Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

In This Issue

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Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: i-ii; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfq048 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Note From The Editorial Office

Message to our readers and authors
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: iii; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfq047 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Comments

Saraladevi Naicker

Challenges for nephrology practice in Sub-Saharan Africa
NDT Advance Access published on January 12, 2010
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 649-650; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp727 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christian J. Wiedermann and Michael Joannidis

Increasing evidence base for sodium bicarbonate therapy to prevent contrast media-induced acute kidney injury: little role of unpublished studies
NDT Advance Access published on December 27, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 650-654; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp690 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hai-Chun Yang and Agnes B. Fogo

‘Idiopathic’ FSGS: an increasingly obsolete diagnosis?
NDT Advance Access published on January 18, 2010
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 654-656; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp750 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paul E. de Jong and Ron T. Gansevoort

Albuminuria in non-primary renal disease: risk marker rather than risk factor
NDT Advance Access published on December 27, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 656-658; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp691 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Franz Schaefer

Daily online haemodiafiltration: the perfect ‘stimulus package’ to induce growth?
NDT Advance Access published on January 18, 2010
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 658-660; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp769 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Philip A. Kalra

Renal revascularization for heart failure in patients with atherosclerotic renovascular disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 661-663; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfq026 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kai Lopau and Christoph Wanner

Hypertension after kidney transplantation: still a SECRET?
NDT Advance Access published on December 29, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 664-665; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp712 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Review

C. Moers, H.G.D. Leuvenink, and R.J. Ploeg

Donation after cardiac death: evaluation of revisiting an important donor source
NDT Advance Access published on January 8, 2010
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 666-673; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp717 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Translational Nephrology

Tanja Maier and Joachim Hoyer

Modulation of blood pressure by central melanocortinergic pathways
NDT Advance Access published on January 8, 2010
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 674-677; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp644 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kidney Diseases beyond Nephrology

Zaccaria Ricci, Dinna N. Cruz, and Claudio Ronco

Intensive care
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 678-683; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfq005 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

II. Scientific Papers

Original Articles

Experimental Nephrology

Get checked abstract Michael J. Koziolek, Gerhard-Anton Müller, Antonia Zapf, Daniel Patschan, Holger Schmid, Clemens D. Cohen, Stefan Koschnick, Radovan Vasko, Carsten Bramlage, and Frank Strutz

Role of CX₃C-chemokine CX₃C-L/fractalkine expression in a model of slowly progressive renal failure
NDT Advance Access published on November 24, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 684-698; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp602 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sydney C.W. Tang, Loretta Y.Y. Chan, Joseph C.K. Leung, Amy Shan Cheng, Kwok Wah Chan, Hui Yao Lan, and Kar Neng Lai

Bradykinin and high glucose promote renal tubular inflammation
NDT Advance Access published on November 18, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 698-710; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp599 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Katarzyna Bocian, Jan Borysowski, Piotr Wierzbicki, Janusz Wyzgal, Danuta Klosowska, Agata Bialoszewska, Leszek Paczek, Andrzej Górski, and Grazyna Korczak-Kowalska

Rapamycin, unlike cyclosporine A, enhances suppressive functions of in vitro-induced CD4⁺CD25⁺ Tregs
NDT Advance Access published on November 9, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 710-717; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp586 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Vincent W.S. Lee, Xiaohong Qin, Yiping Wang, Guoping Zheng, Ya Wang, Ying Wang, Jon Ince, Thian K. Tan, Lukas K. Kairaitis, Stephen I. Alexander, and David C.H. Harris

The CD40–CD154 co-stimulation pathway mediates innate immune injury in adriamycin nephrosis
NDT Advance Access published on November 4, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 717-730; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp569 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Akio Nakamura, Ryo Niimi, and Yukishige Yanagawa

