Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Editorial Comments:

Micheline Levy

How well do we manage and support patients and families with dominantly inherited renal disease?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 1-4; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.1 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rajko B. Kenda

Imaging techniques for the detection of vesicoureteric reflux: what and when?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 4-7; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.4 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Daniel Schneditz and Nathan W. Levin

Keep your temper: how to avoid heat accumulation in haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 7-9; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.7 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carlo Basile

Should relative blood volume changes be routinely measured during the dialysis session?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 10-12; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.10 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eric Thervet, Dany Anglicheau, and Christophe Legendre

Recent issues concerning renal transplantation in systemic lupus erythematosus patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 12-14; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.12 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tobias Pischon and Arya M. Sharma

Obesity as a risk factor in renal transplant patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 14-17; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.14 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Emmanuel Morelon, Marie-France Mamzer-Bruneel, Marie-Noëlle Peraldi, and Henri Kreis

Sirolimus: a new promising immunosuppressive drug. Towards a rationale for its use in renal transplantation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 18-20; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.18 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Invited Comment:

Werner Moshage, Stephan Achenbach, and Werner G. Daniel

Novel approaches to the non-invasive diagnosis of coronary-artery disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 21-28; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.21 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Special Feature:

Tilman B. Drüeke and Norbert Lameire

Report from the Editorial Office
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 29-31; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.29 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

Seza Ozen, Yusuf Usta, Inci Sahin-Erdemli, Dicle Orhan, Bulent Gumusel, Bin Yang, Yasemin Gursoy, Ozden Tulunay, Turgay Dalkara, Aysin Bakkaloglu, and Meguid El-Nahas

Association of nitric oxide production and apoptosis in a model of experimental nephropathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 32-38; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.32 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marie A. P. Audrain, Richard Sesboüé, Thierry A. R. Baranger, Jane Elliott, Angelo Testa, Jean-Pierre Martin, C. Martin Lockwood, and Vincent L. M. Esnault

Analysis of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA): frequency and specificity in a sample of 191 homozygous (PiZZ) alpha1-antitrypsin-deficient subjects
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 39-44; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.39 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Margret Arnadottir, Björn Hultberg, and Anna-Lena Berg

Plasma total homocysteine concentration in nephrotic patients with idiopathic membranous nephrophathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 45-47; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.45 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lambert van den Heuvel, Katja Op de Koul, Edwin Knots, Nine Knoers, and Leo Monnens

Autosomal recessive hypophosphataemic rickets with hypercalciuria is not caused by mutations in the type II renal sodium/phosphate cotransporter gene
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 48-51; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.48 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jan Köhler, Hans Thysell, Jan Tencer, Lillemor Forsberg, and Mikael Hellström

Conservative treatment and anti-reflux surgery in adults with vesico-ureteral reflux: effect on urinary-tract infections, renal function and loin pain in a long-term follow-up study
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 52-60; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.52 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Charles Chazot, Guy Laurent, Bernard Charra, Corinne Blanc, Cyril VoVan, Guillaume Jean, Thiery Vanel, Jean Claude Terrat, and Martial Ruffet

Malnutrition in long-term haemodialysis survivors
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 61-69; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.61 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carmine Zoccali, Francesca Mallamaci, Giovanni Tripepi, and Francesco Antonio Benedetto

Autonomic neuropathy is linked to nocturnal hypoxaemia and to concentric hypertrophy and remodelling in dialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 70-77; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.70 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carlos Zehnder, Jean-Pierre Gutzwiller, Andreas Huber, Christian Schindler, and Daniel Schneditz

Low-potassium and glucose-free dialysis maintains urea but enhances potassium removal
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 78-84; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.78 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Laura Soldati, Donatella Adamo, Paolo Manunta, Paola Stella, Daniele Ciurlino, Donatella Spotti, Giorgio Slaviero, Marco Melandri, Daniele Cusi, Giuseppe Bianchi, and Giuseppe Vezzoli

Erythrocyte calcium influx is related to severity of ventricular arrhythmias in uraemic patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 85-90; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.85 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Seoung Woo Lee, Joon Ho Song, Gyeong A Kim, Kyong Joo Lee, and Moon-Jae Kim

Assessment of total body water from anthropometry-based equations using bioelectrical impedance as reference in Korean adult control and haemodialysis subjects
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 91-97; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.91 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kar-Wai Lui, Kee-Min Yeow, Yung-Liang Wan, Yun-Chung Cheung, Koon-Kwan Ng, and Jeng-Hwei Tseng

