Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Editorial Comments:

Peter Gross and Catrin Palm

Thiazides: do they kill?
NDT Advance Access published on August 22, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2299-2301; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi109 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Giuseppe Mancia and Guido Grassi

Efficacy of antihypertensive treatment: which endpoints should be considered?
NDT Advance Access published on September 9, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2301-2303; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi092 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gunter Wolf

Zenon's paradox or how much to lower blood pressure for optimal renoprotection
NDT Advance Access published on July 19, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2304-2307; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh994 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Johan W. de Fijter and Guido G. Persijn

Age, the riddle of renal transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on July 26, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2307-2310; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi002 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jøran Hjelmesæth, Fredrik Müller, Trond Jenssen, Halvor Rollag, Solbjørg Sagedal, and Anders Hartmann

Is there a link between cytomegalovirus infection and new-onset posttransplantation diabetes mellitus? Potential mechanisms of virus induced ß-cell damage
NDT Advance Access published on July 26, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2311-2315; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi033 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Neil Boudville

The predictable effect that renal failure has on H2 receptor antagonists—increasing the half-life along with increasing prescribing errors
NDT Advance Access published on August 2, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2315-2317; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi046 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Translational Nephrology:

Marc E. De Broe

Tubular regeneration and the role of bone marrow cells: ‘stem cell therapy’ – a panacea?
NDT Advance Access published on September 27, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2318-2320; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi164 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

Catherine Lebeau, Frédéric D. Debelle, Volker M. Arlt, Agnieszka Pozdzik, Eric G. De Prez, David H. Phillips, Monique M. Deschodt-Lanckman, Jean-Louis Vanherweghem, and Joëlle L. Nortier

Early proximal tubule injury in experimental aristolochic acid nephropathy: functional and histological studies
NDT Advance Access published on August 2, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2321-2332; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi042 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Takashi Naito, Yoko Tanihata, Hideki Nishimura, Toshihisa Tanaka, Chieko Higuchi, Takashi Taguchi, and Tsutomu Sanaka

Expression of matrix metalloproteinase-9 associated with ets-1 proto-oncogene in rat tubulointerstitial cells
NDT Advance Access published on July 26, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2333-2348; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi013 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mirjan M. van Timmeren, Stephan J. L. Bakker, Coen A. Stegeman, Rijk O. B. Gans, and Harry van Goor

Addition of oleic acid to delipidated bovine serum albumin aggravates renal damage in experimental protein-overload nephrosis
NDT Advance Access published on September 6, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2349-2357; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh964 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Masayuki Tomita, Hajime Sogabe, Shoko Nakazato, Shunji Nakatsuji, Takahisa Noto, Kaori Hamada, Hiroshi Kawachi, Fujio Shimizu, Masahiko Matsuo, and Seitaro Mutoh

Monoclonal antibody 1-22-3-induced glomerulonephritis in uninephrectomized rats as a model of progressive renal failure
NDT Advance Access published on August 9, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2358-2367; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi062 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Changlin Mei, Zhiguo Mao, Xuefei Shen, Wenjing Wang, Bing Dai, Bing Tang, Yumei Wu, Yang Cao, Shuzhong Zhang, Haidan Zhao, and Tianmei Sun

Role of keratinocyte growth factor in the pathogenesis of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on September 2, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2368-2375; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi040 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. Manlucu, M. Tonelli, J. G. Ray, A. Papaioannou, G. Youssef, H. R. Thiessen-Philbrook, A. Holbrook, and A. X. Garg

Dose-reducing H2 receptor antagonists in the presence of low glomerular filtration rate: a systematic review of the evidence
NDT Advance Access published on August 9, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2376-2384; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi025 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Siva Thanamayooran, Caren Rose, and David J. Hirsch

Effectiveness of a multidisciplinary kidney disease clinic in achieving treatment guideline targets
NDT Advance Access published on July 26, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2385-2393; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi024 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ying Kuan, Mohammad Hossain, Joanne Surman, A. Meguid El Nahas, and John Haylor

GFR prediction using the MDRD and Cockcroft and Gault equations in patients with end-stage renal disease
NDT Advance Access published on August 22, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2394-2401; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi076 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Juliane Incerti, Themis Zelmanovitz, Joiza Lins Camargo, Jorge Luiz Gross, and Mirela Jobim de Azevedo

