Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Editorial Comments:

Peter Gross and Torsten Schöneberg

Rescue of protein mutants: why?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1029-1032; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh133 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Behdad Afzali, Ali A. Haydar, Katie Vinen, and David J. A. Goldsmith

Beneficial effects of statins on the kidney: the evidence moves from mouse to man
NDT Advance Access published on February 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1032-1036; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh105 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gian Marco Ghiggeri, Michele Carraro, and Flavio Vincenti

Recurrent focal glomerulosclerosis in the era of genetics of podocyte proteins: theory and therapy
NDT Advance Access published on March 5, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1036-1040; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh173 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Francis W. Ballardie

IgA nephropathy treatment 25 years on: can we halt progression? The evidence base
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1041-1046; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh208 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jeroen P. Kooman, Frank M. van der Sande, and Karel M. L. Leunissen

Sodium, blood pressure and cardiovascular pathology: is it all volaemia?
NDT Advance Access published on February 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1046-1049; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh091 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Thomas Fehr and Patrice M. Ambühl

Chronic hepatitis virus infections in patients on renal replacement therapy
NDT Advance Access published on March 5, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1049-1053; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh080 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hypothesis:

Hugh Bostock, Richard J. L. Walters, Kjeld V. Andersen, Nicholas M. F. Murray, David Taube, and Matthew C. Kiernan

Has potassium been prematurely discarded as a contributing factor to the development of uraemic neuropathy?
NDT Advance Access published on February 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1054-1057; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh093 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Special Feature:

Francesco Locatelli, Adrian Covic, Charles Chazot, Karel Leunissen, José Luño, and Mohammed Yaqoob

Hypertension and cardiovascular risk assessment in dialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on March 5, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1058-1068; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh103 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

Joke C. de Jong, Peter H. G. M. Willems, Monique Goossens, Alain Vandewalle, Lambertus P. W. J. van den Heuvel, Nine V. A. M. Knoers, and René J. M. Bindels

Effects of chemical chaperones on partially retarded NaCl cotransporter mutants associated with Gitelman's syndrome in a mouse cortical collecting duct cell line
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1069-1076; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg474 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Martin Bak and Klaus Thomsen

Effects of the adenosine A₁ receptor inhibitor FK 838 on proximal tubular fluid output in rats
NDT Advance Access published on February 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1077-1082; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh097 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rolf E. F. Christiansen, Olav Tenstad, Sabine Leh, and Bjarne M. Iversen

Glomerular charge selectivity is impaired in hypertensive nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on February 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1083-1091; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh101 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bieke F. Schrijvers, An S. De Vriese, Johan Van de Voorde, Ruth Rasch, Norbert H. Lameire, and Allan Flyvbjerg

Long-term renal changes in the Goto-Kakizaki rat, a model of lean type 2 diabetes
NDT Advance Access published on February 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1092-1097; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh107 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Adriana Pedreañez, Jaimar Rincón, Maritza Romero, Ninoska Viera, and Jesús Mosquera

Melatonin decreases apoptosis and expression of apoptosis-associated proteins in acute puromycin aminonucleoside nephrosis
NDT Advance Access published on February 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1098-1105; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh068 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yung-Ming Chen, Yee-Yung Ng, Shuei-Liong Lin, Wen-Chih Chiang, Hui Y. Lan, and Tun-Jun Tsai

Pentoxifylline suppresses renal tumour necrosis factor- and ameliorates experimental crescentic glomerulonephritis in rats
NDT Advance Access published on February 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1106-1115; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh127 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jitka Stekrová, Jana Reiterová, Miroslav Merta, Jirt Damborsky, Jana Zidovská, Vera Kebrdlová, and Milada Kohoutová

PKD2 mutations in a Czech population with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on February 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1116-1122; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh083 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Xiaoxia Pan, Jingyin Yan, Hong Ren, Wen Zhang, Hao Shi, Haijin Yu, Chaohui Wang, Cuilan Hao, Xiaonong Chen, and Nan Chen

Detection of COL4A5 gene mutations in Chinese patients with Alport's syndrome
NDT Advance Access published on February 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1123-1128; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh099 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Friederike Jochimsen, Wolfram Gruening, Thierry Arnould, Mark S. Segal, Margot S. Kruskall, Robert Colgrove, Jr, and Gerd Walz

Thrombotic microangiopathy associated with unusual viral sequences in HIV-1-positive patients
NDT Advance Access published on February 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1129-1135; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh085 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Markus J. Kemper, Eberhard Kuwertz-Broeking, Monika Bulla, Dirk E. Mueller-Wiefel, and Thomas J. Neuhaus

