Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Editorial Comments:

Wieland Kiess, Antje Böttner, Susann Blüher, Klemens Raile, Angela Galler, and Thomas Michael Kapellen

Type 2 diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents—the beginning of a renal catastrophe?
NDT Advance Access published on September 22, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2693-2696; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh455 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jose Tuñón, Luis Miguel Blanco-Colio, Jose Luis Martín-Ventura, and Jesús Egido

Intensive treatment with statins and the progression of cardiovascular diseases: the beginning of a new era?
NDT Advance Access published on August 31, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2696-2699; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh472 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Review:

Evelyne Fischer, Lionel Gresh, Andreas Reimann, and Marco Pontoglio

Cystic kidney diseases: learning from animal models
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2700-2702; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh533 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Coralie Bingham and Andrew T. Hattersley

Renal cysts and diabetes syndrome resulting from mutations in hepatocyte nuclear factor-1ß
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2703-2708; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh348 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hypothesis:

Jacek C. Szepietowski, Adam Reich, and Robert A. Schwartz

Uraemic xerosis
NDT Advance Access published on August 24, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2709-2712; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh480 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

Roland Schoop, Patricia Wahl, Michel Le Hir, Uwe Heemann, Minghui Wang, and Rudolf P. Wüthrich

Suppressed T-cell activation by IFN--induced expression of PD-L1 on renal tubular epithelial cells
NDT Advance Access published on September 7, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2713-2720; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh423 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jin-Shuen Chen, Ann Chen, Li-Chien Chang, Wun-Shaing Wayne Chang, Herng-Sheng Lee, Shih-Hua Lin, and Yuh-Feng Lin

Mouse model of membranous nephropathy induced by cationic bovine serum albumin: antigen dose–response relations and strain differences
NDT Advance Access published on September 22, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2721-2728; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh419 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paul J. M. van der Boog, Cees van Kooten, Ger van Zandbergen, Ngaisah Klar-Mohamad, Beatrijs Oortwijn, Nico A. Bos, Alexandra van Remoortere, Cornelis H. Hokke, Johan W. de Fijter, and Mohamed R. Daha

Injection of recombinant FcRI/CD89 in mice does not induce mesangial IgA deposition
NDT Advance Access published on August 31, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2729-2736; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh459 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nils Heyne, Peter Benöhr, Bernd Mühlbauer, Ursula Delabar, Teut Risler, and Hartmut Osswald

Regulation of renal adenosine excretion in humans—role of sodium and fluid homeostasis
NDT Advance Access published on September 22, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2737-2741; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh492 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. L. Tycho Vuurmans, Peter Boer, and Hein A. Koomans

Effects of endothelin-1 and endothelin-1-receptor blockade on renal function in humans
NDT Advance Access published on August 24, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2742-2746; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh471 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joachim H. Ix, Charles E. McCulloch, and Glenn M. Chertow

Theophylline for the prevention of radiocontrast nephropathy: a meta-analysis
NDT Advance Access published on August 24, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2747-2753; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh468 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Amanda J. W. Branten, Dorine W. Swinkels, Ina S. Klasen, and Jack F. M. Wetzels

Serum ferritin levels are increased in patients with glomerular diseases and proteinuria
NDT Advance Access published on August 17, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2754-2760; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh454 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Frederick W. K. Tam, Jan-Stephan Sanders, Abraham George, Tarig Hammad, Caroline Miller, Tammy Dougan, H. Terence Cook, Cees G. M. Kallenberg, Gill Gaskin, Jeremy B. Levy, and Charles D. Pusey

Urinary monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) is a marker of active renal vasculitis
NDT Advance Access published on September 7, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2761-2768; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh487 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Janette C. Cansick, Rachel Lennon, Carole L. Cummins, Alexander J. Howie, Mary E. McGraw, Moin A. Saleem, E. Jane Tizard, Sally-Anne Hulton, David V. Milford, and C. Mark Taylor

Prognosis, treatment and outcome of childhood mesangiocapillary (membranoproliferative) glomerulonephritis
NDT Advance Access published on September 22, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2769-2777; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh484 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael R. Clarkson, Louise Giblin, Fionnuala P. O'Connell, Patrick O'Kelly, Joseph J. Walshe, Peter Conlon, Yvonne O'Meara, Anthony Dormon, Eileen Campbell, and John Donohoe

Acute interstitial nephritis: clinical features and response to corticosteroid therapy
NDT Advance Access published on August 31, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2778-2783; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh485 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter Gæde, Lise Tarnow, Pernille Vedel, Hans-Henrik Parving, and Oluf Pedersen

