Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Comment on the Editorial by Schieppati et al.:

Tilman B. Drüeke and Saulo Klahr

Editorial
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 857; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg167 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Comment:

Arrigo Schieppati, Norberto Perico, and Giuseppe Remuzzi

Preventing end-stage renal disease: the potential impact of screening and intervention in developing countries
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 858-859; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg166 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Friedrich C. Luft

Pre-eclampsia and the maternal cardiovascular risk
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 860-861; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg062 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter M. Jehle

Steroid-induced osteoporosis: how can it be avoided?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 861-864; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg067 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kai-Uwe Eckardt and Nicole Casadevall

Pure red-cell aplasia due to anti-erythropoietin antibodies
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 865-869; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg182 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alan S. Kliger and Fredric O. Finkelstein

Which patients choose to stop dialysis?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 869-871; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg189 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anders Hartmann, Per Fauchald, Lars Westlie, Inge B. Brekke, and Hallvard Holdaas

The risk of living kidney donation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 871-873; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg069 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Invited Comment:

Heide Sperschneider and Günter Stein

Bone disease after renal transplantation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 874-877; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg029 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

M Angeles Ramos, Celestino Piñera, M Angeles Setién, Luis Buelta, M Angeles de Cos, Angel-Luis M. de Francisco, Ramón Merino, and Manuel Arias

Modulation of autoantibody production by mycophenolate mofetil: effects on the development of SLE in (NZBxNZW)F₁ mice
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 878-883; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg034 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marina Vorobiov, Anna Basok, David Tovbin, Alla Shnaider, Leonid Katchko, and Boris Rogachev

Iron-mobilizing properties of the gadolinium–DTPA complex: clinical and experimental observations
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 884-887; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg064 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tekin Akpolat, Banu Diri, Yusuf Oguz, Emin Yilmaz, Mahmut Yavuz, and Melda Dilek

Behçet's disease and renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 888-891; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg084 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Frank Stam, Coen van Guldener, Casper G. Schalkwijk, Piet M. ter Wee, Ab J. M. Donker, and Coen D. A. Stehouwer

Impaired renal function is associated with markers of endothelial dysfunction and increased inflammatory activity
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 892-898; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg080 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kunitoshi Iseki, Yoshiharu Ikemiya, Chiho Iseki, and Shuichi Takishita

Haematocrit and the risk of developing end-stage renal disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 899-905; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg021 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Philippe Unger, Joëlle Nortier, Marie-Carmen Muniz Martinez, Danièle Plein, Jean-Luc Vandenbossche, Pierre Vereerstraeten, and Jean-Louis Vanherweghem

High prevalence of fenfluramine-related aortic regurgitation in women with end-stage renal disease secondary to Chinese herb nephropathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 906-910; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg083 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nader Bassilios, Victorio Menoyo, Anne Berger, Marie-France Mamzer, Françoise Daniel, Philippe Cluzel, Claude Buisson, and Frank Martinez

Mesenteric ischaemia in haemodialysis patients: a case/control study
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 911-917; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg004 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

George Tsirpanlis, Stylianos Chatzipanagiotou, Anastasios Ioannidis, Spyros Moutafis, Cornelia Poulopoulou, and Chrysoula Nicolaou

Detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae in peripheral blood mononuclear cells: correlation with inflammation and atherosclerosis in haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 918-923; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg085 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Regina Michelis, Rafi Gery, Shifra Sela, Revital Shurtz-Swirski, Natalie Grinberg, Tamara Snitkovski, Shaul M. Shasha, and Batya Kristal

Carbonyl stress induced by intravenous iron during haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 924-930; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg031 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Akihiko Kato, Mari Odamaki, and Akira Hishida

Blood 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine is associated with erythropoietin resistance in haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 931-936; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg070 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Philipp Lirk, Florian Bodrogi, Hartmann Raifer, Karin Greiner, Hanno Ulmer, and Josef Rieder

Elective haemodialysis increases exhaled isoprene
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 937-941; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg049 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marta Beciani, Angela Tedesco, Anneo Violante, Silvia Cipriani, Michele Azzarito, Antonio Sturniolo, and Giorgio Splendiani

Cardiac troponin I (2nd generation assay) in chronic haemodialysis patients: prevalence and prognostic value
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 942-946; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg057 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yao-Cheng Chuang, Jin-Bor Chen, Lin-Cheng Yang, and Ching-Yuan Kuo

Significance of platelet activation in vascular access survival of haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 947-954; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg056 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joe L. Ragg, John P. Treacy, Paul Snelling, Melinda Flack, and Sonia Anderton

Confidence limits of arteriovenous fistula flow rate measured by the ‘on-line’ thermodilution technique
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 955-960; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg075 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stéphan Troyanov, Jean Cardinal, David Geadah, Daniel Parent, Sylvie Courteau, Sylvie Caron, and Martine Leblanc