Recurrence of severe steroid dependency in cyclosporin A-treated childhood idiopathic nephrotic syndrome
NDT Advance Access published on February 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1136-1141; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh066 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peggy W. G. du Buf-Vereijken, Amanda J. W. Branten, and Jack F. M. Wetzels

Cytotoxic therapy for membranous nephropathy and renal insufficiency: improved renal survival but high relapse rate
NDT Advance Access published on February 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1142-1148; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh036 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gregory L. Braden, Michael H. O'shea, Jeffrey G. Mulhern, and Michael J. Germain

Acute renal failure and hyperkalaemia associated with cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors
NDT Advance Access published on February 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1149-1153; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg622 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vincenzo Panichi, Umberto Maggiore, Daniele Taccola, Massimiliano Migliori, Giovanni Manca Rizza, Cristina Consani, Alessio Bertini, Stefano Sposini, Rafael Perez-Garcia, Paolo Rindi, Roberto Palla, and Ciro Tetta

Interleukin-6 is a stronger predictor of total and cardiovascular mortality than C-reactive protein in haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on February 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1154-1160; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh052 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hiroki Hase, Nobuhiko Joki, Hiroyasu Ishikawa, Hiroshi Fukuda, Yoshihiko Imamura, Tomokatsu Saijyo, Yuri Tanaka, Yasunori Takahashi, Yoji Inishi, Masato Nakamura, and Masao Moroi

Prognostic value of stress myocardial perfusion imaging using adenosine triphosphate at the beginning of haemodialysis treatment in patients with end-stage renal disease
NDT Advance Access published on February 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1161-1167; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh037 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Francisca H. Jorna, Tom J. M. Tobé, Roel M. Huisman, Paul E. de Jong, John T. M. Plukker, and Coen A. Stegeman

Early identification of risk factors for refractory secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients with long-term renal replacement therapy
NDT Advance Access published on February 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1168-1173; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh018 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Deborah G. Dobrez, Angelo Mathes, Michael Amdahl, Steven E. Marx, Joel Z. Melnick, and Stuart M. Sprague

Paricalcitol-treated patients experience improved hospitalization outcomes compared with calcitriol-treated patients in real-world clinical settings
NDT Advance Access published on March 5, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1174-1181; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh123 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Simon Desmeules, Renée Lévesque, Isabelle Jaussent, Hélène Leray-Moragues, Lofti Chalabi, and Bernard Canaud

Creatinine index and lean body mass are excellent predictors of long-term survival in haemodiafiltration patients
NDT Advance Access published on February 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1182-1189; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh016 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael R. Wiederkehr, Jris Kalogiros, and Reto Krapf

Correction of metabolic acidosis improves thyroid and growth hormone axes in haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on February 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1190-1197; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh096 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anne van Tellingen, Muriel P. C. Grooteman, Margreet Schoorl, Piet M. ter Wee, Piet C. M. Bartels, Marianne Schoorl, Tjeerd van der Ploeg, and Menso J. Nubé

Enhanced long-term reduction of plasma leptin concentrations by super-flux polysulfone dialysers
NDT Advance Access published on February 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1198-1203; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh122 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Luca Gabutti, Dario Vadilonga, Giorgio Mombelli, Michel Burnier, and Claudio Marone

Artificial neural networks improve the prediction of Kt/V, follow-up dietary protein intake and hypotension risk in haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on February 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1204-1211; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh084 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wybe D. Kloppenburg, Coen A. Stegeman, Ton K. Kremer Hovinga, Gerard Vastenburg, Pieter Vos, Paul E. de Jong, and Roel M. Huisman

Effect of prescribing a high protein diet and increasing the dose of dialysis on nutrition in stable chronic haemodialysis patients: a randomized, controlled trial
NDT Advance Access published on February 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1212-1223; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh044 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reinhard Brunkhorst, Jürgen Bommer, Johann Braun, Marianne Haag-Weber, Caroline Gill, Jürgen Wagner, and Thomas Wagener

Darbepoetin alfa effectively maintains haemoglobin concentrations at extended dose intervals relative to intravenous or subcutaneous recombinant human erythropoietin in dialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on February 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1224-1230; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh106 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carlo Basile, Giovanni Ruggieri, Luigi Vernaglione, Alessio Montanaro, and Rosa Giordano

