Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Editorial Comments:

Peter Gross and Frank Pistrosch

Hyperkalaemia: again
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2163-2166; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh284 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bela Ivanyi and Peter Degrell

Fibrillary glomerulonephritis and immunotactoid glomerulopathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2166-2170; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh376 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dan Ziegler

Polyneuropathy in the diabetic patient—update on pathogenesis and management
NDT Advance Access published on July 13, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2170-2175; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh398 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Roel M. Huisman

The deadly risk of late referral
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2175-2180; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh409 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Personal Opinions:

Peter Stenvinkel, Olof Heimbürger, and Bengt Lindholm

Wasting, but not malnutrition, predicts cardiovascular mortality in end-stage renal disease
NDT Advance Access published on July 6, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2181-2183; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh296 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

Tamás Terebessy, András Masszi, Attila Fintha, Attila Sebe, Tamás Huszár, László Rosivall, and István Mucsi

Angiotensin II activates the human renin promoter in an in vitro model: the role of c-Jun-N-terminal kinase
NDT Advance Access published on July 6, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2184-2191; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh388 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Thomas Wimmer, Gerald Cohen, Marcus D. Saemann, and Walter H. Hörl

Effects of Tamm–Horsfall protein on polymorphonuclear leukocyte function
NDT Advance Access published on July 20, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2192-2197; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh206 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nazira Ozgen, Masuo Terashima, Tun Aung, Yoshinobu Sato, Chie Isoe, Takatoshi Kakuta, and Akira Saito

Evaluation of long-term transport ability of a bioartificial renal tubule device using LLC-PK₁ cells
NDT Advance Access published on July 20, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2198-2207; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh399 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eric Boulanger, Marie-Paule Wautier, Pierre Gane, Christophe Mariette, Olivier Devuyst, and Jean-Luc Wautier

The triggering of human peritoneal mesothelial cell apoptosis and oncosis by glucose and glycoxydation products
NDT Advance Access published on June 22, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2208-2216; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh277 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Oliver Vonend, Thomas Apel, Kerstin Amann, Lorenz Sellin, Johannes Stegbauer, Eberhard Ritz, and Lars Christian Rump

Modulation of gene expression by moxonidine in rats with chronic renal failure
NDT Advance Access published on July 20, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2217-2222; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh374 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eduardo Podjarny, Galit Hasdan, Joelle Bernheim, Gloria Rashid, Janice Green, Zeev Korzets, and Jacques Bernheim

Effect of chronic tetrahydrobiopterin supplementation on blood pressure and proteinuria in 5/6 nephrectomized rats
NDT Advance Access published on July 13, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2223-2227; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh383 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shin-ichi Takeda, Masafumi Takahashi, Yoshikazu Sado, Koichi Takeuchi, Yoji Hakamata, Hisashi Shimizu, Takashi Kaneko, Hisashi Yamamoto, Chiharu Ito, Shigeo Ookawara, Yasushi Asano, Eiji Kusano, and Eiji Kobayashi

Prevention of glomerular crescent formation in glomerulonephritis by mycophenolate mofetil in rats
NDT Advance Access published on July 6, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2228-2236; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh302 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ramón Rodrigo, Cleofina Bosco, Patricia Herrera, and Gonzalo Rivera

Amelioration of myoglobinuric renal damage in rats by chronic exposure to flavonol-rich red wine
NDT Advance Access published on July 6, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2237-2244; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh369 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Daniela Rossi, Morteza Mansouri, Simone Baldovino, Mariella Gennaro, Carla Naretto, Mirella Alpa, Osvaldo Giachino, Luigi Massimino Sena, and Dario Roccatello

Nail fold videocapillaroscopy in mixed cryoglobulinaemia
NDT Advance Access published on July 6, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2245-2249; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh347 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Oliver Jung, Markus Bickel, Tilmann Ditting, Volker Rickerts, Thomas Welk, Eilke B. Helm, Schlomo Staszewski, and Helmut Geiger

Hypertension in HIV-1-infected patients and its impact on renal and cardiovascular integrity
NDT Advance Access published on July 6, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2250-2258; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh393 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Giuseppe Mossetti, Domenico Rendina, Roberto Viceconti, Giuseppe Manno, Vincenzo Guadagno, Pasquale Strazzullo, and Vincenzo Nunziata

The relationship of 3' vitamin D receptor haplotypes to urinary supersaturation of calcium oxalate salts and to age at onset and familial prevalence of nephrolithiasis
NDT Advance Access published on June 22, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2259-2265; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh273 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Amr El-Husseini, Fathy El-Basuony, Ahmed Donia, Ihab Mahmoud, Nabil Hassan, Nagy Sayed-Ahmad, and Mohamed Sobh

Concomitant administration of cyclosporine and ketoconazole in idiopathic nephrotic syndrome
NDT Advance Access published on July 6, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2266-2271; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh255 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Priscilla Kincaid-Smith, Kenneth F. Fairley, and David Packham