Ultrasound guided puncture of the brachial artery for haemodialysis fistula angiography
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 98-101; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.98 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mohamed E. Suliman, José C. Divino Filho, Peter Bárány, Björn Anderstam, Bengt Lindholm, and Jonas Bergström

Effects of methionine loading on plasma and erythrocyte sulphur amino acids and sulph-hydryls before and after co-factor supplementation in haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 102-110; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.102 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ezio Movilli, Giovanni Carlo Cancarini, Roberta Zani, Corrado Camerini, Massimo Sandrini, and Rosario Maiorca

Adequacy of dialysis reduces the doses of recombinant erythropoietin independently from the use of biocompatible membranes in haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 111-114; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.111 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Donald Richardson, Cherry Bartlett, Helen Jolly, and Eric J. Will

Intravenous iron for CAPD populations: proactive or reactive strategies?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 115-119; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.115 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrej Kmetec, Andrej F. Bren, Aljosa Kandus, Jurij Fettich, and Jadranka Buturovic-Ponikvar

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound voiding cystography as a screening examination for vesicoureteral reflux in the follow-up of renal transplant recipients: a new approach
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 120-123; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.120 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Boris Wolfgang Hochleitner, Reinhold Kafka, Bernard Spechtenhauser, Claudia Bösmüller, Wolfgang Steurer, Alfred Königsrainer, and Raimund Margreiter

Renal allograft rupture is associated with rejection or acute tubular necrosis, but not with renal vein thrombosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 124-127; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.124 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sunil Kumar Munshi, Narayanaswamy Vijayakumar, Nicholas A. Taub, Harneeta Bhullar, T. C. Nelson Lo, and Graham Warwick

Outcome of renal replacement therapy in the very elderly
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 128-133; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.128 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Henri Nielens, Thierry M. Lejeune, Abdelhamid Lalaoui, Jean Paul Squifflet, Yves Pirson, and Eric Goffin

Increase of physical activity level after successful renal transplantation: a 5 year follow-up study
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 134-140; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.134 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lutz Renders, Irmgard Mayer-Kadner, Christine Koch, Sabine Schärffe, Klaus Burkhardt, Roland Veelken, Roland. E. Schmieder, and Ingeborg A. Hauser

Efficacy and drug interactions of the new HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors cerivastatin and atorvastatin in CsA-treated renal transplant recipients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 141-146; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.141 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief Reports:

An Deman, Bart Ceyssens, Marina Pauwels, Jigang Zhang, Katherina Vanden Houte, Dierik Verbeelen, and Christiane Van den Branden

Altered antioxidant defence in a mouse adriamycin model of glomerulosclerosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 147-150; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.147 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Terumi Higuchi, Naohiro Okuda, Kyouko Aoki, Yoshiyuki Ishii, Hidetoshi Matsumoto, Yoshihiko Ohnishi, Chihiro Hagi, Fumito Kikuchi, Kazuyoshi Okada, Tsutomu Kuno, Junko Honye, Satoshi Saito, Yuji Nagura, Susumu Takahashi, and Katsuo Kanmatsuse

Intravascular ultrasound imaging before and after angioplasty for stenosis of arteriovenous fistulae in haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 151-155; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.151 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Bertrand Dussol, Valérie Moal, Laurent Daniel, Christian Pain, and Yvon Berland

Spontaneous remission of HCV-induced cryoglobulinaemic glomerulonephritis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 156-159; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.156 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John F. Valente, Dorothea R. Dreyer, Michael A. Breda, and William M. Bennett

Laparoscopic renal denervation for intractable ADPKD-related pain
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 160; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.160 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jon Stratton, Paul Warwicker, Sylvia Watkins, and Ken Farrington

Desmopressin may be hazardous in thrombotic microangiopathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 161-162; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.161 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Roger Hartung, Jens Gerth, Reinhard Fünfstück, Hermann-Josef Gröne, and Günter Stein

End-stage renal disease in a bodybuilder: a multifactorial process or simply doping?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 163-165; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.163 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michio Nakamura, Shohei Fuchinoue, Ichiro Nakajima, Kumiko Kitajima, Tamotsu Tojimbara, Ken Takasaki, Hiroshi Shiraga, Katsumi Ito, Koichi Tanaka, and Tetsuzoi Agishi

Three cases of sequential liver–kidney transplantation fromliving-related donors
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 166-168; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.166 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nephroquiz for the beginner:

Mattias Carlebach, Galit Hasdan, Tuvia Shimoni, and Zeev Korzets

Vomiting, hyperkalaemia and cardiac rhythm disturbances
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 169-170; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.169 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Points:

John Stoves, Judy I. Wyatt, Alan Jackson, and Les Sellars

Parathyroidectomy in a hypercalcaemic patient with inappropriately normal plasma parathyroid hormone: an unusual way to arrive at the correct diagnosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 171-174; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.171 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Roland Sessler, Hasan Konyar, Georg Hasche, and Christof J. Olbricht

The haemodialysis patient with night sweats, ascites, and increased CA 125
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 175-177; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.175 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reports:

E. Ritz

Curs Educational International ‘Actualitai i perspective in Nefrologie’ jointly organized by the Societatea Romana de Nefrologie, Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacíe ‘Gr. T. Popa’, Iasi and Joint Action Nephrology Eastern Europe (ERA/EDTA/ISN) 24 June 2000
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 178; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.178 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Conference Report:

Merike Luman and Eberhard Ritz

Fifth Baltic Nephrology Conference jointly organized by the Baltic Societies of Nephrology and the Joint Action Nephrology in Eastern Europe, a collaborative effort of ISN and ERA
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 179; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.179 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bernhard K. Krämer

Cyclo-oxygenase-2 and renal function
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 180-183; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.180 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Laudationes:

Walter H. Hörl

Professor Bruno Watschinger
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 184; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.184 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Bernhard Degen, Susanne Schmidt, and Eberhard Ritz

A polymorphism in the gene for the endothelial nitric oxide synthase and diabetic nephropathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 185; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.185 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Fournier, H. Mazouz, and J. M. Achard

STOPPING at the CAPPP of good HOPE
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 185-187; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.185-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [Request Permissions]  

Gunter Wolf, Ingo Krenz, Susanne Hegewisch-Becker, Dieter K. Hossfeld, Udo Helmchen, and Rolf A. K. Stahl

Necrotizing glomerulonephritis associated with Hodgkin's disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 187-188; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.187 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John Stoves, Donald Richardson, and Hitan Patel

Tumour lysis syndrome in a patient with metastatic melanoma treated with biochemotherapy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 188-189; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.188 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ali Riza Odabas, Ramazan Çetinkaya, Yilmaz Selçuk, Hasan Kaya, and Ünsal Coskun

Tranexamic-acid-induced acute renal cortical necrosis in a patient with haemophilia A
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 189-190; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.189 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Samer Alkhuja, Muhammad Aboudan, and Robert Menkel

Acetaminophen toxicity induced non-oliguric acute tubular necrosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 190; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.190 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nader Bassilios, Clarisse Vantelon, Alain Baumelou, and Gilbert Deray

Continuous rifampicin administration inducing acute renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 190-191; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.190-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [Request Permissions]  

Filippo Salvati, Mario Liani, and Mario Bonomini

Response to recombinant human erythropoietin (rHu-Epo) in a patient with chronic renal failure and myelomonocytic leukaemia
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 191-192; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.191 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hassane Izzedine, Vincent Launay-Vacher, Guy Aymard, Mayeuie Legrand, and Gilbert Deray

Pharmacokinetic of nevirapine in haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 192-193; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.192 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. C. I. T. L. Tan, J. T. Brouwer, P. Glue, R. van Leusen, R. H. Kauffmann, S. W. Schalm, R. A. de Vries, and B. Vroom

Safety of interferon and ribavirin therapy in haemodialysis patients with chronic hepatitis C: results of a pilot study
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 193-195; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.193 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T. Kaneko, M. Kudo, T. Okumura, T. Kasiwagi, S. Turuoka, M. Simizu, Y. Iino, and Y. Katayama

Successful treatment of digoxin intoxication by haemoperfusion with specific columns for ß2-microgloblin-adsorption (Lixelle^TM) in a maintenance haemodialysis patient
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 195-196; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.195 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Javier L. Deira, Anunciación, González, Hugo Díaz, and Jesús Grande

Looking for new sources of organ donations
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 196-197; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.196 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robert MacGinley, Paul B. Bartley, Theo Sloots, and David W. Johnson

Epstein–Barr virus encephalitis in a renal allograft recipient diagnosed by polymerase chain reaction on cerebrospinal fluid and successfully treated with ganciclovir
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 197-198; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.197 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Acknowledgement:

Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 199-208; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.199 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcements:

Announcements
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 16: 209-211; doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.209 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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