Evaluation of tests for microalbuminuria screening in patients with diabetes
NDT Advance Access published on August 16, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2402-2407; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi074 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pierre-Louis Tharaux, Isabelle Hagège, Sandrine Placier, Michel Vayssairat, Alain Kanfer, Robert Girot, and Jean-Claude Dussaule

Urinary endothelin-1 as a marker of renal damage in sickle cell disease
NDT Advance Access published on September 6, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2408-2413; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi111 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stephan R. Orth, Torsten Schroeder, Eberhard Ritz, and Paolo Ferrari

Effects of smoking on renal function in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus
NDT Advance Access published on July 26, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2414-2419; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi022 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Craig L. Nelson, Connie S. Karschimkus, George Dragicevic, David K. Packham, Andrew M. Wilson, David O'Neal, Gavin J. Becker, James D. Best, and Alicia J. Jenkins

Systemic and vascular inflammation is elevated in early IgA and type 1 diabetic nephropathies and relates to vascular disease risk factors and renal function
NDT Advance Access published on August 22, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2420-2426; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi067 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Angela M. Summers, Beatrice M. Coupes, Mary Frances Brennan, Shirley A. Ralph, Colin D. Short, and Paul E. C. Brenchley

VEGF –460 genotype plays an important role in progression to chronic kidney disease stage 5
NDT Advance Access published on July 26, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2427-2432; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi029 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Amr El-Husseini, Fathy El-Basuony, Ihab Mahmoud, Hussein Sheashaa, Alaa Sabry, Rashad Hassan, Nohir Taha, Nabil Hassan, Nagy Sayed-Ahmad, and Mohamed Sobh

Long-term effects of cyclosporine in children with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome: a single-centre experience
NDT Advance Access published on October 4, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2433-2438; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi059 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yuichi Tanaka, Yusuke Suzuki, Toshinao Tsuge, Yutaka Kanamaru, Satoshi Horikoshi, Renato C. Monteiro, and Yasuhiko Tomino

FcRIIa-131R allele and FcRIIIa-176V/V genotype are risk factors for progression of IgA nephropathy
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2439-2445; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi043 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Renaud Clement, Pascal Chevalet, Olivier Rodat, Vincent Ould-Aoudia, and Michel Berger

Withholding or withdrawing dialysis in the elderly: the perspective of a western region of France
NDT Advance Access published on August 22, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2446-2452; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi012 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

José M. Garrancho, Judith Kirchgessner, Mariana Arranz, Gerdi Klinkner, Ramón Rentero, Juan A. Ayala, and Daniele Marcelli

Haemoglobin level and vascular access survival in haemodialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on August 2, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2453-2457; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi027 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Fredrik Uhlin, Ivo Fridolin, Lars-Göran Lindberg, and Martin Magnusson

Estimating total urea removal and protein catabolic rate by monitoring UV absorbance in spent dialysate
NDT Advance Access published on August 2, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2458-2464; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi026 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eric H. Y. Ie, Rob Krams, Wim B. Vletter, Robert W. Nette, Willem Weimar, and Robert Zietse

Myocardial contractility does not determine the haemodynamic response during dialysis
NDT Advance Access published on August 22, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2465-2471; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi088 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hiromichi Taniwaki, Eiji Ishimura, Tsutomu Tabata, Yoshihiro Tsujimoto, Atushi Shioi, Tetsuo Shoji, Masaaki Inaba, Takashi Inoue, and Yoshiki Nishizawa

Aortic calcification in haemodialysis patients with diabetes mellitus
NDT Advance Access published on August 2, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2472-2478; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi039 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. P. Traynor, H. A. Oun, P. McKenzie, I. R. Shilliday, I. G. McKay, A. Dunlop, C. C. Geddes, and R. A. Mactier

Assessing the utility of the stop dialysate flow method in patients receiving haemodiafiltration
NDT Advance Access published on July 26, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2479-2484; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi021 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tolga Enver Yuceturk, Ahmet Eftal Yucel, Handan Yuceturk, Hamide Kart-Koseoglu, Ruhan Unuvar, Fatma Nurhan Ozdemir, and Zafer Akcaly

Fibromyalgia: its prevalence in haemodialysis patients and its relationships with clinical and laboratory parameters
NDT Advance Access published on July 26, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2485-2488; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi028 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Man Fai Lam, Joseph C. K. Leung, Colin C. S. Tang, Wai Kei Lo, Kai Chung Tse, Terrance P. Yip, Sing Leung Lui, Tak Mao Chan, and Kar Neng Lai