Dual blockade of the renin–angiotensin system compared with a 50% increase in the dose of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor: effects on proteinuria and blood pressure
NDT Advance Access published on July 13, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2272-2274; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh384 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Raffaella Barone, Stanislas Pauwels, Joëlle De Camps, Eric P. Krenning, Larry K. Kvols, M. Charles Smith, Hakim Bouterfa, Olivier Devuyst, and François Jamar

Metabolic effects of amino acid solutions infused for renal protection during therapy with radiolabelled somatostatin analogues
NDT Advance Access published on July 13, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2275-2281; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh362 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. L. Lins, M. M. Elseviers, R. Daelemans, P. Arnouts, J.-M. Billiouw, M. Couttenye, E. Gheuens, P. Rogiers, R. Rutsaert, P. Van der Niepen, and M. E. De Broe

Re-evaluation and modification of the Stuivenberg Hospital Acute Renal Failure (SHARF) scoring system for the prognosis of acute renal failure: an independent multicentre, prospective study
NDT Advance Access published on July 20, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2282-2288; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh364 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carla Maria Avesani, Sergio Antonio Draibe, Maria Ayako Kamimura, Miguel Cendoroglo, Alessandra Pedrosa, Marise Lazaretti Castro, and Lilian Cuppari

Assessment of body composition by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry, skinfold thickness and creatinine kinetics in chronic kidney disease patients
NDT Advance Access published on July 13, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2289-2295; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh381 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Antonia H. M. Bouts, Raymond T. Krediet, Jean-Claude Davin, Leo A. H. Monnens, Jeroen Nauta, Cornelis H. Schröder, Jan G. J. van de Winkel, and Theo A. Out

IGG and complement receptor expression on peripheral white blood cells in uraemic children
NDT Advance Access published on July 20, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2296-2301; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh402 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Monika Buraczynska, Piotr Ksiazek, Wojciech Zaluska, Teresa Nowicka, and Andrzej Ksiazek

Endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene intron 4 polymorphism in patients with end-stage renal disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2302-2306; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh077 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ali A. Haydar, Nabil M. A. Hujairi, Adrian A. Covic, Divaka Pereira, Michael Rubens, and David J. A. Goldsmith

Coronary artery calcification is related to coronary atherosclerosis in chronic renal disease patients: a study comparing EBCT-generated coronary artery calcium scores and coronary angiography
NDT Advance Access published on June 22, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2307-2312; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh120 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alexandre Boulier, Isabelle Jaussent, Nathalie Terrier, François Maurice, Jean-Pierre Rivory, Lotfi Chalabi, Anne-Marie Boularan, Cécile Delcourt, Anne-Marie Dupuy, Bernard Canaud, and Jean-Paul Cristol

Measurement of circulating troponin Ic enhances the prognostic value of C-reactive protein in haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on July 13, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2313-2318; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh365 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robert Deicher, Farzad Ziai, Antje Habicht, Christian Bieglmayer, Martin Schillinger, and Walter H. Hörl

Vitamin C plasma level and response to erythropoietin in patients on maintenance haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2319-2324; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh260 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nicola Tessitore, Giovanni Lipari, Albino Poli, Valeria Bedogna, Elda Baggio, Carmelo Loschiavo, Giancarlo Mansueto, and Antonio Lupo

Can blood flow surveillance and pre-emptive repair of subclinical stenosis prolong the useful life of arteriovenous fistulae? A randomized controlled study
NDT Advance Access published on July 27, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2325-2333; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh316 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rajiv Saran, Dawn M. Dykstra, Ronald L. Pisoni, Takashi Akiba, Tadao Akizawa, Bernard Canaud, Kenneth Chen, Luis Piera, Akira Saito, and Eric W. Young

Timing of first cannulation and vascular access failure in haemodialysis: an analysis of practice patterns at dialysis facilities in the DOPPS
NDT Advance Access published on July 13, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2334-2340; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh363 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jean-Pierre Wauters, Jean-Luc Bosson, Giacomo Forneris, Cécile Turc-Baron, Dela Golshayan, Giuseppe Paternoster, Guido Martina, Jean-Marc Hurot, Beat von Albertini, Michel Forêt, Daniel Cordonnier, and Giuseppe Piccoli

Patient referral is influenced by dialysis centre structure in the Diamant Alpin Dialysis cohort study
NDT Advance Access published on July 13, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2341-2346; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh387 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Katia López Revuelta, Fernando J. García López, Fernando de Álvaro Moreno, and Jordi Alonso

Perceived mental health at the start of dialysis as a predictor of morbidity and mortality in patients with end-stage renal disease (CALVIDIA Study)
NDT Advance Access published on July 13, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2347-2353; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh392 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Charles Beerenhout, Tom Dejagere, Frank M. van der Sande, Otto Bekers, Karel M. Leunissen, and Jeroen P. Kooman

Haemodynamics and electrolyte balance: a comparison between on-line pre-dilution haemofiltration and haemodialysis
NDT Advance Access published on July 20, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2354-2359; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh315 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michel Fischbach, Joëlle Terzic, Vincent Laugel, Céline Dheu, Soraya Menouer, Pauline Helms, and Angelo Livolsi

