Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Editorial Comments:

Friedrich C. Luft

Pieces of the preeclampsia puzzle
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2209-2210; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg498 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Olivier Devuyst, Alexandre Persu, and Minh-Truc Vo-Cong

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease: modifier genes and endothelial dysfunction
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2211-2215; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg351 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kamel S. Kamel and Charles Wei

Controversial issues in the treatment of hyperkalaemia
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2215-2218; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg323 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Holger Reinecke and Roland M. Schaefer

Percutaneous coronary interventions in patients with mild to moderate chronic renal failure: to dilate or not to dilate?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2218-2221; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg324 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Juan F. Navarro

In the erythropoietin era, can we forget alternative or adjunctive therapies for renal anaemia management? The androgen example
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2222-2226; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg370 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lucile Cousin, Marie Le Berre, Vincent Launay-Vacher, Hassane Izzedine, and Gilbert Deray

Dosing guidelines for fluconazole in patients with renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2227-2231; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg363 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Invited Comments:

Volker Nickeleit and Michael J. Mihatsch

Kidney transplants, antibodies and rejection: is C4d a magic marker?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2232-2239; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg304 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

Hannes Köppel, Benito A. Yard, Michael Christ, Martin Wehling, and Fokko J. van der Woude

Modulation of angiotensin II-mediated signalling by heparan sulphate glycosaminoglycans
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2240-2247; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg376 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kenichi Shirato, Hiroshi Osawa, Mitsuaki Kaizuka, Norio Nakamura, Toshiyuki Sugawara, Masayuki Nakamura, Michiko Tamura, Hideaki Yamabe, and Ken Okumura

Thrombin stimulates production of fibronectin by human proximal tubular epithelial cells via a transforming growth factor-ß-dependent mechanism
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2248-2254; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg398 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jürgen Steffgen, Katrin Kampfer, Clemens Grupp, Christoph Langenberg, Gerhard A. Müller, and R. Willi Grunewald

Osmoregulation of aldose reductase and sorbitol dehydrogenase in cultivated interstitial cells of rat renal inner medulla
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2255-2261; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg397 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maristela Carvalho da Costa, Isac de Castro, Américo L. Cuvello Neto, Alice T. Ferreira, Emmanuel A. Burdmann, and Luis Yu

Cyclosporin A tubular effects contribute to nephrotoxicity: role for Ca²⁺ and Mg²⁺ ions
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2262-2268; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg343 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pernilla Lindström, Jonas Wadström, Anna Ollerstam, Cecilia Johnsson, and A. Erik G. Persson

Effects of increased intra-abdominal pressure and volume expansion on renal function in the rat
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2269-2277; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg362 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Faysal Gok, Kimiyoshi Ichida, and Rezan Topaloglu

Mutational analysis of the xanthine dehydrogenase gene in a Turkish family with autosomal recessive classical xanthinuria
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2278-2283; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg385 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hemant M. Kocher, Jane Moorhead, Claire C. Sharpe, Mark E. C. Dockrell, Mashal Al-Nawab, and Bruce M. Hendry

Expression of Ras GTPases in normal kidney and in glomerulonephritis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2284-2292; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg375 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Geoffrey Boner, Alison J. Cox, Darren J. Kelly, Ana Tobar, Joëlle Bernheim, Robyn G. Langham, Mark E. Cooper, and Richard E. Gilbert

Does vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) play a role in the pathogenesis of minimal change disease?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2293-2299; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg372 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Susanne B. Schwedler, Frank Guderian, Jobst Dämmrich, Lawrence A. Potempa, and Christoph Wanner

Tubular staining of modified C-reactive protein in diabetic chronic kidney disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2300-2307; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg407 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maria do Sameiro Faria, Susana Sampaio, Victor Faria, and Elísio Carvalho

Nephropathy associated with heroin abuse in Caucasian patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2308-2313; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg369 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marjan A. van Dijk, Martijn H. Breuning, Rik Duiser, Leendert A. van Es, and Rudi G. J. Westendorp

No effect of enalapril on progression in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2314-2320; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg417 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maurizio Li Vecchi, Maurizio Soresi, Rosa Cusimano, Antonio Carroccio, Ciro Corrado, Adriana Gioe’, and Giuseppe Montalto

Prevalence of biliary lithiasis in a Sicilian population of chronic renal failure patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2321-2324; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg386 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pablo Ureña, Oana Bernard-Poenaru, Agnès Ostertag, Claude Baudoin, Martine Cohen-Solal, Tom Cantor, and Marie Christine de Vernejoul