The natural history of autogenous radio-cephalic wrist arteriovenous fistulas of haemodialysis patients: a prospective observational study
NDT Advance Access published on February 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1231-1236; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh073 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christopher V. Poole, Donna Carlton, Lisa Bimbo, and Michael Allon

Treatment of catheter-related bacteraemia with an antibiotic lock protocol: effect of bacterial pathogen
NDT Advance Access published on February 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1237-1244; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh041 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Allan J. Collins, Jiannong Liu, and James P. Ebben

Dialyser reuse-associated mortality and hospitalization risk in incident Medicare haemodialysis patients, 1998–1999
NDT Advance Access published on February 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1245-1251; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh011 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Isabelle Fauriel, Grégoire Moutel, Marie-Laure Moutard, Luc Montuclard, Nathalie Duchange, Ingrid Callies, Irène François, Pierre Cochat, and Christian Hervé

Decisions concerning potentially life-sustaining treatments in paediatric nephrology: a multicentre study in French-speaking countries
NDT Advance Access published on February 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1252-1257; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh100 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Aikaterini Papagianni, Elisavet Kokolina, Michalis Kalovoulos, Andreas Vainas, Chrisostomos Dimitriadis, and Dimitrios Memmos

Carotid atherosclerosis is associated with inflammation, malnutrition and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
NDT Advance Access published on February 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1258-1263; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh078 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jonas Angel Sjøland, Robert Smith Pedersen, Jørgen Jespersen, and Jørgen Gram

Intraperitoneal heparin reduces peritoneal permeability and increases ultrafiltration in peritoneal dialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on February 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1264-1268; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh065 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Catalina Conesa, Antonio Ríos Zambudio, Pablo Ramírez, Manuel Canteras, María del Mar Rodríguez, and Pascual Parrilla

Socio-personal profile of teenagers opposed to organ donation
NDT Advance Access published on February 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1269-1275; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh075 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Francis R. Calder and Rene W. Chang

Panning for gold: screening for potential live kidney donors
NDT Advance Access published on February 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1276-1280; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh045 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pieter Evenepoel, Kathleen Claes, Dirk Kuypers, Bart Maes, Bert Bammens, and Yves Vanrenterghem

Natural history of parathyroid function and calcium metabolism after kidney transplantation: a single-centre study
NDT Advance Access published on February 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1281-1287; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh128 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Preliminary Communications:

Fernando C. Fervenza, Peter M. Fitzpatrick, Jim Mertz, Stephen B. Erickson, Scott Liggett, Sandy Popham, Daniel N. Wochos, Arkady Synhavsky, Steven Hippler, Timothy S. Larson, Stephanie M. Bagniewski, and Jorge A. Velosa

Acute rapamycin nephrotoxicity in native kidneys of patients with chronic glomerulopathies
NDT Advance Access published on February 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1288-1292; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh079 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Technical Notes:

Maria Dolores Martin-Martinez, Maria Stoenoiu, Charlotte Verkaeren, Olivier Devuyst, and Christine Delporte

Recombinant adenovirus administration in rat peritoneum: endothelial expression and safety concerns
NDT Advance Access published on February 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1293-1297; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh042 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gaëlle Gillerot, Huguette Debaix, and Olivier Devuyst

Genotyping: a new application for the spent dialysate in peritoneal dialysis
NDT Advance Access published on February 19, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1298-1301; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh017 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Anouk C. Vedder, Jan J. Weening, and Raymond T. Krediet

Intracapillary proliferative glomerulonephritis due to heavy chain deposition disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1302-1304; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg575 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anna-Lena Berg and Margret Arnadottir

ACTH-induced improvement in the nephrotic syndrome in patients with a variety of diagnoses
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1305-1307; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh110 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yao-Min Hung and Hsiao-Min Chung

Acute self-poisoning by ingestion of cadmium and barium
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1308-1309; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh169 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Semple, Edward Kingdon, and Steve Holt

Dialysis independence following radiotherapy of renal extramedullary haemopoeisis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1310-1312; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh049 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Aarne Vartia, Markku R. Asola, Risto Tertti, Pertti Kunelius, and Kaj P. Metsärinne

Two haemodialysis patients with epoetin alfa-induced pure red-cell aplasia recovered despite treatment with another epoetin preparation
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1313-1316; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh089 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Olwyn Johnston, Dilly M. Little, David Hickey, and Peter J. Conlon

Aspergillus ‘fungus ball’ within a cadaveric renal transplant graft
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1317-1318; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh168 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Points:

Ashot Sarkissian, René Santer, Beat Steinmann, Gayane Amaryan, and Ernst Leumann

The boy with massive glucosuria
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1319-1320; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh088 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nephroquiz:

Ali A. Haydar, Nabil Hujairi, Paramit Chowdhury, James Pattison, Allan Deacon, Robert Sarkany, and David J. A. Goldsmith

What's in a blister? A diagnostic twister
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1321-1322; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh114 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in Nephrology:

N. Engin Aydin and Ufuk Usta

Oxalate deposition in tissues
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1323-1324; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh086 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Phang Boon Lim, Bernhard Klebe, and Sui Phin Kon

Nephrocalcinosis in a patient with secondary hyperoxaluria
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1325; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh053 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters and Replies:

Rakesh Lodha

Determinants of plasma water sodium concentration
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1326; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh056 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Minhtri K. Nguyen and Ira Kurtz

Reply
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1326-1327; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh057 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Zelal Bircan

Steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome and cyclophosphamide
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1327; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh117 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ahmed Donia and Mohamed Sobh

Reply
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1328; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh118 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Evagelos Liberopoulos, Fotini Apostolou, and Moses Elisaf

Serum lipid profile in patients with severe leptospirosis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1328-1329; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh054 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ramón Peces, Pedro González, and Francisco Pérez-Roldán

Reply
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1329-1330; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh055 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lars G. Weiss

Once-weekly erythropoietic therapy: is there a difference between the available preparations?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1330-1331; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh019 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Iain C. Macdougall

Reply
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1331; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh020 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Charles J. Diskin, Thomas J. Stokes, Linda M. Dansby, Thomas B. Carter, and Lautrec Radcliff

The clinical significance of aldosterone in ESRD: Part II
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1331-1332; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh081 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Murray Epstein

Reply
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1332; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh082 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Isao Ohsawa, Hiroyuki Ohi, and Katsuyuki Takahashi

Eosinophiluria in Churg–Strauss syndrome
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1333; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh160 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dominic de Takats

Using calcium salts for hyperkalaemia
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1333-1334; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh119 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ali A. Haydar, Nabil Hujairi, Bruce Kirkham, Robert Hangartner, and David J. A. Goldsmith

Chronic overdose of leflunomide inducing interstitial nephritis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1334-1335; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh070 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Soon Hyo Kwon, Jung Hoon Kim, Jong Oh Yang, Eun-Young Lee, and Sae Young Hong

Ethambutol-induced acute renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1335-1336; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh166 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Laurence Wierre, Bertrand Decaudin, Joseph Barsumau, Marie X. Vairon, Sandrine Horrent, Pascal Odou, and Raymond Azar

Dobutamine-induced myoclonia in severe renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1336-1337; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh132 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kenan Keven and Gokhan Nergizoglu

The impact of visceral fat on multiple risk factors and carotid atherosclerosis in chronic haemodialysis patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1337-1338; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh051 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maria Fusaro, Giorgio Munaretto, Michela Spinello, and Maurizio Gallieni

Regression of uraemic pruritus by cyclosporin treatment in a haemodialysis patient
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1338-1339; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh131 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shuichi Tsuruoka, Kenta Nishiki, Michi Wakaumi, Ning Wang, Hisashi Yamamoto, Hitoshi Ando, Masashi Imai, and Akio Fujimura

Treatment of digoxin intoxication model by hybrid-kidney with hollowfibre module for clinical haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1339-1340; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh135 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Susan C. Hardman, Susan J. Carr, and R. Andrew Swann

Peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis with bacteraemia due to Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1340-1341; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh167 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Matthew Ka Hang Tong, Yui-Pong Siu, Chun-Yu Yung, and Tze-Hoi Kwan

Piperacillin/tazobactam-induced acute delirium in a peritoneal dialysis patient
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1341; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh048 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

Henri Kreis

Transplant Infections. R. A. Bowden, P. Ljungman, C. V. Paya (editors), Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, 730 pages, August 2003, ISBN 0-7817-3907-1
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1342; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh147 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Claude Jacobs

Principles and Practice of Dialysis. Third Edition. W. L. Henrich (editor), Lipincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, 696 pages, 2004, ISBN 0-7817-3881-4
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1342; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh148 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Y. Vanrenterghem

Transplanting Human Tissue: Ethics, Policy and Practice. Youngner, Anderson and Shapiro. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, ISBN 0-19-516284-6. 230 pp. £27.50
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 1343; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh108 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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