Daily on-line haemodiafiltration: a pilot trial in children
NDT Advance Access published on July 20, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2360-2367; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh403 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yugo Shibagaki and Anupkumar Shetty

Anaemia is common after kidney transplantation, especially among African Americans
NDT Advance Access published on June 22, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2368-2373; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh256 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hargovind L. Trivedi, Aruna V. Vanikar, Javed M. Vakil, Veena R. Shah, Pranjal R. Modi, and Varsha B. Trivedi

A strategy to achieve donor-specific hyporesponsiveness in cadaver renal allograft recipients by donor haematopoietic stem cell transplantation into the thymus and periphery
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2374-2377; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh274 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Krista L. Lentine and Daniel C. Brennan

Statin use after renal transplantation: a systematic quality review of trial-based evidence
NDT Advance Access published on July 13, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2378-2386; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh385 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Preliminary Communications:

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

Natural history of vascular calcification in dialysis and transplant patients
NDT Advance Access published on July 13, 2004
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2387-2393; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh303 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Sabine Scholl-Bürgi, René Santer, and Jochen H. H. Ehrich

Long-term outcome of renal glucosuria type 0: the original patient and his natural history
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2394-2396; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh366 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christian Duvic, Jérôme Desrame, Christophe Lévêque, and Georges Nedelec

Retroperitoneal fibrosis, sclerosing pancreatitis and bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2397-2399; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh050 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ying-Kai Chen, Hua-Chang Fang, Kang-Ju Chou, Po-Tsang Lee, and Hsiao-Min Chung

A puzzling cause of persistent Pseudomonas aeruginosa septicaemia in a patient on maintenance haemodialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2400-2402; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh367 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stephen Holt, Helen Donaldson, Geoffrey Hazlehurst, Zac Varghese, Marcela Contreras, Edward Kingdon, Paul Sweny, and Aine Burns

Acute transplant rejection induced by blood transfusion reaction to the Kidd blood group system
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2403-2406; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh333 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nephroquiz:

Dafina B. Kuzmanovska, Emilija Sahpazova, Stevka Grujovska, Elena Sukareva, and Gordana Petrusevska

Orange-like skin lesion and hypertension—what is the link?
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2407-2409; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh253 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Points:

Asher Korzets, David Sachs, Andrey Gremitsky, Regina Gershkovitz, Gabriel Farrage, Abraham Chlibowsky, and Nahum Erlich

Unexplained polyuria and non-obstructive hydronephrosis in a urological department
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2410-2412; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh229 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in Nephrology:

Szu-Chun Hung and Der-Cherng Tarng

A rare cause of oedema
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2413-2414; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh165 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gareth Jones, Jonathan Tibballs, Mahmoud Al-Akraa, and Paul Sweny

Iliac vein stenosis as a reversible cause of renal transplant dysfunction
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2415-2416; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh225 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters and Replies:

Eric Cohen

The need for parathyroidectomy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2417; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh377 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Francisca Jorna

Reply
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2417; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh378 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Asterios Karagiannis, Konstantinos Tziomalos, Anna Kakafika, Faidon Harsoulis, and Chrysanthos Zamboulis

Paralysis as first manifestation of primary aldosteronism
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2418-2419; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh379 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. De Cosmo, A. Marucci, E. Ciociola, R. Di Paola, L. Pucci, G. Penno, S. Del Prato, G. P. Piras, R. Trevisan, S. Giunti, G. C. Viberti, and V. Trischitta

Lack of evidence for the 1484insG variant at the 3'-UTR of the protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) gene as a genetic determinant of diabetic nephropathy development in type 1 diabetic patients
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2419-2420; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh373 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Udaya P. Udayaraj, Malcom F. Hand, Ilona R. Shilliday, and William G. Smith

Renal involvement in Cogan's syndrome
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2420-2421; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh380 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carine Hottelart, Mirela Diaconita, Béatrice Champtiaux, Fabien Soulis, and Jean-Claude Aldigier

When the kidney catches a cold: an unusual cause of acute renal failure
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2421-2422; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh401 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Huub Schellekens

Erythropoietic proteins and antibody-mediated pure red cell aplasia: a potential role for micelles
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2422; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh286 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sofia Spaia, Stavros Patsalas, Argiri Agelou, Charouli Theodoroglou, Nikolao Askepidis, Michalia Pazaroglou, and Hizaklis Ioannidis

Managing refractory uraemic pericarditis with colchicine
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2422-2423; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh407 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T. Rifki Evrenkaya, Enes M. Atasoyu, Suat Unver, Cinar Basekim, Huseyin Baloglu, and M. Yasar Tulbek

Corticosteroid and tamoxifen therapy in sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis in a patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2423-2424; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh150 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Errata:

Chirag R. Parikh, Michael J. Fischer, Raymond Estacio, and Robert W. Schrier

Rapid microalbuminuria screening in type 2 diabetes mellitus: simplified approach with Micral test strips and specific gravity
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19: 2425; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh461 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcements:

Announcements
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