Bone mineral density, biochemical markers and skeletal fractures in haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2325-2331; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg403 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Riccardo Maria Fagugli, Paolo Pasini, Giuseppe Quintaliani, Franca Pasticci, Giovanni Ciao, Beatrice Cicconi, Daniela Ricciardi, Paola Vittoria Santirosi, Emanuela Buoncristiani, Francesca Timio, Fabrizio Valente, and Umberto Buoncristiani

Association between extracellular water, left ventricular mass and hypertension in haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2332-2338; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg371 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Masato Nishimura, Tetsuya Hashimoto, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Toyofumi Fukuda, Koji Okino, Noriyuki Yamamoto, Noriyuki Iwamoto, Naoto Nakamura, Toshikazu Yoshikawa, and Toshihiko Ono

The high incidence of left atrial appendage thrombosis in patients on maintenance haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2339-2347; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg399 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Benjamin Guillet, Nicolas Simon, Jérôme José Sampol, Anne-Marie Lorec-Penet, Henri Portugal, Yvon Berland, Bertrand Dussol, and Philippe Brunet

Pharmacokinetics of the low molecular weight heparin enoxaparin during 48 h after bolus administration as an anticoagulant in haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2348-2353; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg396 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Miriam Davidovits, Ayala Barak, Roxana Cleper, Irit Krause, Zahava Gamzo, and Bella Eisenstein

Methaemoglobinaemia and haemolysis associated with hydrogen peroxide in a paediatric haemodialysis centre: a warning note
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2354-2358; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg395 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Patrick Saudan, Francois Mach, Thomas Perneger, Bruno Schnetzler, Catherine Stoermann, Zina Fumeaux, Michel Rossier, and Pierre-Yves Martin

Safety of low-dose spironolactone administration in chronic haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2359-2363; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg388 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shahid Hussain, Darren E. Dreyfus, Richard J. Marcus, Robert W. W. Biederman, and Rita L. McGill

Is spironolactone safe for dialysis patients?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2364-2368; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg413 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Luca Gabutti, Nicola Ferrari, Giacomo Giudici, Giorgio Mombelli, and Claudio Marone

Unexpected haemodynamic instability associated with standard bicarbonate haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2369-2376; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg383 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dirk W. Droste, Torsten Beyna, Bernhard Frye, Volker Schulte, E. Bernd Ringelstein, and Roland M. Schaefer

Reduction of circulating microemboli in the subclavian vein of patients undergoing haemodialysis using pre-filled instead of dry dialysers
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2377-2381; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg352 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Walter Samtleben, Christina Dengler, Birgit Reinhardt, Annekatrin Nothdurft, and Horst-Dieter Lemke

Comparison of the new polyethersulfone high-flux membrane DIAPES^® HF800 with conventional high-flux membranes during on-line haemodiafiltration
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2382-2386; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg410 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Miltos K. Lazarides, Demitrios N. Staramos, George Kopadis, Chrysostomos Maltezos, Vassilios D. Tzilalis, and George S. Georgiadis

Onset of arterial ‘steal’ following proximal angioaccess: immediate and delayed types
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2387-2390; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg346 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Renzo Scanziani, Beatrice Dozio, Ivano Baragetti, and Serena Maroni

Intraperitoneal hydrostatic pressure and flow characteristics of peritoneal catheters in automated peritoneal dialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2391-2398; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg353 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bo Ying Choy, Tak Mao Chan, Sing Kai Lo, Wai Kei Lo, and Kar Neng Lai

Renal transplantation in patients with primary immunoglobulin A nephropathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2399-2404; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg373 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief Reports:

Werner Rabitsch, Paul Knöbl, Hildegard Greinix, Erika Prinz, Peter Kalhs, Walter H. Hörl, and Kurt Derfler

Removal of persisting isohaemagglutinins with Ig-Therasorb^® immunoadsorption after major ABO-incompatible non-myeloablative allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2405-2408; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg364 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dany Anglicheau, Martin Flamant, Marie Hélène Schlageter, Frank Martinez, Bruno Cassinat, Philippe Beaune, Christophe Legendre, and Eric Thervet

Pharmacokinetic interaction between corticosteroids and tacrolimus after renal transplantation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2409-2414; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg381 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Preliminary Communications:

Rajiv Saran, James E. Novak, Anjali Desai, Emil Abdulhayoglu, Jeffrey S. Warren, Rami Bustami, Garry J. Handelman, Damian Barbato, William Weitzel, Louis G. D'Alecy, and Sanjay Rajagopalan