Protection from sepsis-induced acute renal failure by adenoviral-mediated gene transfer of β₂-adrenoceptor
NDT Advance Access published on November 3, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 730-737; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp561 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sudhanshu Agrawal, Pavan Gollapudi, Reza Elahimehr, Madeline V. Pahl, and Nosratola D. Vaziri

Effects of end-stage renal disease and haemodialysis on dendritic cell subsets and basal and LPS-stimulated cytokine production
NDT Advance Access published on November 9, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 737-746; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp580 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical Nephrology

Get checked abstract Eric A. J. Hoste, Jan J. De Waele, Sofie A. Gevaert, Shigehiko Uchino, and John A. Kellum

Sodium bicarbonate for prevention of contrast-induced acute kidney injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis
NDT Advance Access published on August 23, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 747-758; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp389 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Daniela Kiski, Wibke Stepper, Eva Brand, Günter Breithardt, and Holger Reinecke

Impact of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone blockade by angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or AT-1 blockers on frequency of contrast medium-induced nephropathy: a post-hoc analysis from the Dialysis-versus-Diuresis (DVD) trial
NDT Advance Access published on November 9, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 759-764; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp582 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Michelle N. Rheault, Stefan M. Kren, Linda A. Hartich, Melanie Wall, William Thomas, Hector A. Mesa, Philip Avner, George E. Lees, Clifford E. Kashtan, and Yoav Segal

X-inactivation modifies disease severity in female carriers of murine X-linked Alport syndrome
NDT Advance Access published on October 23, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 764-769; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp551 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Alberto Ortiz, Bruno Cianciaruso, Marta Cizmarik, Dominique P. Germain, Renzo Mignani, João Paulo Oliveira, Jacobo Villalobos, Bojan Vujkovac, Stephen Waldek, Christoph Wanner, and David G. Warnock

End-stage renal disease in patients with Fabry disease: natural history data from the Fabry Registry
NDT Advance Access published on October 21, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 769-775; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp554 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Dan Zhao, Jie Ding, Fang Wang, Qingfeng Fan, Na Guan, Suxia Wang, and Yan Zhang

The first Chinese Pierson syndrome with novel mutations in LAMB2
NDT Advance Access published on October 26, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 776-778; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp563 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Almontaser Hussein, Eman Askar, Moustafa Elsaeid, and Franz Schaefer

Functional polymorphisms in transforming growth factor-beta-1 (TGFβ-1) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) genes modify risk of renal parenchymal scarring following childhood urinary tract infection
NDT Advance Access published on October 26, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 779-785; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp532 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Choni Rinat, Rachel Becker-Cohen, Amiram Nir, Sofia Feinstein, David Shemesh, Nurit Algur, Efrat Ben Shalom, Benjamin Farber, and Yaacov Frishberg

A comprehensive study of cardiovascular risk factors, cardiac function and vascular disease in children with chronic renal failure
NDT Advance Access published on November 23, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 785-793; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp570 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Wasiu A. Olowu, Kayode A. Adelusola, Olufemi Adefehinti, and Tajudeen G. Oyetunji

Quartan malaria-associated childhood nephrotic syndrome: now a rare clinical entity in malaria endemic Nigeria
NDT Advance Access published on October 26, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 794-801; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp536 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Marike B. Stadermann, Giovanni Montini, George Hamilton, Derek J. Roebuck, Clare A. McLaren, Michael J. Dillon, Stephen D. Marks, and Kjell Tullus

Results of surgical treatment for renovascular hypertension in children: 30 year single centre experience
NDT Advance Access published on October 21, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 807-813; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp537 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Garvan C. Kane, Nancy Xu, Erik Mistrik, Tomas Roubicek, Anthony W. Stanson, and Vesna D. Garovic

Renal artery revascularization improves heart failure control in patients with atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis
NDT Advance Access published on August 7, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 813-820; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp393 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Barend Wilhelm Jansen van Rensburg, Anna Maria van Staden, Gerrit Jacobus Rossouw, and Georgina Joubert