Mannose binding lectin level and polymorphism in patients on long-term peritoneal dialysis
NDT Advance Access published on August 22, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2489-2496; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi089 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Minoru Ando, Asuka Shibuya, Masako Yasuda, Naoko Azuma, Ken Tsuchiya, Takashi Akiba, and Kousaku Nitta

Impairment of innate cellular response to in vitro stimuli in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
NDT Advance Access published on August 2, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2497-2503; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi048 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kai Ming Chow, Cheuk Chun Szeto, Chi Bon Leung, Man Ching Law, and Philip Kam-Tao Li

Impact of social factors on patients on peritoneal dialysis
NDT Advance Access published on August 9, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2504-2510; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi061 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Augusto Vallejos, Gabriela Alperovich, Francesc Moreso, Concepcion Cañas, M. Eugenia de Lama, Montserrat Gomà, Xavier Fulladosa, Marta Carrera, Miguel Hueso, Josep M. Grinyó, and Daniel Serón

Resistive index and chronic allograft nephropathy evaluated in protocol biopsies as predictors of graft outcome
NDT Advance Access published on August 2, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2511-2516; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi041 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Viorica Bumbea, Nassim Kamar, David Ribes, Laure Esposito, Anne Modesto, Joelle Guitard, Ghassan Nasou, Dominique Durand, and Lionel Rostaing

Long-term results in renal transplant patients with allograft dysfunction after switching from calcineurin inhibitors to sirolimus
NDT Advance Access published on June 28, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2517-2523; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh957 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rutger M. van Ree, Aiko P. J. de Vries, Leendert H. Oterdoom, T. Hauw The, Ron T. Gansevoort, Jaap J. Homan van der Heide, Willem J. van Son, Rutger J. Ploeg, Paul E. de Jong, Reinold O. B. Gans, and Stephan J. L. Bakker

Abdominal obesity and smoking are important determinants of C-reactive protein in renal transplant recipients
NDT Advance Access published on August 22, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2524-2531; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi052 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alhussein J. Alzahrani, El-Harith A. El-Harith, Jutta Milzer, Obeid E. Obeid, Manfred Stuhrmann, Adel Al-Dayel, Eltayeb A. Mohamed, Siddig Al-Egail, Majid Daoud, Ayub Chowdhury, Adnane Guella, Ibrahim Aloraifi, and Thomas F. Schulz

Increased seroprevalence of human herpes virus-8 in renal transplant recipients in Saudi Arabia
NDT Advance Access published on August 22, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2532-2536; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi058 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief Reports:

Michael Haase, Stanislao Morgera, Christian Bamberg, Horst Halle, Sebastian Martini, Berthold Hocher, Fritz Diekmann, Duska Dragun, Harm Peters, Hans-H. Neumayer, and Klemens Budde

A systematic approach to managing pregnant dialysis patients—the importance of an intensified haemodiafiltration protocol
NDT Advance Access published on August 22, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2537-2542; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi044 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Ralf Reuters, Walther Boer, Rogier Simmermacher, and Loek Leenen

A bag full of sugar makes your sodium go down!
NDT Advance Access published on August 22, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2543-2544; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi100 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Aafke E. de Graaff, Jan J. Weening, and Raymond T. Krediet

Massive oedema in a Cape Verde sailor
NDT Advance Access published on September 2, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2545-2547; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi071 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jason Andrade, Paul A. Taylor, Janet M. Love, and Adeera Levin

Successful reintroduction of a different erythropoiesis-stimulating agent after pure red cell aplasia: relapse after successful therapy with prednisone
NDT Advance Access published on July 26, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2548-2551; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi018 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D. Noble, T. Richards, D. Mitchell, and A. C. Vaidya

Carpal tunnel syndrome following simultaneous kidney–pancreas transplant
NDT Advance Access published on July 12, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2552-2553; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh985 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rainer Nowack and Barbara Nowak

Herbal teas interfere with cyclosporin levels in renal transplant patients
NDT Advance Access published on July 26, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2554-2556; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi003 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stefan Farese, Nicolas Trost, Daniel Candinas, and Uyen Huynh-Do

Early renal failure after domino hepatic transplantation using the liver from a compound heterozygous patient with primary hyperoxaluria
NDT Advance Access published on August 2, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2557-2560; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi019 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gilaad G. Kaplan, Braden Manns, and Kevin McLaughlin