Impact of vitamin E on plasma asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) in chronic kidney disease (CKD): a pilot study
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2415-2420; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg406 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Faiçal Jarraya, Mohamed Abid, Rachid Jlidi, Khaled Mkaouar, Mouna Mnif, Mahmoud Kharrat, Khaled Charfeddine, Khaoula Kammoun, Mohamed Ben Hmida, and Jamil Hachicha

Myeloperoxidase-antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-positive crescentic glomerulonephritis associated with benzylthiouracil therapy: report of the first case
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2421-2423; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg360 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rene C. Bakker, Cornelis A. Verburgh, Mark A. van Buchem, and Leendert C. Paul

Hypertension, cerebral oedema and fundoscopy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2424-2427; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg303 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sally M. A. Hamour, Patrick F. K. Yong, Peter Amlot, and Aine Burns

B-cell lymphoma arising around a PTFE graft
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2428-2430; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg329 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary data [Request Permissions]  

Sylvia Stracke, Udo Helmchen, Lutz von Müller, Donald Bunjes, and Frieder Keller

Polyoma virus-associated interstitial nephritis in a patient with acute myeloic leukaemia and peripheral blood stem cell transplantation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2431-2433; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg361 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Neng-Chyan Huang, Hua-Chang Fang, Kang-Ju Chou, and Hsiao-Min Chung

Trichuris trichiura: an unusual cause of chronic diarrhoea in a renal transplant patient
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2434-2435; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg328 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Osemwegie E. Emovon, Angello Lin, David N. Howell, Fuad Afzal, Mark Baillie, Jeffrey Rogers, Prabhakar K. Baliga, Kenneth Chavin, Volker Nickeleit, P. R. Rajagapalan, and Sally Self

Refractory adenovirus infection after simultaneous kidney–pancreas transplantation: successful treatment with intravenous ribavirin and pooled human intravenous immunoglobulin
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2436-2438; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg365 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nephroquiz:

John L. Alexander, Rana Rustom, C. Simon Herrington, Robert E. Kingston, and J. Michael Bone

A woman with renal failure, ureteric obstruction and vasculitic rash
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2439-2441; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg310 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Points:

Maria E. Ostermann, Yvonne Girgis-Hanna, Stephen R. Nelson, and John B. Eastwood

Metabolic alkalosis in patients with renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2442-2448; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg333 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in Nephrology:

Gowreeson Thevendran, Mahmoud Al-Akraa, Stephen Powis, and Neil Davies

Cholesterol granuloma of the kidney mimicking a tumour
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2449-2450; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg287 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters and Replies:

Panayiota Mangana, Dimitrios Arvanitis, and Dimosthenis Vlassopoulos

Acute hydrothorax in peritoneal dialysis patients: diagnosis and treatment options
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2451; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg408 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sydney Tang and Kar Neng Lai

Reply
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2451-2452; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg409 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rasheed Ahmad

Kidney transplantation in patients travelling from the UK to India or Pakistan
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2452; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg358 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Simon Fletcher

Reply
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2452; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg359 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Pedro L. SantaCruz

Preventing end-stage kidney disease: a personal opinion from the Third World
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2453; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg422 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ozkan Kanat, Turkkan Evrensel, Gulaydan Filiz, Mehmet Usta, Emel Baskan, Kamil Dilek, and Osman Manavoglu

Systemic AA amyloidosis and nephrotic syndrome associated with small cell carcinoma of the bladder
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2453-2454; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg391 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anand Krishnan, Dilip R. Karnad, and Tushar P. Medhekar

Paralysis due to renal potassium wasting: an unusual presentation of leptospirosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2454-2455; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg350 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gilbert Deray

Once-weekly erythropoietic therapy: is there a difference between the available preparations?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2455-2456; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg357 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Augustina Jankauskiene, Vytautas Baciulis, Violeta Baliukynaite, and Petras Kaltenis

Peritonitis caused by Agrobacterium tumefaciens in a child on peritoneal dialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2456-2457; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg415 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carmen Bernis, Rafael Camara, Asunción Garcia Sánchez, Miguel Angel Martinez, and Rafael Selgas

Nephrotic syndrome in a bone marrow transplant recipient after cyclosporine withdrawal
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2457; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg389 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Review:

C. van Ypersele

The Infectious Complications of Renal Disease. P. Sweny, R. Rubin, N. Tolkoff-Rubin (editors), Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 2003, 458 pp.
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 2458; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg366 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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