The profile of adult nephrology patients admitted to the Renal Unit of the Universitas Tertiary Hospital in Bloemfontein, South Africa from 1997 to 2006
NDT Advance Access published on October 28, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 820-824; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp535 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Shengchuan Dai, Zhaohui Wang, Xiaoxia Pan, Weiming Wang, Xiaonong Chen, Hong Ren, Cuilan Hao, Bin Han, and Nan Chen

Functional analysis of promoter mutations in the ACTN4 and SYNPO genes in focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
NDT Advance Access published on August 7, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 824-835; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp394 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Victor Lorenzo, Ramon Saracho, Javier Zamora, Margarita Rufino, and Armando Torres

Similar renal decline in diabetic and non-diabetic patients with comparable levels of albuminuria
NDT Advance Access published on September 17, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 835-841; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp475 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Marie Frimodt-Møller, Arne Høj Nielsen, Svend Strandgaard, and Anne-Lise Kamper

Feasibility of combined treatment with enalapril and candesartan in advanced chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on November 9, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 842-847; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp547 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Hilde P.E. Peters, Coby M.M. Laarakkers, Dorine W. Swinkels, and Jack F.M. Wetzels

Serum hepcidin-25 levels in patients with chronic kidney disease are independent of glomerular filtration rate
NDT Advance Access published on October 23, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 848-853; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp546 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract David Sengstock, Robin L. Sands, Brenda W. Gillespie, Xiaotong Zhang, Margaret Kiser, George Eisele, Peter Vaitkevicius, Martin Kuhlmann, Nathan W. Levin, Alan Hinderliter, Sanjay Rajagopalan, and Rajiv Saran

Dominance of traditional cardiovascular risk factors over renal function in predicting arterial stiffness in subjects with chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on October 23, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 853-861; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp559 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dialysis

Get checked abstract François Saucy, Erik Haesler, Claude Haller, Sébastien Déglise, Daniel Teta, and Jean-Marc Corpataux

Is intra-operative blood flow predictive for early failure of radiocephalic arteriovenous fistula?
NDT Advance Access published on November 5, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 862-867; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp577 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Michel Fischbach, Joelle Terzic, Soraya Menouer, Céline Dheu, Laure Seuge, and Ariane Zalosczic

Daily on line haemodiafiltration promotes catch-up growth in children on chronic dialysis
NDT Advance Access published on November 4, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 867-873; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp565 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Alain Ficheux, Nathalie Gayrard, Ilan Szwarc, Stéphan Soullier, Johanna Bismuth-Mondolfo, Philippe Brunet, Marie-Françoise Servel, and Ãngel Argilés

Use of spent dialysate analysis to estimate blood levels of uraemic solutes without blood sampling: urea
NDT Advance Access published on October 23, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 873-879; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp539 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Elitsa Stoyanova, Silvia Berenice Sandoval, Liliana Andrea Zúñiga, Naouale El-Yamani, Elisabet Coll, Susana Pastor, Joselyn Reyes, Enrique Andrés, José Ballarin, Noel Xamena, and Ricard Marcos

Oxidative DNA damage in chronic renal failure patients
NDT Advance Access published on November 4, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 879-885; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp575 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Stefan Arsov, Reindert Graaff, Aurora M. Morariu, Wim van Oeveren, Andries J. Smit, Irena Busletic, Lada Trajcevska, Gjulsen Selim, Pavlina Dzekova, Bernd Stegmayr, Aleksandar Sikole, and Gerhard Rakhorst

Does hepatitis C increase the accumulation of advanced glycation end products in haemodialysis patients?
NDT Advance Access published on November 23, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 885-891; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp564 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Marjo Kervinen, Seppo Lehto, Risto Ikäheimo, Pauli Karhapää, Carola Grönhagen-Riska, and Patrik Finne

Improved survival of type 2 diabetic patients on renal replacement therapy in Finland
NDT Advance Access published on October 21, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 892-896; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp555 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Andrew Davenport, Carrie Gardner, Michael Delaney, and on behalf of the Pan Thames Renal Audit Group