Solute clearances during continuous venovenous haemofiltration at various ultrafiltration flow rates using Multiflow-100 and HF1000 filters
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 961-966; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg055 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robert L. Lins, Katelijne E. Matthys, Gert A. Verpooten, Patrick C. Peeters, Max Dratwa, Jean-Claude Stolear, and Norbert H. Lameire

Pharmacokinetics of atorvastatin and its metabolites after single and multiple dosing in hypercholesterolaemic haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 967-976; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg048 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cheuk-Chun Szeto, Teresa Yuk-Hwa Wong, Kai-Ming Chow, Chi-Bon Leung, and Philip Kam-Tao Li

Are peritoneal dialysis patients with and without residual renal function equivalent for survival study? Insight from a retrospective review of the cause of death
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 977-982; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg027 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paul Hutchinson, Steven J. Chadban, Robert C. Atkins, and Stephen R. Holdsworth

Laboratory assessment of immune function in renal transplant patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 983-989; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg190 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gema Fernández-Fresnedo, Jose Manuel Pastor, Marcos López-Hoyos, Juan Carlos Ruiz, Juan Antonio Zubimendi, Julio Gonzalez-Cotorruelo, Emilio Rodrigo, Angel L. M. De Francisco, and Manuel Arias

Relationship of donor-specific class-I anti-HLA antibodies detected by ELISA after kidney transplantation on the development of acute rejection and graft survival
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 990-995; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg068 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G. V. Ramesh Prasad, Michelle M. Nash, and Jeffrey S. Zaltzman

A prospective study of the physician effect on blood pressure in renal-transplant recipients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 996-1000; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg038 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief Reports:

Abdurrezagh Elmedhem, Dwomoa Adu, and Caroline O. S. Savage

Relapse rate and outcome of ANCA-associated small vessel vasculitis after transplantation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1001-1004; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg087 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Nai-Lin Cheng, Ming-Ching Kao, Yaw-Don Hsu, and Shih-Hua Lin

Novel thiazide-sensitive Na–Cl cotransporter mutation in a Chinese patient with Gitelman's syndrome presenting as hypokalaemic paralysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1005-1008; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg073 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hiroshi Harada, Masaki Togashi, Toshimori Seki, Junri Shindo, Naohiko Shimoda, Yayoi Ogawa, Akio Takada, Masatoshi Tateno, Hidetoshi Sato, and Tetsuo Hirano

Hyperacute onset of haemolytic–uraemic syndrome associated with hyperacute rejection in the recipient of an ABO-incompatible kidney
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1009-1012; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg092 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lisa S. Keller, Chen Au Peh, James Nolan, Kym M. Bannister, Anthony R. Clarkson, and Randall J. Faull

BK transplant nephropathy successfully treated with cidofovir
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1013-1014; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg061 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Interesting Case:

Tiberiu Hershcovici, Joseph Shohat, Vered Schechner, Ana Tobar, and Yitzhak Beigel

Head or tail?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1015-1017; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg052 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Points:

Wasim Ahmed, Paul B. Rylance, Maurice A. Jackson, Johann C. Nicholas, and Jonathan Odum

A diabetic haemodialysis patient with dysphagia and weight loss
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1018-1020; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg007 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anna-Christine Hauser, Ingrid Pabinger-Fasching, Peter Quehenberger, Joachim Kettenbach, and Walter H. Hörl

A patient with sudden abdominal pain 10 years after successful renal transplantation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1021-1025; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg047 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in Nephrology:

Robert K. Peel and John H. Turney

Fibrin sheath on a tunnelled haemodialysis catheter
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1026; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg001 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nephroquiz:

Kay Herbrig, Doreen Reimann, Thomas Kittner, and Peter Gross

Dry cough in a CAPD patient
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1027-1029; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg100 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters and Replies:

Sabine Zitta, Herwig Holzer, Willibald Estelberger, and Gilbert Reibnegger

Assessment of experimentally induced acute changes of renal haemodynamics
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1030; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg060 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Erwin A. Fleischmann and Roland E. Schmieder

Reply
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1030-1031; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg192 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Elizabeth A. Garthwaite, Leslie Sellars, and Sunil Bhandari

Carcinoma of the bronchus presenting as renal failure secondary to amyloidosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1031; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg063 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Serhan Tuglular and Emel Akoglu

Reply
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1032; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg191 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Tsuneo Takenaka and Hiromichi Suzuki

Lixelle ameliorates idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1032-1033; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg071 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anne Krüger, Wolfgang Schröer, Frederic Röhrs, and Guiseppe Vescio

PRCA in a patient treated with epoetin beta
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1033-1034; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg188 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mukut Minz, Ashish Sharma, Randeep Kashyap, Naval Udgiri, Munish Heer, Vijay Kumar, and Kim Vaiphei

Isolated renal allograft arterial mucormycosis: an extremely rare complication
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1034-1035; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg086 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcement:

Announcements
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 18: 1036-1038. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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