Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Editorial Comments:

Alberto Ortiz, Corina Lorz, and Jesús Egido

The Fas ligand/Fas system in renal injury
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1831-1834; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.1831 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jos N. M. Barendregt, Jan H. M. Tordoir, and Karel M. L. Leunissen

Antithrombotic measures for indwelling intravenous haemodialysis catheters—Columbus' egg yet to be found
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1834-1835; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.1834 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Iain C. Macdougall

The role of ACE inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers in the response to epoetin
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1836-1841; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.1836 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jan Broekroelofs, Coen A. Stegeman, Gerjan Navis, and Paul E. de Jong

Prevention of renal function loss after non-renal solid organ transplantation—how can nephrologists help to keep the kidneys out of the line of fire?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1841-1843; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.1841 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joachim J. Bugert, Tania Mara Welzel, Martin Zeier, and Gholamreza Darai

Hantavirus infection—haemorrhagic fever in the Balkans—potential nephrological hazards in the Kosovo war
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1843-1844; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.1843 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Special Report:

Norbert Lameire

International nephrological assistance to Kosovo refugees
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1845; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.1845 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Invited Comment:

Steen Olsen

Identification of non-diabetic glomerular disease in renal biopsies from diabetics—a dilemma
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1846-1849; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.1846 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dialysis and Transplantation News:

Walther H. Boer and Ronald J. Hené

Lethal air embolism following removal of a double lumen jugular vein catheter
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1850-1852; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.1850 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Molecular Basis of Renal Disease:

Marc R. Hammerman

`The growth hormone–insulin-like growth factor axis in kidney re-revisited
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1853-1860; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.1853 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

Toshiki Nagasaki, Eiji Ishimura, Hidenori Koyama, Atsushi Shioi, Shuichi Jono, Masaaki Inaba, Tadayoshi Hasuma, Minehiko Yokoyama, Yoshiki Nishizawa, Hirotoshi Morii, and Shuzo Otani

v Integrin regulates TNF--induced nitric oxide synthesis in rat mesangial cells—possible role of osteopontin
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1861-1866; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.1861 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maritza Romero, Jesus Mosquera, Ernesto Novo, Lucas Fernandez, and Gustavo Parra

Erythrogenic toxin type B and its precursor isolated from nephritogenic streptococci induce leukocyte infiltration in normal rat kidneys
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1867-1874; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.1867 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carsten Schroeder, Awad A. Osman, Dirk Roggenbuck, and Thomas Mothes

IgA-Gliadin antibodies, IgA-containing circulating immune complexes, and IgA glomerular deposits in wasting marmoset syndrome
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1875-1880; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.1875 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Edith Brochu, Sonia Lacasse-M., Claudia Moreau, Marcel Lebel, Iris Kingma, John H. Grose, and Richard Larivière

Endothelin ET_A receptor blockade prevents the progression of renal failure and hypertension in uraemic rats
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1881-1888; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.1881 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

James Heaf, Hans Løkkegaard, and Svend Larsen

The epidemiology and prognosis of glomerulonephritis in Denmark 1985–1997
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1889-1897; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.1889 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Björn W. Öqvist, Anna Rippe, Jan Tencer, and Bengt Rippe

In vivo microvascular clearance of albumin in renal and extrarenal tissues in puromycin aminonucleoside (PAN) induced nephrotic syndrome
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1898-1903; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.1898 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jaap Deinum, Lise Tarnow, Jeanette M. van Gool, René A. de Bruin, Frans H. M. Derkx, Maarten A. D. H. Schalekamp, and Hans-Henrik Parving

Plasma renin and prorenin and renin gene variation in patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and nephropathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1904-1911; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.1904 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sehsuvar Ertürk, Gökhan Nergizoglu, Kenan Ates, Neval Duman, Bülent Erbay, Oktay Karatan, and A. Ergün Ertug

The impact of withdrawing ACE inhibitors on erythropoietin responsiveness and left ventricular hypertrophy in haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1912-1916; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.1912 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maarten W. Taal, Michael J. D. Cassidy, Derek Pearson, Desmond Green, and Tahir Masud

Usefulness of quantitative heel ultrasound compared with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in determining bone mineral density in chronic haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1917-1921; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.1917 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maarten W. Taal, Tahir Masud, Desmond Green, and Michael J. D. Cassidy

Risk factors for reduced bone density in haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1922-1928; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.1922 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Fabrizio Fabrizi, Paul Martin, Vivek Dixit, Stella Quan, Maria Brezina, Heather Abbey, Silvia Gerosa, Ezra Kaufman, Robert DiNello, Alan Polito, and Gary Gitnick

Epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori in chronic haemodialysis patients using the new RIBA^TM H. pylori SIA
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1929-1933; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.1929 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kristian Kunz, Philippe Petitjean, Mohamed Lisri, Frances Chantrel, Christian Koehl, Marie-Louise Wiesel, Jean-Pierre Cazenave, Bruno Moulin, and Thierry P. Hannedouche

Cardiovascular morbidity and endothelial dysfunction in chronic haemodialysis patients: is homocyst(e)ine the missing link?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1934-1942; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.1934 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Solbjørg Sagedal, Anders Hartmann, Kristina Sundstrøm, Stine Bjørnsen, Per Fauchald, and Frank Brosstad

A single dose of dalteparin effectively prevents clotting during haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1943-1947; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.1943 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christian Löwbeer, Astrid Ottosson-Seeberger, Sven A. Gustafsson, Rolf Norrman, Johan Hulting, and Alberto Gutierrez

Increased cardiac troponin T and endothelin-1 concentrations in dialysis patients may indicate heart disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1948-1955; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.1948 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kunitoshi Iseki, Masahiko Tozawa, Shinichiro Yoshi, and Koshiro Fukiyama

Serum C-reactive protein (CRP) and risk of death in chronic dialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1956-1960; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.1956 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jean Claude Stolear, Bernard Georges, Ali Shita, and Dierik Verbeelen

The predictive value of cardiac troponin T measurements in subjects on regular haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1961-1967; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.1961 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Thomas Henle, Reinhold Deppisch, Werner Beck, Olaf Hergesell, Gertrud M. Hänsch, and Eberhard Ritz

Advanced glycated end-products (AGE) during haemodialysis treatment: discrepant results with different methodologies reflecting the heterogeneity of AGE compounds
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1968-1975; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.1968 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Masahiko Tozawa, Kunitoshi Iseki, Shinichiro Yoshi, and Koshiro Fukiyama

Blood pressure variability as an adverse prognostic risk factor in end-stage renal disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1976-1981; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.1976 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carlo Zancanaro, Manuela Malatesta, Ferdinando Mannello, Peter Vogel, and Stanislav Fakan

The kidney during hibernation and arousal from hibernation. A natural model of organ preservation during cold ischaemia and reperfusion
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1982-1990; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.1982 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lorenz Risch, Alfred Blumberg, and Andreas Huber

Rapid and accurate assessment of glomerular filtration rate in patients with renal transplants using serum cystatin C
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1991-1996; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.1991 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Merlin C. Thomas, Robert J. Walker, and Margaret Fisher

Simultaneous presentation of Goodpasture's disease and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1997-1998; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.1997 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dae Yeon Hwang, Curie Ahn, Jung Geon Lee, Seung Hyup Kim, Ha Young Oh, Yong Yim Kim, E. S. Lee, Jin Suk Han, Suhnggwon Kim, and Jung Sang Lee

Unilateral renal cystic disease in adults
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 1999-2003; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.1999 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ali K. Owda, Abdallah H. Abdallah, Abdul Haleem, Fahad A. Hawas, Dujana Mousa, Halima Fedail, Mohamed H. Al-Sulaiman, and Abdullah A. Al-Khader

De novo diabetes mellitus in kidney allografts: nodular sclerosis and diffuse glomerulosclerosis leading to graft failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2004-2007; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.2004 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Masateru Nishiki, Yoshio Murakami, Yuko Yamane, and Yuzuru Kato

Steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome, sarcoidosis and thyroiditis—a new syndrome?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2008-2010; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.2008 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yuh-Feng Lin and Shih-Hua Lin

Simultaneous acute renal and hepatic failure after ingesting raw carp gall bladder
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2011-2012; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.2011 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kai-Uwe Eckardt, Carsten Willam, and Ulrich Frei

Severe hypophosphataemia in paracetamol-induced oliguric renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2013-2014; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.2013 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Olivier Chavanon, Jocelyne Maurizi-Balzan, Nicolas Chavanis, Bertrand Morel, and Dominique Blin

Successful prolonged use of an intracardiac catheter for dialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2015-2016; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.2015 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hsiann Y. Wang and Ja L. Lin

Trichosporon beigelii fungaemia in a patient with haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2017-2018; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.2017 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gökhan Nergizoglu, Neval Duman, Sehsuvar Ertürk, Kenan Keven, Kenan Ates, Harun Akar, Gülsah Bademci, Çaglar Berk, Selim Erekul, Bülent Erbay, Oktay Karatan, and A. Ergün Ertug