The effect of dialysis modality on phosphate control : haemodialysis compared to haemodiafiltration. The Pan Thames Renal Audit
NDT Advance Access published on October 28, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 897-901; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp560 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Juan J. Carrero, Anna Witasp, Peter Stenvinkel, Abdul R. Qureshi, Olof Heimbürger, Peter Bárány, Mohamed E. Suliman, Björn Anderstam, Bengt Lindholm, Louise Nordfors, Martin Schalling, and Jonas Axelsson

Visfatin is increased in chronic kidney disease patients with poor appetite and correlates negatively with fasting serum amino acids and triglyceride levels
NDT Advance Access published on November 30, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 901-906; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp587 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Luciana Scalone, Francesca Borghetti, Giuliano Brunori, Battista Fabio Viola, Barbara Brancati, Laura Sottini, Lorenzo Giovanni Mantovani, and Giovanni Cancarini

Cost-benefit analysis of supplemented very low-protein diet versus dialysis in elderly CKD5 patients
NDT Advance Access published on December 14, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 907-913; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp572 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Iain C. Macdougall, Charles R.V. Tomson, Margaretha Steenkamp, and David Ansell

Relative risk of death in UK haemodialysis patients in relation to achieved haemoglobin from 1999 to 2005: an observational study using UK Renal Registry data incorporating 30,040 patient-years of follow-up
NDT Advance Access published on November 23, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 914-919; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp550 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Lawrence P. McMahon, Annette B. Kent, Peter G. Kerr, Helen Healy, Ashley B. Irish, Bruce Cooper, Adrian Kark, and Simon D. Roger

Maintenance of elevated versus physiological iron indices in non-anaemic patients with chronic kidney disease: a randomized controlled trial
NDT Advance Access published on November 10, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 920-926; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp584 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Bozena Sobkowicz, Anna Tomaszuk-Kazberuk, Pawel Kralisz, Jolanta Malyszko, Marek Kalinowski, Tomasz Hryszko, Robert Sawicki, Slawomir Dobrzycki, and Wlodzimierz J. Musial

Coronary blood flow in patients with end-stage renal disease assessed by thrombolysis in myocardial infarction frame count method
NDT Advance Access published on October 28, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 926-930; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp533 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sigal Nakav, Oshri Naamani, Cidio Chaimovitz, Gad Shaked, David Czeiger, Moshe Zlotnik, and Amos Douvdevani

Regulation of adenosine system at the onset of peritonitis
NDT Advance Access published on October 26, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 931-939; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp542 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Michael P. Brugts, Hoey Lan Tjiong, Trinet Rietveld, Josias L. Wattimena, Jacobus W. van den Berg, Marien W. Fieren, and J.A.M.J.L. Janssen

Bioactive rather than total IGF-I is involved in acute responses to nutritional interventions in CAPD patients
NDT Advance Access published on November 9, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 940-946; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp576 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Transplantation

Get checked abstract Kristine Hommel, Søren Rasmussen, Mette Madsen, and Anne-Lise Kamper

The Danish Registry on Regular Dialysis and Transplantation:completeness and validity of incident patient registration
NDT Advance Access published on October 26, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 947-951; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp571 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Carol Goulding, Evangelous Cholongitas, Devi Nair, Andrew Kerry, David Patch, Murat Akyol, Simon Walker, Derek Manas, David Mc Clure, Liesl Smith, Neville Jamieson, Ingela Oberg, David Cartwright, and Andrew K. Burroughs

Assessment of reproducibility of creatinine measurement and MELD scoring in four liver transplant units in the UK
NDT Advance Access published on November 5, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 960-966; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp556 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Thomas Philipp, Franck Martinez, Helmut Geiger, Bruno Moulin, Georges Mourad, Roland Schmieder, Michel Lièvre, Uwe Heemann, and Christophe Legendre