Heparin induced thrombocytopaenia secondary to intraperitoneal heparin exposure
NDT Advance Access published on July 12, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2561-2562; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh989 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Manuel Schiff, Irène Maire, Yves Bertrand, Pierre Cochat, and Nathalie Guffon

Long-term follow-up of metachronous marrow-kidney transplantation in severe type II sialidosis: what does success mean?
NDT Advance Access published on August 9, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2563-2565; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi063 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David W. Mudge, James Taylor, and Kym M. Bannister

Hepatic vein stenting for recurrent ascites in polycystic liver and kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on September 2, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2566-2568; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi051 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Teaching Points:

Sibylle von Vietinghoff, Friedrich C. Luft, and Ralph Kettritz

A 77 year-old haemodialysis patient with unexpected alkalosis
NDT Advance Access published on August 9, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2569-2570; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh978 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sébastien Abad, Sophie Park, David Grimaldi, Florence Rollot, and Philippe Blanche

Hypokalaemia tetraparesis and rhabdomyolysis: aetiology discovered on a normal lung radiograph
NDT Advance Access published on September 2, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2571-2572; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi049 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in Nephrology:

Yong Bum Jang, Kyung Pyo Kang, Sik Lee, Won Kim, Hyo Sung Kwak, and Sung Kwang Park

Posterior nutcracker phenomenon
NDT Advance Access published on August 22, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2573-2574; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi079 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hung-Wei Liao, Tso-Hsiao Chen, Ke-Hsun Lin, Hsin-Hung Lin, Yung-Ho Hsu, Chun-Chen Hou, and Yuh-Mou Sue

Emphysematous pyelonephritis caused by Bacteroides fragilis
NDT Advance Access published on September 16, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2575-2577; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi146 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Naoko Ogami, Taro Horino, Kaoru Arii, Toshihiro Takao, Kozo Hashimoto, Masahiro Seike, and Hajime Kodama

Primary cutaneous cryptococcosis in a patient with minimal change nephrotic syndrome
NDT Advance Access published on August 2, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2578-2579; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi047 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hung-Yuan Chen, Yen-Hung Lin, Vin-Cent Wu, I-Jung Tsai, Kwan-Dun Wu, and Juey-Jen Hwang

Using an anomalous brachial artery as an alternative choice of arteriovenous shunt feeding artery
NDT Advance Access published on August 16, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2579-2580; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi032 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Emanuel Zitt and Alexander R. Rosenkranz

Vascular calcification and increased mortality in dialysis patients: is the baroreflex sensitivity the answer?
NDT Advance Access published on August 9, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2580; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi064 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alexandre Braga Libório

Can rhabdomyolysis be the only cause of acute renal failure in leptospirosis?
NDT Advance Access published on August 9, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2580-2581; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi073 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Luis Gustavo Modelli Andrade, Fábio Duarte Garcia, Vanessa Santos Silva, Daniela Ponce Gabriel, Antonio Gonçalves Rodrigues, Jr, Ginivaldo Victor R. Nascimento, Jacqueline Teixeira Caramori, Luis Cuadrado Martin, Pasqual Barretti, and André Luis Balbi

Dialysis encephalopathy secondary to aluminum toxicity, diagnosed by bone biopsy
NDT Advance Access published on August 16, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2581-2582; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi072 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sang-Woong Han, Ho-Jung Kim, and Man S. Oh

Comparison of the urine acidification tests of torsemide vs furosemide in healthy volunteers
NDT Advance Access published on August 22, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2582-2583; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi085 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Georgios Kalambokis, Andreas Fotopoulos, Michael Economou, and Epameinondas V. Tsianos

Beneficial haemodynamic and renal sodium handling effects of combined midodrine and octreotide treatment in a cirrhotic patient with large hepatic hydrothorax and mild ascites
NDT Advance Access published on August 16, 2005
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2583; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi055 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Errata:

Ian Brockhurst, Kevin P. G. Harris, and Claire S. Chapman

Diagnosis and monitoring a case of light chain deposition disease in the kidney using a new, sensitive immunoassay
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2584; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi228 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mario R Salcedo-Alejos, Felipe Banda-Espinoza, Martha Rodríguez-Morán, and Fernando Guerrero-Romero

Irbesartan reduces creatinine clearance in type 1 diabetic children with renal hyperfunction: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20: 2584; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi235 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcements:

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