Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Editorial Comments:

A Krensky and C Clayberger

HLA-derived peptides as novel immunosuppressives
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 865-868; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.865 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

W Rascher

Blood pressure measurement and standards in children
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 868-870; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.868 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Manns, M Sigler, and B Teehan

Intradialytic renal haemodynamics - potential consequences for the management of the patient with acute renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 870-872; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.870 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

N Ismail

Renal replacement therapy in the elderly: an old problem with young solutions
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 873-876; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.873 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Mysliwiec

Vascular access thrombosis - what are the possibilities of intervention?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 876-878; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.876 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

M Kooistra and J Marx

The management of iron metabolism in recombinant human erythropoietin treated dialysis patients by Dutch nephrologists
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 879-883; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.879 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T Shinzato, S Nakai, T Akiba, C Yamazaki, R Sasaki, T Kitaoka, K Kubo, T Shinoda, K Kurokawa, F Marumo, T Sato, and K Maeda

Survival in long-term haemodialysis patients: results from the annual survey of the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 884-888; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.884 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T Shinzato, S Nakai, T Akiba, C Yamazaki, R Sasaki, T Kitaoka, K Kubo, T Shinoda, K Kurokawa, F Marumo, T Sato, and K Maeda

Current status of renal replacement therapy in Japan: results of the annual survey of the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 889-898; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.889 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H Haller, J Park, D Dragun, A Lippoldt, and F Luft

Leukocyte infiltration and ICAM-1 expression in two-kidney one-clip hypertension
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 899-903; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.899 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E Muchaneta-Kubara and A El-Nahas

Myofibroblast phenotypes expression in experimental renal scarring
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 904-915; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.904 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Schwarting, J Schlaak, E Wandel, K Meyer zum Buschenfelde, and W Mayet

Human renal tubular epithelial cells as target cells for antibodies to proteinase 3 (c-ANCA)
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 916-923; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.916 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

V Allegra, L Martimbianco, and A Vasile

Lipid and apolipoprotein patterns during erythropoietin therapy: roles of erythropoietin, route of administration, and diet
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 924-932; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.924 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D Fliser, E Franek, P Fode, A Stefanski, C Schmitt, M Lyons, and E Ritz

Subacute infusion of physiological doses of parathyroid hormone raises blood pressure in humans
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 933-938; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.933 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

N Esforzado Armengol, A Cases Amenos, M Bono Illa, J Gaya Bertran, J Calls Ginesta, and F Rivera Fillat

Autonomic nervous system and adrenergic receptors in chronic hypotensive haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 939-944; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.939 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Dyadyk, A Bagriy, I Lebed, N Yarovaya, E Schukina, and G Taradin

ACE inhibitors captopril and enalapril induce regression of left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertensive patients with chronic renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 945-951; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.945 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K Takeda, A Harada, S Okuda, S Fujimi, Y Oh, F Hattori, K Motomura, H Hirakata, and M Fujishima

Sudden death in chronic dialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 952-955; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.952 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

X Forns, P Fernandez-Llama, J Costa, F Lopez-Labrador, S Ampurdanes, E Olmedo, J Saiz, M Guilera, J Lopez-Pedret, J Sanchez-Tapias, A Darnell, M Jimenez de Anta, A Ordinas, and J Rodes

Hepatitis G virus infection in a haemodialysis unit: prevalence and clinical implications
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 956-960; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.956 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D Rosenbaum, S Holmes-Farley, W Mandeville, M Pitruzzello, and D Goldberg

Effect of RenaGel®, a non-absorbable, cross-linked, polymeric phosphate binder, on urinary phosphorus excretion in rats
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 961-964; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.961 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R Ward, A Buscaroli, B Schmidt, S Stefoni, H Gurland, and H Klinkmann

A comparison of dialysers with low-flux membranes: significant differences in spite of many similarities
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 965-972; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.965 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G Dobos, M Burger, J Kuhlmann, J Passlick-Deetjen, P Schollmeyer, and J Bohler

Improved cytosolic free calcium mobilization and superoxide production in bicarbonate-based peritoneal dialysis solution
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 973-977; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.973 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C Castelnovo, M Sampietro, A De Vecchi, N Corbetta, M Cantu, A Orlandi, G Lunghi, and C Ponticelli

Diffusion of HCV through peritoneal membrane in HCV positive patients treated with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 978-980; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.978 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Y Anderson, N Curtis, J Hobbs, C Thompson, C Winearls, G Radda, K Clarke, and P Altmann

High serum D-lactate in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 981-983; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.981 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P Koch Nogueira, N Rey, M Said, and P Cochat

Evolution of hyperparathyroidism after renal transplantation in children - effect of pre-emptive transplantation and duration of dialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 984-987; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.984 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E Alamartine, O Sabido, J Dumollard, and F Berthoux

Lack of evidence for natural cytotoxicity deficiency against human ex vivo tumour cells in allograft recipients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 988-994; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.988 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P Furness, U Kirkpatrick, N Taub, D Davies, and K Solez

A UK-wide trial of the Banff classification of renal transplant pathology in routine diagnostic practice
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 995-1000; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.995 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Preliminary Reports:

I Ebihara, T Nakamura, Y Tomino, and H Koide

Effect of a specific endothelin receptor A antagonist and an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor on glomerular mRNA levels for extracellular matrix components, metalloproteinases (MMP) and a tissue inhibitor of MMP in aminonucleoside nephrosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 1001-1006; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.1001 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Technical Report:

C Granolleras, A Zein, R Oules, B Branger, J Fourcade, and S Shaldon

Continuous administration of intravenous iron during haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 1007-1008; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.1007 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T Kwon, Y Kim, and D Cho

Ultrasound-guided cannulation of the femoral vein for acute haemodialysis access
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 1009-1012; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.1009 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Kumwenda

Two different techniques and outcomes for insertion of long-term tunnelled haemodialysis catheters
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 1013-1016; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.1013 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical Observation:

W Tse, A Howie, D Adu, C Savage, N Richards, D Wheeler, and J Michael

Association of vasculitic glomerulonephritis with membranous nephropathy: a report of 10 cases
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 1017-1027; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.1017 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

K Ramboer, R Oyen, S Verellen, S Vermeersch, A Baert, and R Verberckmoes

Focal xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis mimicking a renal tumor: CT- and MR-findings and evolution under therapy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 1028-1030; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.1028 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S Lin, A Kuo, F Yu, and Y Lin

Reversible voltage-dependant distal renal tubular acidosis in a patient receiving standard doses of trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 1031-1033; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.1031 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B Bender, U Wetterauer, P Schollmeyer, and H Neumann

An incidental finding - bilateral multifocal renal oncocytoma
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 1034-1036; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.1034 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C Faucher, C Albert, H Beaufils, C Jouanneau, and L Dupouet

Remission of a refractory nephrotic syndrome after low-density lipoprotein apheresis based on dextrane sulphate adsorption
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 1037-1039; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.1037 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E Coll, R Torra, J Pascual, A Botey, J Ara, L Perez, F Ballesta, and A Darnell

Sporadic orofaciodigital syndrome type I presenting as end-stage renal disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 1040-1042; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.1040 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P Fong, F Sepandj, and A Trillo

Idiopathic acute granulomatous interstitial nephritis leading to renal papillary necrosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 1043-1045; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.1043 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D Heaney, A Majid, and B Junor

Bicarbonate haemodialysis as a treatment of metformin overdose
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 1046-1047; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.1046 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Winn, V McDermott, S Schwab, and P Conlon

Dialysis catheter 'fibrin-sheath stripping': a cautionary tale!
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 1048-1050; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.1048 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D Tarng and T Huang

Uraemic pericarditis: a reversible inflammatory state of resistance to recombinant human erythropoietin in haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 1051-1054; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.1051 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D Bottalico, G Santagostino Barbone, V Giancaspro, L Bignardi, L Arisi, and V Cambi

Post-transplantation Kaposi's sarcoma appearing simultaneously in same cadaver donor renal transplant recipients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 1055-1057. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S Kursat, S Cagirgan, E Ok, A Unsal, Y Tokat, G Saydam, F Akcicek, and A Basci

Haemophagocytic-histiocytic syndrome in renal transplantation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 1058-1060; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.1058 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

The Interesting Cases:

K McAuley, F Devereux, and R Walker

Calciphylaxis in two non-compliant patients with end-stage renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 1061-1063; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.1061 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Points:

G Filler, M von Bredow, H Grone, and J Ehrich

A child with haemolytic uraemic syndrome: do we have to care about aetiological heterogeneity?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 1064-1066; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.1064 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in Nephrology:

B Krumme and U Blum

Renal artery aneurysm and fibromuscular dysplasia
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 1067-1069; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.1067 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Continuing Nephrological Education:

M Franz and W Horl

The patient with end-stage renal failure and ascites
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 1070-1078; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.1070 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters and Replies:

M Elisaf, K Siamopoulos, and P Gross

Diagnosis and treatment of hyponatraemia in SIAD
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 1079; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.1079 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S Tarng, C Lo, W Lo, T Chan, S Hoque, and J Cunningham

Optimal treatment regimen for CAPD peritonitis caused by Rhodococcus species
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 1080-1081; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.1080 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

L Lopes, E Lopes, G Kirsztajn, P Abreu, A Silva, M Ferraz, and A Pereira

Lupus nephritis and HCV infection
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 1081a; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.1081a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H Toz, E Ok, A Unsal, G Asci, G Basdemir, and A Basci

Effectiveness of pulse cyclophosphamide plus oral steroid therapy in idiopathic membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 1081b-1082b; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.1081b [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D Goldsmith

Calciphylaxis, thrombotic diathesis and defects in coagulation regulation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 1082-1083; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.1082 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Tercedor, B Lopez Hernandez, and J Rodenas

Bullous dermatosis of end-stage renal disease and aluminium
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 1083a; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.1083a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Schwarzbeck, U Hilgenfeldt, U Riester, M Rambaussek, and A Kiral

Anaphylactoid reactions during dextran apheresis may occur even in the absence of ACE-inhibitor administration
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 12: 1083b-1084b; doi:10.1093/ndt/12.5.1083b [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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