Tuberculosis of the skull in a patient on maintenance haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2019-2021; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.2019 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Josep M. Cruzado, Joan Torras, Joan Domínguez, Concha Sancho, Jeroni Alsina, and Josep M. Grinyó

An unusual cause of post-biopsy oliguria in an allograft
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2022-2024; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.2022 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nephroquiz for the Beginner:

Robert A. P. Koene

Unexplained haematuria
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2025-2027; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.2025 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in Nephrology:

Mark J. Sarnak and Andrew S. Levey

Placement of an internal jugular dialysis catheter into the superior intercostal vein
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2028-2029; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.2028 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

The Interesting Cases:

Froukje L. Ubels, Gabe G. van Essen, Paul E. de Jong, and Coen A. Stegeman

Exercise induced macroscopic haematuria: run for a diagnosis?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2030-2031; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.2030 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hsin-Liang Liu, Jeng-Jong Huang, Roug-Ru Lan, Ming-Cheng Wang, Junne-Ming Sung, and Ryh-Yaw Hsieh

Ischaemic bowel disease in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2032-2034; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.2032 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Points:

Thomas Höhler, Jörj Kriegsmann, Frank Laukhuf, Karl-H. Meyer zum Büschenfelde, and Eveline Wandel

The lady with a history of blood transfusion who developed palpable purpura and microhaematuria
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2035-2037; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.2035 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Iconographic Archives:

Giovanni B. Fogazzi

An atlas on urinary sediment written by a surgeon and a chemist still of interest today
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2038-2040; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.2038 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters and Replies:

Philip A. Dyer, Martin Bobrow, P. W. Mathieson, C. R. K. Dudley, K. Hamilton, and P. A. Lear

`The spouse as a kidney donor: ethically sound?'
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2043; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.2043 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anatole Besarab, W. Kline Bolton, Allen R. Nissenson, Steve J. Schwab, David A. Goodkin, Iain C Macdougall, and Eberhard Ritz

The Normal Haematocrit Trial in dialysis patients with cardiac disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2043-2044; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.2043-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Guy Laurent, Edouard Calemard, Bernard Charra, and Eli A. Friedman

Haemodialysis for French diabetic patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2044-2045; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.2044 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Chung-Hsin Chang, Chiu-Jong Hung, Shou-Shan Chian, An-Hang Yang, and Eric B. Grossman

Acute renal failure in a young man, 9 days after a 5-h persisting erection following Viagra^TM: is there a causal relationship?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2045-2047; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.2045 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. G. Chew, M. D. Weise, and A. P. S. Disney

The effect of angiotensin II receptor antagonist on the exogenous erythropoietin requirement of haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2047-2049; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.2047 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D. Dressler, J. R. Wright, J. B. Houghton, and P. A. Kalra

Another case of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in an acutely uraemic patient following interferon therapy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2049-2050; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.2049 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D. Kuypers, J. Vanwalleghem, B. Maes, T. Messiaen, Y. Vanrenterghem, and W. E. Peetermans

Cefazolin serum concentrations with fixed intravenous dosing in patients on chronic hemodialysis treatment
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2050-2051; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.2050 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ajay Kumar, Javeed Ansari, Ilse Bürger, and John H. Turney

The spectrum of acute renal failure in tumour lysis syndrome
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2051-2052; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.2051 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dipankar Bhowmik, Suresh C. Dash, Suresh C. Tiwari, Sanjay K. Agarwal, Sanjay Gupta, Sandeep Guleria, and Sadanand Mehta

Spousal renal donor transplants in India
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2052-2053; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.2052 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Kumar and J. H. Turney

Vasculitis look-alikes: variants of renal atheroembolic disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2053; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.2053 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maite Rivera, Roberto Marcén, Francisco Mampaso, Mariana Arranz, and Joaquín Ortuño

Non-diabetic glomerulosclerosis in renal transplantation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2053; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.2053-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ali Arican, Namik Özbek, Volkan Baltaci, and Mehmet Haberal

Philadelphia chromosome (+) T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia after renal transplantation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2054-2055; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.2054 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ghanbarali Rais-Jalali and Parviz Khajehdehi

Anti-HCV seropositivity among haemodialysis patients of Iranian origin
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2055-2056; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.2055 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Abstracts:

Scottish Renal Association 13–14 November 1998, Dumfries, UK
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 14: 2057-2065; doi:10.1093/ndt/14.8.2057 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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