Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Editorial Comments:

R Atkins, D Nikolic-Paterson, R Bucala, and H Lan

Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) - potential perspectives for immune-intervention in renal disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2719-2720; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2719 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

I Fleming and R Busse

EDHE: Update on a alternative vasodilator with potential renal significance
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2721-2723; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2721 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S Matsuo, Y Morita, M Mizuno, K Nishikawa, and Y Yuzawa

Proteinuria and damage to tubular cells - is complement a culprit?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2723-2726; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2723 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K Miyamoto, S Tatsumi, K Morita, and E Takeda

Does the parathyroid 'see' phosphate?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2727-2729; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2727 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Mustonen, O Vapalahti, H Henttonen, A Pasternack, and A Vaheri

Epidemiology of hantavirus infections in Europe
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2729-2731; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2729 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T Welzel, M Zeier, G Darai, and E Ritz

Hantavirus infection - new threats by an old virus
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2731-2733; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2731 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Benigni and G Remuzzi

Novel strategies to retard renal disease progression: combining ACE inhibition with endothelin receptor blocking?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2734-2738; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2734 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S Schoenberg, M Knopp, M Bock, M Prince, and J Allenberg

Combined morphologic and functional assessment of renal artery stenosis using gadolinium enhanced magnetic resonance imaging
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2738-2742; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2738 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R Kikkawa, Y Kida, and M Haneda

Nephropathy in type II diabetes - epidemiological issues as viewed from Japan
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2743-2745; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2743 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G Ligtenberg, M Barnas, and H Koomans

Intradialytic hypotension: new insights into the mechanism of vasovagal syncope
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2745-2747; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2745 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Westhuyzen

Folate supplementation in the dialysis patient - fragmentary evidence and tentative recommendations
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2748-2750; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2748 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Personal Opinion:

C Stehouwer, J Yudkin, P Fioretto, and R Nosadini

How heterogeneous is microalbuminuria in diabetes mellitus? The case for 'benign' and 'malignant' microalbuminuria
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2751-2754; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2751 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Invited Comments:

K Hruska

New concepts in renal osteodystrophy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2755-2760; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2755 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Radermacher and R Brunkhorst

Diagnosis and treatment of renovascular stenosis - a cost-benefit analysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2761-2767; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2761 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

C Frances

Clinical update. Kaposi's sarcoma after renal transplantation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2768-2773; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2768 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

V Bonomini, V Mioli, A Albertazzi, and P Scolari

Seminal contribution to dialysis. Daily-dialysis programme: indications and results
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2774-2777; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2774 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Bommer, P Vos, M Kooistra, and E Ritz

Seminal contribution to dialysis. Comment
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2777-2778; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2777 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

W Kriz, H Hosser, B Hahnel, N Gretz, and A Provoost

From segmental glomerulosclerosis to total nephron degeneration and interstitial fibrosis: a histopathological study in rat models and human glomerulopathies
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2781-2798; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2781 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Hebert, T Takano, A Papayianni, H Rennke, A Minto, D Salant, M Carroll, and H Brady

Acute nephrotoxic serum nephritis in complement knockout mice: relative roles of the classical and alternate pathways in neutrophil recruitment and proteinuria
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2799-2803; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2799 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R Weiss and A Ramirez

TGF-{beta}- and angiotensin-II-induced mesangial matrix protein secretion is mediated by protein kinase C
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2804-2813; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2804 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Wu, C Yang, M Bens, H Yu, J Huang, C Wu, C Huang, and A Vandewalle

Cyclosporin inhibits nitric oxide production in medullary ascending limb cultured cells
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2814-2820. [Abstract] [Request Permissions]  

M Zhao, N Liu, Y Zhang, and H Wang

Antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies (ANCA) and their target antigens in Chinese patients with lupus nephritis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2821-2824; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2821 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Danaci, T Akpolat, M Bastemir, S Sarikaya, H Akan, M Selcuk, and K Cengiz

The prevalence of seminal vesicle cysts in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2825-2828; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2825 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K Kedziora-Kornatowska, M Luciak, J Blaszczyk, and W Pawlak

Lipid peroxidation and activities of antioxidant enzymes in erythrocytes of patients with non-insulin dependent diabetes with or without diabetic nephropathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2829-2832; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2829 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P Attman, C Knight-Gibson, M Tavella, O Samuelsson, and P Alaupovic