Remission to normoalbuminuria during multifactorial treatment preserves kidney function in patients with type 2 diabetes and microalbuminuria
NDT Advance Access published on August 24, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2784-2788; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh470 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ramón Peces, Jorge Martínez-Ara, José Luis Miguel, Javier Arrieta, Olga Costero, José Luis Górriz, Mari-Luz Picazo, and Manuel Fresno

Renal cell carcinoma co-existent with other renal disease: clinico-pathological features in pre-dialysis patients and those receiving dialysis or renal transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on August 17, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2789-2796; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh458 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Adnan Mourad, Shane Carney, Alastair Gillies, Bernard Jones, Ranjit Nanra, and Paul Trevillian

Acute effect of haemodialysis on arterial stiffness: membrane bioincompatibility?
NDT Advance Access published on August 31, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2797-2802; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh443 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marcelo M. Nascimento, Roberto Pecoits-Filho, A. Rashid Qureshi, Shirley Y. Hayashi, Roberto C. Manfro, Maria A. Pachaly, Luciana Renner, Peter Stenvinkel, Bengt Lindholm, and Miguel C. Riella

The prognostic impact of fluctuating levels of C-reactive protein in Brazilian haemodialysis patients: a prospective study
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2803-2809; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh493 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Chih-Kang Chiang, Shih-Ping Hsu, Mei-Fen Pai, Yu-Sen Peng, Tai-I Ho, Shing-Hwa Liu, Kuan-Yu Hung, and Tun-Jun Tsai

Interleukin-18 is a strong predictor of hospitalization in haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on August 31, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2810-2815; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh475 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Neill D. C. Duncan, Seema Singh, Thomas D. H. Cairns, Martin Clark, Adil El-Tayar, Megan Griffith, Nadey Hakim, Mohamad Hamady, Adam G. McLean, Vassilios Papalois, Andrew Palmer, and David Taube

Tesio-Caths provide effective and safe long-term vascular access
NDT Advance Access published on August 31, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2816-2822; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh467 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Edmund G. Lowrie, Zhensheng Li, Norma Ofsthun, and J. Michael Lazarus

Reprocessing dialysers for multiple uses: recent analysis of death risks for patients
NDT Advance Access published on August 17, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2823-2830; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh460 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Satoshi Ogata, Takayuki Naito, Noriaki Yorioka, Kei Kiribayashi, Masatoshi Kuratsune, and Nobuoki Kohno

Effect of lactate and bicarbonate on human peritoneal mesothelial cells, fibroblasts and vascular endothelial cells, and the role of basic fibroblast growth factor
NDT Advance Access published on August 31, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2831-2837; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh478 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ståle Sund, Paul Grimm, Anna Varberg Reisæter, and Torstein Hovig

Computerized image analysis vs semiquantitative scoring in evaluation of kidney allograft fibrosis and prognosis
NDT Advance Access published on September 22, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2838-2845; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh490 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Torsten Slowinski, Petra Diehr, Patrick Kleemann, Lutz Fritsche, Lutz Renders, Klemens Budde, Ingeborg A Hauser, Hans H. Neumayer, and Berthold Hocher

No association between renin–angiotensin system gene polymorphisms and early and long-term allograft dysfunction in kidney transplant recipients
NDT Advance Access published on September 7, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2846-2851; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh483 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marika A. Artz, Luuk B. Hilbrands, George Borm, Karel J. M. Assmann, and Jack F. M. Wetzels

Blockade of the renin–angiotensin system increases graft survival in patients with chronic allograft nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on October 5, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2852-2857; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh462 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Uwe Pöge, Thomas Gerhardt, Arend Bökenkamp, Birgit Stoffel-Wagner, Hans-Ulrich Klehr, Tilman Sauerbruch, and Rainer P. Woitas

Time course of low molecular weight proteins in the early kidney transplantation period—influence of corticosteroids
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2858-2863; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh341 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Herwig-Ulf Meier-Kriesche, Jonathan A. Morris, Alice H. Chu, Bettina J. Steffen, Vincent P. Gotz, Robert D. Gordon, and Bruce Kaplan

Mycophenolate mofetil vs azathioprine in a large population of elderly renal transplant patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2864-2869; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh445 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sally Lee, Daniel Glicklich, and Maria Coco

Pamidronate used to attenuate post-renal transplant bone loss is not associated with renal dysfunction
NDT Advance Access published on October 5, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2870-2873; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh504 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Catalina Conesa, Antonio Ríos, Pablo Ramírez, María del Mar Rodríguez, Pilar Rivas, and Pascual Parrilla

Socio-personal factors influencing public attitude towards living donation in south-eastern Spain
NDT Advance Access published on August 17, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2874-2882; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh466 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief Reports:

Alister Oliver, Mark Wright, Andrew Matson, Graham Woodrow, Neil King, and Louise Dye

Low sodium haemodialysis reduces interdialytic fluid consumption but paradoxically increases post-dialysis thirst
NDT Advance Access published on August 31, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2883-2885; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh427 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Preliminary Communications:

Yolanda T. Becker, R. Michael Hofmann, Joseph Yracheta, Andreas Friedl, and Bryan N. Becker

Epithelial cell polarity and improved early outcomes in delayed graft function: a pilot study of polyclonal vs monoclonal antibodies
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2886-2892; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh240 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Jean Francis, Junhui Zhang, Anita Farhi, Hugh Carey, and David S. Geller

A novel SGLT2 mutation in a patient with autosomal recessive renal glucosuria
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2893-2895; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh426 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andreas Sonesson, Björn Öqvist, Per Hagstam, Isabella M. Björkman-Burtscher, Håkan Miörner, and Ann Cathrine Petersson

An immunosuppressed patient with systemic vasculitis suffering from cerebral abscesses due to Nocardia farcinica identified by 16S rRNA gene universal PCR
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2896-2900; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh412 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Iain C. Macdougall, Alison Roche, Jerome Rossert, Nicole Casadevall, Patrick Francois, and D. Michael Kemeny

Re-challenging patients who developed pure red cell aplasia with epoetin: can it be done?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2901-2905; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh368 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Giovanni Stallone, Barbara Infante, Salvatore Di Paolo, Antonio Schena, Giuseppe Grandaliano, Loreto Gesualdo, and Francesco Paolo Schena

Sirolimus and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors together induce tongue oedema in renal transplant recipients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2906-2908; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh352 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Interesting Case:

Giorgina Barbara Piccoli, Elisabetta Mezza, Salvatore Bontempo, Manuel Burdese, Giorgio Soragna, Massimo Gai, Valentina Consiglio, Alberto Jeantet, Giuseppe Paolo Segoloni, Giuseppe Piccoli, and Tullia Todros

Vasculitis and kidney involvement in pregnancy: evidence-based medicine and ethics bear upon clinical choices
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2909-2913; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh353 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Points:

Alexander Woywodt, Alena Herrmann, Hermann Haller, and Marion Haubitz

Severe hypokalaemia: is one reason enough?
NDT Advance Access published on August 24, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2914-2917; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh358 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nephroquiz:

Kai Ming Chow and Cheuk Chun Szeto

Malignant hypertension after adrenalectomy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2919-2920; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh335 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gunter Wolf, Tobias N. Meyer, Jochen Baumann-Schölzke, and Rolf A. K. Stahl

An expensive multifactorial renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2921-2922; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh321 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in Nephrology:

Jainn-Shiun Chiu, Ching-Jiunn Wu, Guang-Huan Sun, and Shih-Hua Lin

Obstructive uropathy associated with bilateral renal lymphangiomatosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2923; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh291 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Valeria Rathaus and Mauro Rathaus

Recurrent secondary hyperparathyroidism and calciphylaxis due to a retro-oesophageal gland
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2924; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh330 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters and Replies:

Luigi Vernaglione

Is the afferent arteriole the main location of nitric oxide action and synthesis in humans?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2925; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh456 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christian Delles and Roland E. Schmieder

Reply
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2925-2926; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh457 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Boris T. Bikbov and Natalia A. Tomilina

Some notes about the usage of the Charlson co-morbidity index
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2926-2927; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh463 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh

Reply
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2927; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh464 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Stanley Shaldon

Conflict of Interest
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2928; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh396 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tim Ulinski, Christine Grapin, Veronique Forin, Rosa Vargas-Poussou, Georges Deschênes, and Albert Bensman

Severe bladder dysfunction in a family with ADH receptor gene mutation responsible for X-linked nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2928-2929; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh486 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eric P. Cohen and Chinmaya Trivedi

Hypercalcaemia from non-prescription vitamin A
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2929; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh437 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paolo Zatta, Pamela Zambenedetti, Erich Reusche, Florian Stellmacher, Alberto Cester, Paolo Albanese, Gina Meneghel, and Maurizio Nordio

A fatal case of aluminium encephalopathy in a patient with severe chronic renal failure not on dialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2929-2931; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh439 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shivanand Karopadi Nayak, Tarun K. Jeloka, and Subhramanyam V. Sreepada

Sirolimus-induced pneumonitis, sinusitis and macular oedema
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2931; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh465 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jair C. Leao, Alessandra A. T. Carvalho, Luiz Alcino M. Gueiros, Airton V. Leite Segundo, A. Willian Barrett, and Stephen R. Porter

Old-time features are back in renal transplanted patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2931-2932; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh476 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Errata:

Sharon M. Moe, Kalisha D. O'Neill, Martina Reslerova, Naomi Fineberg, Scott Persohn, and Cristopher A. Meyer

Natural history of vascular calcification in dialysis and transplant patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2933; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh542 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcements:

Announcements
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