dialysis in each patient with uremic toxins as the treatment marker
NDT Advance Access published on September 17, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3900-3901; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp477 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Erratum

Walter H. Hörl

Coumarin use in dialysis patients with atrial fibrillation: yes, after individual risk stratification
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3902; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp636 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2009 24: 3903-3904; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp609 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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