The compositional abnormalities of lipoproteins in diabetic renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2833-2841; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2833 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R Cunney, C Magee, E McNamara, E Smyth, and J Walshe

Clostridium difficile colitis associated with chronic renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2842-2846; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2842 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Nielsen, S Ladefoged, and H Kolmos

Dialysis catheter-related septicaemia - focus on Staphylococcus aureus septicaemia
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2847-2852; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2847 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Kooistra, J Vos, H Koomans, and P Vos

Daily home haemodialysis in the Netherlands; effects on metabolic control, heamodynamics, and quality of life
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2853-2860; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2853 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Y Matsumoto, T Shinzato, I Takai, A Nishimoto, S Nakai, T Sakai, I Amano, and K Maeda

Peripheral deletion of &ggr;&dgr; T cells in haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2861-2866; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2861 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D Tarng and T Huang

A parallel, comparative study of intravenous iron versus intravenous ascorbic acid for erythropoietin-hyporesponsive anaemia in haemodialysis patients with iron overload
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2867-2872; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2867 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C Jones, D Richardson, S Ayers, C Newstead, E Will, and A Davison

Percentage hypochromic red cells and the response to intravenous iron therapy in anaemic haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2873-2876; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2873 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D Kang, K Yoon, and D Han

Acute effects of recombinant human erythropoietin on plasma levels of proendothelin-1 and endothelin-1 in haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2877-2883; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2877 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C Usalan, Y Erdem, M Caglar, B Altun, M Arici, M Bakkaloglu, & Yasavul, C Turgan, and S Caglar

Effect of enalapril on exaggerated erythropoietin response to phlebotomy in erythrocytosic renal transplant patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2884-2889; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2884 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D Ducloux, C Ruedin, R Gibey, P Vautrin, C Bresson-Vautrin, J Rebibou, and J Chalopin

Prevalence, determinants, and clinical significance of hyperhomocyst(e)inaemia in renal-transplant recipients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2890-2893; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2890 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L Azevedo, J Romao, D Malheiros, L Saldanha, L Ianhez, and E Sabbaga

Renal transplantation in systemic lupus erythematosus. A case control study of 45 patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2894-2898; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2894 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P Voros, G Farkas, Z Lengyel, R Degi, L Rosivall, and L Kammerer

Albuminuria after fetal pancreatic islet transplantation: a 10-year follow-up
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2899-2904; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2899 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L Frimat, J Villemot, L Cormier, T Cao-Huu, E Renoult, D Hestin, C Dopff, S Mattei, J Hubert, and M Kessler

Treatment of end-stage renal failure after heart transplantation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2905-2908; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2905 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P Berthoux, C Dejean, S Cecillon, M Batie, and F Berthoux

High prevalence of hepatitis G virus (HGV) infection in renal transplantation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2909-2913; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2909 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C Huang, J Kao, Y Kuo, T Tsai, K Hung, and D Chen

GB irus C/hepatitis G virus infection in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2914-2919; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2914 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Bernheim and J Bernheim

A course in histopathology. Periglomerular granulomatous reaction in kidney biopsy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2959-2960; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2959 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Various

Special announcements. Report of the publisher to the ERA
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2970-2972. [Request Permissions]  

F Luft

Letter
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2973a. [Request Permissions]  

Dialysis and Transplantation News:

A Petersons and E Ritz

Nephrology in the Baltic countries
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2779-2780; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2779 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

A Del Giudice, M Bisceglia, M D'Errico, G Gatta, M Nardella, G Ciavarella, N Zarrelli, and C Stallone

Extra-adrenal functional paraganglioma (phaeochromocytoma) associated with renal-artery stenosis in a pregnant woman
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2920-2923; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2920 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Louden, G Leen, and R Cove-Smith

Systemic thrombolysis for bilateral atherosclerotic renal artery occlusion resulting in prolonged recovery of renal function
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2924-2926; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2924 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Stratton and K Farrington

Relapse of vasculitis, sepsis, or azathioprine allergy?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2927-2928; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2927 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S Inoue, H Tanaka, E Fujita, M Kubo, H Hirakata, Y Fukushima, Y Nakafusa, T Maeda, and M Fujishima