Candesartan improves blood pressure control and reduces proteinuria in renal transplant recipients: results from SECRET
NDT Advance Access published on November 3, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 967-976; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp581 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Seung Jin Han, Kyu Yeon Hur, Yu Seun Kim, Eun Seok Kang, Soon Il Kim, Myoung Soo Kim, Jung Young Kwak, Dae Jung Kim, Sung Hee Choi, Bong Soo Cha, and Hyun Chul Lee

Effects of pioglitazone on subclinical atherosclerosis and insulin resistance in nondiabetic renal allograft recipients
NDT Advance Access published on October 28, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 976-984; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp567 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Henrik Andreas Bergrem, Tone Gretland Valderhaug, Anders Hartmann, Harald Bergrem, Jøran Hjelmesæth, and Trond Jenssen

Glucose tolerance before and after renal transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on October 23, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 985-992; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp566 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Preliminary Communication

Get checked abstract Joachim H. Ix, Michael G. Shlipak, Christina L. Wassel, and Mary A. Whooley

Fibroblast growth factor-23 and early decrements in kidney function: the Heart and Soul Study
NDT Advance Access published on December 27, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 993-997; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp699 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Exceptional Cases

Get checked abstract Johannes Jacobi, Susanne Schnellhardt, Anke Kulschewski, Kerstin U. Amann, Michael A. Kuefner, Kai-Uwe Eckardt, and Karl F. Hilgers

An unusual case of hyponatraemia
NDT Advance Access published on December 27, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 998-1001; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp698 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Olga Costero, Mari Luz Picazo, Pilar Zamora, Sara Romero, Jorge Martinez-Ara, and Rafael Selgas

Inhibition of tyrosine kinases by sunitinib associated with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis lesion in addition to thrombotic microangiopathy
NDT Advance Access published on December 16, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 1001-1003; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp666 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Matthias Zeiler, Stefano Santarelli, Angela Maria Cangiotti, Rosa Maria Agostinelli, Tania Monteburini, Rita Marinelli, Emilio Ceraudo, and Giorgio Cutini

Giant mesenteric cyst of mesothelial origin in a haemodialysis patient with previous peritoneal dialysis therapy
NDT Advance Access published on December 22, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 1004-1006; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp680 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

III. Varia

Letter

Karel Matousovic, Jan Novak, Bruce A. Julian, and Jiri Mestecky

Tissue distribution and biological activities of immune complexes are determined by their size and composition
NDT Advance Access published on November 13, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 1007; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp585 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters and Replies

Ichiro Ohkido, Keitaro Yokoyama, Akihiro Imura, Yasunori Utsunomiya, Tatsuo Hosoya, and Yo-ichi Nabeshima

Persistent alpha-Klotho (a-Kl) expression in theparathyroid glands of patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism
NDT Advance Access published on January 14, 2010
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 1007-1008; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp743 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hidekazu Sugiura, Takumi Yoshida, Kosaku Nitta, and Ken Tsuchiya

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on January 14, 2010
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 1008-1009; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp746 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Emily P. McQuarrie, Bruce Mackinnon, Graham A. Stewart, Colin C. Geddes, and On behalf of the Scottish Renal Biopsy Registry

Membranous nephropathy remains the commonest primary cause of nephrotic syndrome in a northern European Caucasian population
NDT Advance Access published on December 27, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 1009-1010; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp665 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jennifer Hanko and Aisling Courtney

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on December 27, 2009
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 1010-1011; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp713 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Przemyslaw Korohoda, Jacek A. Pietrzyk, and Daniel Schneditz

Quantifying the discontinuity of haemodialysis dose with time-averaged concentration (TAC) and time-averaged deviation (TAD)
NDT Advance Access published on January 6, 2010
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 1011-1012; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp656 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John T. Daugirdas and James Tattersall

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on January 6, 2010
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 1012; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp676 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010 25: 1013-1014; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfq049 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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