Eosinophilic pleural effusion and peripheral eosinophilia - an uncommon complication of thoracoscopic parathyroidectomy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2929-2931; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2929 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Gascon, S Zabala, and E Iglesias

Crypotosporidiosis in a haemodialysis patient with depressed CD4+ T cell count: successful treatment with azithromycin
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2932-2933; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2932 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R Wuthrich, T Weinreich, U Binswanger, H Gloor, D Candinas, and S hailemariam

Should living related kidney transplantation be considered for patients with renal failure due to Fabry's disease?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2934-2936; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2934 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T Martinez, M Palomares, J Bravo, G Alarez, P Galindo, A Entrena, and C Asensio

Biopsy-induced arteriovenous fistula and venous aneurysm in a renal transplant
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2937-2939; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2937 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H Kohli, K Sud, V Jha, K Gupta, M Minz, K Joshi, and V Sakhuja

Cyclosporin-induced haemolytic-uraemic syndrome presenting as primary graft dysfunction
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2940-2942; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2940 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D Kovac, J Lindic, T Lejko-Zupanc, A Bren, B Knap, M Lesnik, A Gucek, and D Ferluga

Treatment of severe Paecilomyces varioti peritonitis in patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2943-2946; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2943 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief Reports:

J Traynor, C Geddes, D Walbaum, M Harris, R Dalling, J Fox, and R Mactier

CAPD as fluid replacement in a patient with short-bowel syndrome
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2947-2948; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2947 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical Observation:

C Breen and I Macdougall

Improvement of erythropoietin-resistant anaemia after renal transplantation in patients with homozygous sickle-cell disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2949-2952; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2949 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

The Interesting Cases:

Z Korzets, M Schneider, H Savin, S Ben-Chetrit, J Bernheim, P Shitrit, and J Bernheim

Intriguing presentation of scleroderma renal crisis (scleroderma renal crisis sine scleroderma sine hypertension)
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2953-2956; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2953 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Points:

A Sabeel, S Al-Hazzaa, O Alfurayh, and P Mikkonen

The dialysed patient who turned blind during a haemodialysis session
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2957-2958; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2957 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nephroquiz for the beginner:

L Dorresteijn, R Goldschmeding, M Canninga-van Dijk, and R Hene

Do not neglect rust
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2961-2962. [Request Permissions]  

Iconographic Archives of European Nephrology:

G Fogazzi and E Ritz

Germany, 20 century. Novel classification of glomerulonephritis in the monograph of Franz Volhard and Theodor Fahr
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2963-2965; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2963 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Continuing Nephrological Education:

A Paiva, L Freitas, J Pratas, H Gomes, A Mota, A Marques, and A Furtado

Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2966-2969. [Request Permissions]  

Letters and Replies:

M Elisaf, K Siamopoulos, P ter Wee, and R Gans

Hyperventilation after drug abuse: how are the observed acid-base and electrolyte abnormalities interpreted?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2973b-2974b. [Request Permissions]  

G Deray, A Kolonko, F Kokot, and A Wiecek

Constrast-associated nephropathy - old clinical problem and new therapeutic perspectives
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2974-2975; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2974 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B Di Iorio, V Terracciano, G Gaudiano, V Bellizzi, and E Movilli

Daily variations of protein intake in haemodialyzed patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2975-2976; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2975 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

J Potier

Bromate intoxication due to the ingestion of a dose prescribed by a homeopathist
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2976-2977; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2976 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D Balkovetz, C Frazier, and P Sanders

Crossover comparison of intravenous and subcutaneous recombinant human erythropoietin in a small haemodialysis unit
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2977-2978; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2977 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C Basile, A Marangi, A Montanaro, R Giordano, F De Padova, V Ligorio, D Santese, L Di Marco, A Semeraro, and L Vernaglione

Tacrolimus and gingival hyperplasia
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2978-2979; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2978 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R Sola LL Guirado, I Agraz, D Paredes, D Vizcarra, and S Rodriguez

Interruption of the administration of cyclosporin after renal transplant: long-term results
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2979-2980; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2979 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

I Fehrman-Ekholm and H Nisell

A successful pregnancy in a kidney recipient with tacrolimus (Prograf, FK 506) therapy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 13: 2980-2981; doi:10.1093/ndt/13.11.2980 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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